Across more than four decades, Patricia Maynor Bikai worked on archaeological projects in Lebanon, Egypt, Cyprus, and most intensely in Jordan. When her husband Pierre Bikai became Director of the American Center of Research (ACOR) in Amman in 1991, Patricia took on many roles, including Associate Director. Patricia’s career began in Lebanon, where she meticulously documented the complex ceramic sequence from the ancient Phoenician city of Tyre. This led to her publication The Pottery of Tyre (Aris & Phillips, 1978), which remains a standard scholarly reference. At ACOR, the Bikais undertook myriad excavation, restoration, and publication projects, especially in Petra. […]
