After more than 50 years of involvement in archaeology in Israel, I’ve been reflecting lately on the “mixed blessings” of our discipline at the moment. We Americans, and our Israeli colleagues in particular, have come a long way in so many regards: vastly improved field methods; a genuine multi-disciplinary approach; more sophisticated theory and more appropriate questions in research; a quantum leap forward in publication; and an incredible database that’s probably ten times what it was when I was a graduate student 45 years ago (in the Upper Paleolithic era.) The Israelis can boast four well-endowed and equipped graduate […]
