James Leslie Starkey
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James Leslie Starkey was a British archaeologist best known for directing major excavations at the ancient city of Lachish in Mandatory Palestine during the 1930s.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeologist
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human ⓘ |
| archaeologicalMethod | large-scale stratigraphic excavation at Lachish ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem
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Lachish ostraca NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine Archaeological Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Charles Warren
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John Garstang NERFINISHED ⓘ Olga Tufnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | understanding of the history of Judah through Lachish finds ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathCircumstances | killed on the road to Hebron while en route to the opening of the Palestine Archaeological Museum ⓘ |
| discovered | Lachish ostraca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Wellcome Archaeological Research Expedition to the Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Starkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Near Eastern archaeology
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archaeology ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent excavations at Lachish ⓘ |
| knownFor | directing excavations at Lachish ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legacy | Lachish excavation records and finds form a key corpus for Levantine archaeology ⓘ |
| mentorOf | Olga Tufnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | James Leslie Starkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | led major excavations at the ancient city of Lachish in the 1930s ⓘ |
| notableWork | Lachish excavations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | archaeologist ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Hebron ⓘ |
| placeOfWork |
Lachish
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Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of excavations at Lachish ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Southern Levant
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ancient Judah ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
Iron Age city of Lachish
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biblical-period archaeology ⓘ |
| studied |
destruction levels at Lachish
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fortifications of Lachish ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfActivity | 1930s ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Lachish
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Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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