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JUNE 2001				1	2	3 ARRIVAL Afternoon shower, nap and time to unpack. Group dinner with faculty and TAs. Evening free.
4 INTRO TOUR Tour with the TA of AV grounds, bus system, Albright Institute, 'necessity' stops, the Old City. Group dinner at local restaurant, begin watching "1st 50 years" video.	5 TRIP/ LECTURE Morning tour of the École tombs with Prof. Gaby Barkay. 9:00 am start. Afternoon tour of the remainder of the École grounds. Intro to area libraries. Finish video.	6 LECTURE Morning lecture on the History of Israel/Palestine by Prof. Robert Haak and discussion of "1st 50 Years" video. Afternoon - tour of Islamic, Jewish, and Christian sites in the Old City.	7 DAY OFF	8 TRIP/ LECTURE Morning trip to desert laura in Nahal Fawwar. Called the "Machu Pichu of Palestine", this site clearly illustrates the laura vs coenobitic life. Afternoon off. Evening research time in lab or library.	9 LECTURE Morning lecture on the bones of the cranium. Afternoon lab on the skull. Also research time for preparing archaeology site reports.	10 LECTURE Lecture and lab on the axial and appendicular skeleton. Review of bones and major landmarks of the thorax and appendages.
11 FIELD TRIP Wadi Kelt hike to St. George's monastery w/Robert Mullins. 5:30 am start, 6 hour trip. Afternoon free for archaeology site report preparation.	12 LECTURE Lecture and lab on forensic techniques of age, sex, and stature determination using fragmentary remains. Paleopathology overview and methods for differential diagnosis.	13-14 GALILEE FIELD TRIP 1 Overnight trip. Travel to the Byzantine monasteries of Euthymius and Gerasimus, lunch in Jericho, afternoon visit to Beit She'an (Byzantine Scythopolis). Travel to hotel on the Sea of Galilee. Dinner at Vered HaGalil, evening free. Morning hike to early homidid caves of Amud, vists to Tabgha, Capernum, Church of the Beatitudes. Lunch in En Gev, visit to Kursi, return to Jerusalem.		15 LECTURE Review of the findings associated with the Byzantine St. Stephen's collection to date, including the dietary reconstruction completed with the previous summer field school.	16 LECTURE Lecture on childhood health and adaptability. Assign specific research to be conducted by each student, overview of the techniques, materials available, and comparative resources.	17 TOUR/ LECTURE Byzantine Jerusalem archaeology tour w/Prof Jodi Magness. Morning lecture in Albright Garden, followed by walking tour of the Old City. Afternoon - library research time.
18 LIT. SEARCH Research time. Assignment of research projects. Day free to find texts for designing research methodology - libraries of the École, Albright and Hebrew University available.	19 METHODS Continuted time to review literature in the laboratory and libraries. They will design a spreadsheet for data collection, compatible with other data available for the collection.	20 TOUR/ LECTURE Byzantine monasticism lecture and tour by Prof. Yizarh Hirschfeld. Discussion of Judean desert monasticism and visit to a Eudocian site.	21 DAY OFF	22 STATS Review of the statistical tools to be used for analysis, practice time to familiarize themselves with the collection.	23 TOUR/ RESEARCH Morning trip to the Israel Museum. Afternoon free for research. Students will begin a 'dry run' thru their research collection to exercise their data collection skills.	24 TOUR/ RESEARCH Morning visit to a Greek Orthodox liturgy to understand an aspect of the cultural context of the Byzantine monastic existence at St. Stephen's. Afternoon research time.
25 RESEARCH Research time. Students will make corrections to their spreadsheet design based on 'practice run' and begin data collection in earnest.	26 DATA COLLECTION Research time. Students will be given the day to work with their research collection to gather necessary measurements for analysis.	27-28 GALILEE FIELD TRIP 2 Optional overnight trip. Travel north of the Sea of Galilee to Banyais. Visit to the Byzantine site Susita/Hippos. Drive in Golan Heights along Syrian border. Hotel in Tiberias. Morning visit to hominid sites in the Carmel region, the Roman/Byzantine mosaics of Sepphoris, and meet Dr. Jeffrey Blakely at Caesarea for tour. Return to Jerusalem.		29 DATA COLLECTION Research time. Students will be given the day to work with their research collection to gather necessary measurements for analysis.	30 DATA COLLECTION Research time. Students will be given the day to work with their research collection to gather necessary measurements for analysis.

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JULY 2001						1 DATA COLLECTION Research time. Students will be given the day to work with their research collection to gather necessary measurements for analysis.
2 DATA COLLECTION Research time. Students will be given the day to work with their research collection to gather necessary measurements for analysis.	3 ANALYSIS Research time. Students will begin statistical analysis of their data using either Statview or SPSS programs.	4 Day Off Optional trip to Qumran, Ein Gedi, and Masada with TA.	5 Day Off	6 FIELD TRIP Travel to the Negev to see the Byzantine sites of Shivta, Nizzana, and Avdat. Lunch at Mitzpah Rimon overlook. Return via the Dead Sea to view the Wilderness of Zin region.	7 ANALYSIS Research time. Students will have time for statistical analysis of their data using either Statview or SPSS programs.	8 COMP. RESOURCES Students will have time for continued statistical analysis, as well as time available to work in the libraries searching for comparative literature from other skeletal collections.
9 COMP. RESOURCES Students will have time for continued statistical analysis, as well as time available to work in the libraries searching for comparative literature from other skeletal collections.	10 WRITE-UP Students will be given time to work in the libraries, and to compose their specific "Materials and Methods" and "Results and Discussion" sections for the group paper.	11 Day Off	12 WRITE-UP Students will be given time to work in the libraries, and to compose their specific "Materials and Methods" and "Results and Discussion" sections for the group paper.	13 PRESENT. Each person will present the results of their research and the group will synthesize the data for an overview of childhood health and adaptability at Byzantine St. Stephen's.	14 FAREWELL Morning time for making final adjustments to data bases and laboratory clean-up. Evening group farewell dinner at Nafoura restaurant.	15 DEPARTURE
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