Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (12.2000(2001))

CHHIM

LEBANON

CHHIM
EXPLORATIONS, 2000
Tomasz Waliszewski

For the fifth season in a row the Polish-Lebanese archaeological expedition to Chhim
conducted excavations in the ruins of the Roman and Byzantine settlement situated in the
hilly region between Beirut and Saida. The work was continued from July 3 to August 23,
2000.1}
The chief thrust of this year's work was on sectors that could provide new information
concerning site chronology. The particular excavation areas are presented respective to their
location on the settlement planT
1) The team was formed jointly by the Direction Generale des Antiquites du Liban and the Polish Center of Archaeology
of Warsaw University. Once again, we are deeply grateful to the Director General of the Direction Generale des Antiquites,
Mr. Frederic Husseini, for making our effort possible, and to Mrs. Renata Tarazi for her continuous and extremely efficient
cooperation. The mission was directed by Dr. Tomasz Waliszewski, assisted by Mrs. Renata Ortali-Tarazi representing the
Direction Generale des Antiquites and Mr. Levon Nordiguian of the Universite Saint-Joseph in Beirut. Team members
included: Dr. Mahmoud El Tayeb, Mr. Kazimierz Kotlewski, Ms Ingrid Perisse (Universite de Bordeaux), archaeologists;
Mr. Marek Puszkarski, documentalist; Mr. Tomasz Szmagier, photographer; Ms Marta Boltowicz, Ms Aleksandra
Trochimowicz, Mr. Krzysztof Chmielewski, Mr. Bartosz Markowski, conservators from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts;
Ms Magdalena Bilewicz, Ms Aleksandra Chabiera, Ms Anna Glasek, Ms Marta Tchorzewska, Ms Urszula Wicenciak,
Mr. Ryszard Cichocki, Mr. Grzegorz Grabek, Mr. Robert Gruszczydski, Mr. Marcin Lazicki, Mr. Tomasz Pelc, Mr. Maciej
Rys, students of archaeology from Warsaw University and the Stefan Cardinal Wyszydski University in Warsaw, and Ms
Nathalie Hanna, Ms Myriam Ziade, Mr. Yahya Balhawan, Ms Rina Saliba and Mr. Mario Badawi, students of archaeology
from the Universite Saint-Joseph in Beirut.
2) For reports on the previous seasons' results, cf. PAM VIII, Reports 1996 (1997), 147-156; PAM IX, Reports 1997 (1998),
139-152; PAM X, Reports 1998 (1999), 177-185; PAM XI, Reports 1999 (2000), 237-245.

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