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DOI Artikel:Waliszewski, Tomasz: Chhim: explorations, 1999
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CHHIM
LEBANON
CHHIM
EXPLORATIONS, 1999
Tomasz Waliszewski
The Polish-Lebanese-French joint expedition conducted its fourth campaign of archaeologi-
cal excavations between June 28 and August 26, 1999, at Chhim (south Lebanon) thanks
to the particularly favorable attitude of Dr. Chakker Ghadban, acting Director General of
the Direction Generale des Antiquites du Liban, and the efforts and generosity of Mrs.
Renata Tarazi, responsible for the Mont Liban sector in the Department.n The exceptional
character of the campaign this year focused our activity on completing a study of the materi-
al uncovered in the previous three seasons combined with some limited trial pits designed to
clarify our understanding of the chronology and functioning of the site.2>
l; The expedition, which is run jointly by the Direction Generale des Antiquites du Liban, Polish Center of Archaeology
of Warsaw University and Institut Frangais d'Archeologie du Proche Orient, was the only one last summer to receive a dig-
ging permit. For this we are extremely grateful to the Lebanese authorities. The work was directed by Dr. Tomasz
Waliszewski, assisted by Renata Tarazi representing the Direction Generale des Antiquites du Liban and Levon Nordiguian
from the Institut Frangais d'Archeologie du Proche Orient. The expedition comprised: Ms Marzena Luszczewska,
Dr. Mahmoud El Tayeb, Ms Hanna Kozihska, Ms Ingrid Perisse (Universite de Bordeaux), archaeologists; Mr. Marek
Puszkarski, Ms Anna Blaszczyk, documentalists; Mr. Karol Piasecki, anthropologist; Mr. Kazimierz Kotlewski, photogra-
pher; Mr. Abdallah Alaeddine, ceramologist; Ms Urszula Wicenciak, Ms Aleksandra Chabiera, Ms Katarzyna Mikuiowska,
Ms Danielle Davie, and Mr. Roman Chojnowski, archaeology students from Warsaw University, the Cardinal Wyszynski
University in Warsaw and the Universite Frangois Rabelais in Tours. The results are being studied under a financial grant
from the Committee for Scientific Research of the Republic of Poland (grant 1 H01G 058 13).
2) Cf. previous reports in: PAM VIII, Reports 1996 (1997), 147-156; PAM IX, Reports 1997 (1998), 139-152; PAM X,
Reports 1998 (1999), 177-185.
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LEBANON
CHHIM
EXPLORATIONS, 1999
Tomasz Waliszewski
The Polish-Lebanese-French joint expedition conducted its fourth campaign of archaeologi-
cal excavations between June 28 and August 26, 1999, at Chhim (south Lebanon) thanks
to the particularly favorable attitude of Dr. Chakker Ghadban, acting Director General of
the Direction Generale des Antiquites du Liban, and the efforts and generosity of Mrs.
Renata Tarazi, responsible for the Mont Liban sector in the Department.n The exceptional
character of the campaign this year focused our activity on completing a study of the materi-
al uncovered in the previous three seasons combined with some limited trial pits designed to
clarify our understanding of the chronology and functioning of the site.2>
l; The expedition, which is run jointly by the Direction Generale des Antiquites du Liban, Polish Center of Archaeology
of Warsaw University and Institut Frangais d'Archeologie du Proche Orient, was the only one last summer to receive a dig-
ging permit. For this we are extremely grateful to the Lebanese authorities. The work was directed by Dr. Tomasz
Waliszewski, assisted by Renata Tarazi representing the Direction Generale des Antiquites du Liban and Levon Nordiguian
from the Institut Frangais d'Archeologie du Proche Orient. The expedition comprised: Ms Marzena Luszczewska,
Dr. Mahmoud El Tayeb, Ms Hanna Kozihska, Ms Ingrid Perisse (Universite de Bordeaux), archaeologists; Mr. Marek
Puszkarski, Ms Anna Blaszczyk, documentalists; Mr. Karol Piasecki, anthropologist; Mr. Kazimierz Kotlewski, photogra-
pher; Mr. Abdallah Alaeddine, ceramologist; Ms Urszula Wicenciak, Ms Aleksandra Chabiera, Ms Katarzyna Mikuiowska,
Ms Danielle Davie, and Mr. Roman Chojnowski, archaeology students from Warsaw University, the Cardinal Wyszynski
University in Warsaw and the Universite Frangois Rabelais in Tours. The results are being studied under a financial grant
from the Committee for Scientific Research of the Republic of Poland (grant 1 H01G 058 13).
2) Cf. previous reports in: PAM VIII, Reports 1996 (1997), 147-156; PAM IX, Reports 1997 (1998), 139-152; PAM X,
Reports 1998 (1999), 177-185.
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