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The Excavations at Tell Rifa‘at, 1964 Second Preliminary Report
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2014
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The third season at Tell Rifa‘at in the ’Azaz Casa in the Northern Region of the Syrian Arab Republic took place from 6th July to 13th August 1964. For a further five days after this filling-in operations were continued at the East Gate. The main party left the site on 17th August.
The village of Tell Rifa'at had grown since 1956 from 5,000 to 7,000 inhabitants. This is partly due to the fact that it is situated in a very fertile area with easily accessible water and has attracted nomads who during recent years of drought have lost their flocks and been forced into a sedentary existence.
The Expedition owes a great debt of gratitude to the Syrian Department of Antiquities, to Dr. Adbul Hak, the then Director-General, to Dr. Feisal Serafi, Director of the Northern District, and to our two Inspectors, M. Ali Abu Assaf and M. Soubhi Saouaf. M. Saouaf was particularly helpful to the Expedition, assisting it in every way and going far beyond his normal duties. The members of the Expedition were, with three exceptions, all students of London University taking the Extra-mural Diploma in Archaeology.
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