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Early career colleagues are warmly invited and strong encouraged
to submit an abstract for the Archaeology of Israel session at
the 2026 Annual Meeting.</div>
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The scope of the session covers the archaeology of Israel
broadly, including: reports on current fieldwork and recent
discoveries; new insights on legacy excavations; archaeological
sciences studies; synthetic and interpretative research on
particular archaeological subjects; methodology, theory, and
their application; and archaeological policy and practice.</div>
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The session is co-chaired by Zachary Thomas (Australian Catholic
University; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:zac.thomas@acu.edu.au">zac.thomas@acu.edu.au</a>) and Charles Wilson
(University of Chicago; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:charleswilson@uchicago.edu">charleswilson@uchicago.edu</a>). Please feel
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Zachary Thomas </b></span></p>
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