The Lahav Research Project, under the direction of Dr. Joe D. Seger (Cobb
Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University), first began work at the
site in 1976. Seger directed both Phase I and Phase II of the Lahav Project, whose
purposes included the establishment of the stratigraphic
history of Halif and a multidisciplinary investigation of the site in its environment.
Phase III was under the co-direction of Dr. Paul F. Jacobs (Mississippi State University) and
Dr. Oded Borowski (Emory University); in the 1992, 1993 and 1999 seasons Phase III centered
work on Field IV to determine specific information from Iron II remains known to be located just
below the modern surface of the tell; in the 1999 season, a small excavation program was also
conducted among the Bronze Age remains in Field I on the eastern side of the tell.
Digital reports on these three seasons are available on-line at www.cobb.msstate.edu/dig.
These on-line reports contain approximately 3000 color photos and 350 VR movies. Many of the
objects featured in the on-line reports are from the Persian era, specifically ca. 850
ceramic moldmade figurines. See the sample below, a mother and child plaque figurine.
