The "Sea" and "Harbor" Gates of Akko: Publication of Areas F and P, Israel

The goal of this project is to analyze and publish the stratigraphic data and finds from these remaining unprocessed areas of Tel 'Akko, and synthesize the results with these other areas, and in a broader eastern Mediterranean historical and archaeological context. The intra-site location of these specific MBA remains provide an unparalleled opportunity to study the urban evolution of a port site, the relationship of its components with both Syro-Meosopotamian urban antecedents and southern Levantine counterparts. The study of these, and later, remains, when synthesized with other scientific analyses, including the reconstructed paleogeography, will assess the long-term changes in the spatial relationship between the perimeter of this urban port site and its immediate coastal environs, and the site's role in interregional and maritime trade.

The publication project is directed by Aaron Brody.