2016 BAS Scholarship Winners - The BAS Library

A lot of planning and hard work goes into making every archaeological excavation season a success. This is seen not only during the season itself, but also in the months leading up to it and in the years following it when the excavated material is processed and published. One of the essential elements that keeps excavations running is volunteer participation.

Volunteers provide the manpower that allows archaeologists to uncover history. They scrape ancient floors and walls with their trowels; they swing pickaxes; they carry buckets of dirt; they gently excavate artifacts and remains with wooden skewers; they sift dirt to find anything that missed their initial collection; they wash and sort pottery; and they perform a million other tasks that are essential for an excavation to run smoothly. From students to retirees, novices to professionals, volunteers come from all over the world to help excavate the past.

Every year the Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) provides scholarships to individuals who would not otherwise be able to participate in an archaeological excavation. This year BAS awarded 20 qualified individuals—from a pool of more than 125 applicants—scholarships of $1,500 each. This diverse group chose to excavate throughout the Mediterranean and Biblical world, including sites in Israel, Jordan and Spain.

On behalf of the scholarship winners, BAR offers our sincere thanks to the generous donors who made this year’s scholarship program possible:

Kenneth and Ann Bialkin

George Blumenthal

Edward and Raynette Boshell

Eugene and Emily Grant

Ms. Darlene Jamison

David and Jemima Jeselsohn

Victor R. Kieser

Leon Levy Foundation, Shelby White, trustee

John and Carol Merrill

Jonathan P. and Jeannette Rosen

Harry and Gertrude Schwartz Foundation, Jeffery Yablon, trustee

Michael and Judy Steinhardt

Samuel D. Turner and Elizabeth Goss

Name City Dig Site Director(s)
Michael Aeschlimann Zurich, Switzerland Tell es-Safi/Gath Aren Maeir
Bruno Alves Barros Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais State, Brazil Tall Jalul, Jordan Paul Gregor, Constance Gane
Chance Bonar New Haven, Connecticut Huqoq Jodi Magness
Kurtis Denton Van Buren, Arkansas Abel Beth Maacah Robert Mullins, Nava Panitz-Cohen
Joy Feinberg Brooklyn, New York Ashkelon Lawrence Stager, Daniel Master
Aimée Hanson Leavenworth, Kansas Omrit Dan Schowalter
Elijah Hosse Fort Worth, Texas Tel Gezer Steve Ortiz, Sam Wolff
Jennifer Johnson Woodlands, Texas Tel Gezer Steve Ortiz, Sam Wolff
Lauren King Lucas, Texas Tel Dor Ilan Sharon, Ayelet Gilboa, Assaf Yasur-Landau, S. Rebecca Martin
Marina Knott Dayton, Tennessee Lachish Yosef Garfinkel, Michael Hasel, Martin Klingbeil
Muduan Liu Laiwu City, Shandong Province, China Megiddo & Lachish Israel Finkelstein, Matthew Adams, Mario Martin/Yosef Garfinkel, Michael Hasel, Martin Klingbeil
Cody Lupo Rosman, North Carolina Huqoq Jodi Magness
Andy Mickelson Highland, Utah Huqoq Jodi Magness
Jessica Rowland Sparta, Michigan Tel Dan David Ilan, Yifat Thareani, Jonathan Greer
Angelique Russell Altadena, California Sanisera, Spain Fernando Contreras
Tyler Willrich Georgetown, Texas Tell Halif Oded Borowski
Austin Shanabrook Ashland, Massachusetts Tel Hazor Amnon Ben-Tor
Kasey Nichole Shell Milford, Indiana Tell es-Safi/Gath Aren Maeir
Diona Southcott Watertown, New York Tell es-Safi/Gath Aren Maeir
Emily Thomassen Chicago, Illinois Tell Keisan David Schloen, Gunnar Lehmann

MLA Citation

“2016 BAS Scholarship Winners,” Biblical Archaeology Review 42.6 (2016): 14.