Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (14.2002(2003))

CHHIM

LEBANON

CHHIM
EXPLORATIONS, 2002
Tomasz Waliszewski

The seventh season of excavations at Chhim was carried out jointly by the Direction Generate
des Antiquites and the Polish Center of Archaeology of Warsaw University, and lasted from
September 1 to October 11, 2002.r> The archaeological investigations this season were focused
in three different sectors: temenos A (earlier courtyard separating the ruins of the Roman
temple from the Byzantine basilica), village E (the part situated between the Roman temple
and oil-press E.l) and oil-press E.II and the structures in its immediate neighborhood spread
over the terraces above the church. The overall objective was to clarify the appropriation and
chronology of particular features of the Roman settlement.
1) We are deeply indebted to Mr. Frederic Husseini, Director General of the Direction Generale des Antiquites, for his
interest and support which have made the research possible; for the proper day-to-day functioning of the expedition we are
grateful to Mrs. Renata Ortali-Tarazi, who has been involved in preparing the ground for the team's work since the very
beginning. The Mission was directed by Dr. Tomasz Waliszewski, assisted by Mrs. Renata Ortali-Tarazi representing the
Direction Generale des Antiquites. The team included: Dr. Mahmoud el Tayeb, Mr. Kazimierz Kotlewski, Ms Ingrid Perisse
(Universite de Bordeaux), Ms Urszula Wicenciak, archaeologists, Mr. Marek Puszkarski, documentalist; Mr. Krzysztof
Chmielewski, conservator; Ms Karolina Cichocka, Mr. Karol Juchniewicz, Mr. Jakub Prager, Mr. Adam Ryszkowski,
Mr. Dariusz Smoczynski, Ms Anna Sklodowska, Mr. Pawel Tchorek, Ms Anna Zakrzewska, students of archaeology from
Warsaw University and the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyhski University in Warsaw, as well as Ms Diana Abbany and Mr. Yahya
Balhawan, students of archaeology from the Universite Saint-Joseph in Beirut.

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