2006 BAS Dig Scholarship Winner Essays

Ask anyone who’s ever volunteered on a dig—it’s the experience of a lifetime. And there’s no better way to get a sense of the exhilaration, and the exhaustion, of being a dig volunteer than by reading the stories of the volunteers themselves. Click on the names to read the reports written by the 2006 Biblical Archaeology Society Dig Scholarship winners.

Edgar Hardesty

Edgar B. Hardesty
Philadelphia Biblical University, Professor
Gezer

Stanley Waters

Stanley Waters
Robertsdale High School, Counselor
Gezer

Dominik Elkowicz

Dominik Elkowicz
University of Mainz - Germany
Hazor

Kristina Neumann

Kristine Neumann
Concordia University-Wisconsin
Hippos/Sussita

Lyle K. Schoen
Cozad United Methodist Church, Pastor
Hippos/Sussita

Jennie E. Ott
Yale University
Hippos/Sussita

Christena Hurley
Wilfrid Laurier University
Khirbet al-Mudayna. Jordan

Matthew Wilson
Emmanuel School of Religion
Megiddo

Robyn Leblanc
George Washington University
Megiddo

Jeffrey F. Leon
George Washington University
Megiddo

Tzviah Dulin
George Washington University
Megiddo

Stephen Charest
New Hampshire Community Technical College
Ramat Rachel

Juan Manuel Tebes
University of Buenos Aires
Ramat Rachel

Sarah Kampbell

Sarah Kampbell
Texas A & M University
Tantura Lagoon

Nina Henrichs-Tarasenkova
Asbury Theological Seminary
Tel Dan

Jamie Lynn Garrett
Asbury Theological Seminary
Tel Dan

Kenneth A. Ristau
Pennsylvania State University
Tel Dor

Christopher Shaw
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Tel Dor

Eric Welch
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Tell es-Safi/Gath

Tenina Stallings
University of Texas at Austin
Tell es-Safi/Gath

Tom Brown
Tiberias and Tamar