Welcome to the UCLA webpage for the Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project (JCHP). The JCHP is a multidisciplinary research project addressing the archaeology and history of Jaffa, which is located on the coast of Israel on the south side of Tel Aviv (see Site).
This website provides up-to-date information regarding individual projects, publications, and resources of the JCHP. Regular updates will be made to many of the general resources posted here such as bibliography and plans and figures of Jaffa. These also address some of the tools that members of the project employ including 3D scanning and visualization, the OCHRE database, and Hypercities.
Additionally, individuals interested in participating in the project's research including its annual archaeological field school can find information here.
Updated lists of annual reports, publications, and presentations by members of the project can also be found here, as well as updates to projects such as the JCHP’s excavations, the Kaplan Publication Initiative, and the Cultural Atlas of Jaffa. Check also for videos related to Jaffa and the project's activities.
Latest News
Jaffa Excavations Featured in Popular Archaeology
The recent efforts of the Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project are now featured in a March 2013 Popular Archaeology article. Read more about the Egyptian gate excavations and their relationship to the Kaplan Excavations Publication Initiative.
Posted by Aaron A. Burke on March 13, 2013 (Back to top)
Call for Papers for The History and Archaeology of Jaffa 2
The co-directors of the JCHP are now soliciting article-length contributions related to Jaffa’s history and archaeology for publication in The History and Archaeology of Jaffa 2 in The Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project series by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press at UCLA (within the Monumenta Archaeologica publication series). Any contributions relating to Jaffa’s history, archaeology, and cultural heritage before 1947 or to aspects of archaeological research in Jaffa will be considered. See the letter of invitation, for details.
Posted by Aaron A. Burke on December 12, 2012 (Back to top)
Tel Yafo, 2012 Excavations
The 5-week excavation season in Area A (Ramesses Gate) continued the work begun in 2011 to identify the various phases of the gate of the Egpytian fortress between ca. 1460 and 1130 BC. The excavations focused on an Amarna-period destruction nearly 2 m thick within the gate. The discovery of a large scarab of Amenhotep III serves as the principal chronological marker for the gate's destruction. Additional dating evidence from paleomagnetism samples taken from burnt mudbricks may further refine the date of the gate's destruction, as will the completion of the excavation of this phase of the gate in 2013. The 2013 summer season will be undertaken thanks to the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For opportunities to participate in the 2013 excavations, please visit the Participate page.
Posted by Aaron A. Burke on September 25, 2012 (Back to top)
NEH Grant to Support Excavations, 2013-2016
In July the project received a 3-year National Endowment for the Humanities Collaboration Grant that will fund the 2013 and 2014 excavation seasons and the 2015 study season thereafter. The project is titled “Insurgency, Resistance, and Interaction: Archaeological Inquiry into New Kingdom Egyptian Rule in Jaffa” (RZ-51445-12). The official announcement can be found among the list of current NEH funded projects state-by-state. To learn more about the funded research and its collaborators, read a copy of the proposal.
Posted by Aaron A. Burke on September 25, 2012 (Back to top)
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