People

Protected: Sharon Herbert : Director

Protected: Sharon Herbert

Director

Herbert is the director of excavations at Tel Kedesh.  Previously, she has directed excavations at Tel Anafa, Israel and Coptos, Egypt.  She is currently John G. Pedley Collegiate Professor of Classical Archaeology & Greek at the University of Michigan, Vice President of the American Schools of Oriental Research, and Director emerita of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Herbert is completing a monograph on the bullae found in the archive room at Kedesh and finalizing the stratigraphic sequence of the site.

sherbert@umich.edu
Protected: Andrea Berlin : Director

Protected: Andrea Berlin

Director

Berlin, with Herbert, has been director of Tel Kedesh Excavations since 1997.  She is currently James R. Wiseman Chair in Classical Archaeology at Boston University.  Berlin is studying the Persian period remains from Kedesh for final publication.

aberlin@bu.edu
Protected: Peter Stone : Ceramicist

Protected: Peter Stone

Ceramicist

Stone has a PhD in Classical Archaeology from the University of Cincinnati.  His first field season at Tel Kedesh was 2000, and he has been the site ceramicist since 2008.  He will publish the typology, morphology, and detailed dating of the Hellenistic period pottery from the site.

Protected: Meg Morden : Registrar

Protected: Meg Morden

Registrar

Morden works for Odyssey Adventures in Archaeology and the Royal Ontario Museum; she has been the registrar at Tel Kedesh since 2006.  She is reconstructing the appearance and technologies of painted plaster found in the administrative building.

memorden@gmail.com
Protected: Suzanne Davis : Conservator

Protected: Suzanne Davis

Conservator

Davis is Head Conservator at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and has served as conservator on numerous archaeological field projects in the United States and Mediterranean, including Kelsey Museum excavations at Abydos (Egypt), El Kurru (Sudan), and Kedesh.

davissl@umich.edu
Lindy Lindorfer : Architect

Lindy Lindorfer

Architect

Protected: Richard Redding : Faunal Analyst

Protected: Richard Redding

Faunal Analyst

Redding is currently a Research Associate at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.  He is studying the bones of vertebrate animals recovered in the excavations at Tel Kedesh.

rredding@umich.edu
Protected: Ksenija Borojevic : Paleobotanist

Protected: Ksenija Borojevic

Paleobotanist

Protected: Donald Ariel : Numismatist

Protected: Donald Ariel

Numismatist

Claudia Chemello : Conservator (2008-2010)

Claudia Chemello

Conservator (2008-2010)

Protected: Justin Winger : Area Supervisor (2006-2012); Assistant Director (2012)

Protected: Justin Winger

Area Supervisor (2006-2012); Assistant Director (2012)

Winger has a PhD in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan; his dissertation was a historical and archaeological study of the people who lived in the administrative building after it was destroyed in the mid-2nd century BCE.

jtwinger@umich.edu
Protected: Lisa Çakmak : Area Supervisor (2006-2010)

Protected: Lisa Çakmak

Area Supervisor (2006-2010)

Çakmak is Assistant Curator of Ancient Art at the Saint Louis Art Museum and holds a PhD from the University of Michigan in Classical Art and Archaeology.  She is researching "Life in the Administrative Building" including the tools, jewelry, and other personal items for the final site report.

lisa.cakmak@slam.org
Protected: Katherine Larson : Area Supervisor (2008-2012); Webmaster

Protected: Katherine Larson

Area Supervisor (2008-2012); Webmaster

Larson is a PhD Candidate in Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Michigan.  In addition to her work as webmistress, Larson is examining the administrative objects from the Hellenistic phase of the administrative building.

kalars@umich.edu
Adrian Ossi : Area Supervisor (2009-2010)

Adrian Ossi

Area Supervisor (2009-2010)

Ameera Elrasheedy : Area Supervisor (2008-2009)

Ameera Elrasheedy

Area Supervisor (2008-2009)

Charlotte Maxwell-Jones : Area Supervisor (2008-2009)

Charlotte Maxwell-Jones

Area Supervisor (2008-2009)

Paul Lesperance : Area Supervisor (2006-2008)

Paul Lesperance

Area Supervisor (2006-2008)

Nicola Arravechia : Area Supervisor (1999-2000)

Nicola Arravechia

Area Supervisor (1999-2000)

Jennifer Gates : Area Supervisor (1999-2000)

Jennifer Gates

Area Supervisor (1999-2000)

Amanda Leins : Area Supervisor (1999-2000)

Amanda Leins

Area Supervisor (1999-2000)

Andrew Wilburn : Area Supervisor (1999-2000)

Andrew Wilburn

Area Supervisor (1999-2000)

Caitlin Clerkin : Area Supervisor (2012)

Caitlin Clerkin

Area Supervisor (2012)

Henry Colburn : Area Supervisor (2010)

Henry Colburn

Area Supervisor (2010)

Thomas Landvatter : Area Supervisor (2009)

Thomas Landvatter

Area Supervisor (2009)

Daniel Shoup : Area Supervisor (2006)

Daniel Shoup

Area Supervisor (2006)

Adela Sobotkova : Area Supervisor (2006)

Adela Sobotkova

Area Supervisor (2006)

Martin Wells : Area Supervisor (2006)

Martin Wells

Area Supervisor (2006)

Bjorn Anderson : Area Supervisor (2000)

Bjorn Anderson

Area Supervisor (2000)

Eric Bruel : Area Supervisor (2000)

Eric Bruel

Area Supervisor (2000)

Brandon Foster : Area Supervisor (2000)

Brandon Foster

Area Supervisor (2000)

Adam Hyatt : Area Supervisor (2000)

Adam Hyatt

Area Supervisor (2000)

Karen Johnson : Area Supervisor (2000)

Karen Johnson

Area Supervisor (2000)

Elizabeth DeGrummond : Area Supervisor (1999)

Elizabeth DeGrummond

Area Supervisor (1999)

Adam Rabinowitz : Area Supervisor (1999)

Adam Rabinowitz

Area Supervisor (1999)

Adam Salisbury : Area Supervisor (1999)

Adam Salisbury

Area Supervisor (1999)

David Stone : Surveyer (1998)

David Stone

Surveyer (1998)