Five Decades of Marine Archaeology in Israel

ehud galili is a marine archaeologist, a researcher, and a senior research fellow at Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa. He excavated and surveyed submerged settlements, harbors, anchorages, shipwrecks, and cargoes off the Israeli coast. (Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel; galilish@netvision.net.il)

asaf oron is Head of Conservation at the Tel Aviv Museum of art and a part time lecturer in the Conservation of Material Cultural Heritage Program at the University of Haifa. His area of research is the origins and nature of maritime activity on the Dead Sea and the preservation of its maritime cultural remains. (Conservation of Material Cultural Heritage Program, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel, and Conservation Department, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel; asaforo@gmail.com)

deborah cvikel is a researcher at the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, and a senior lecturer in the Department of Maritime Civilizations, both at the University of Haifa. She concentrates on ancient shipwrecks and shipbuilding and the maritime history of the region. (Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies and Department of Maritime Civilizations, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel; dcvikel@research.haifa.ac.il)