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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instanceOf archaeologist
human
archaeologicalMethod large-scale stratigraphic excavation at Lachish
associatedWith British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem NERFINISHED
Lachish ostraca NERFINISHED
Palestine Archaeological Museum NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath assassination
collaboratedWith Charles Warren NERFINISHED
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
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 NERFINISHED
Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED
positionHeld director of excavations at Lachish
regionOfActivity Southern Levant NERFINISHED
ancient Judah
religion Christianity
researchFocus Iron Age city of Lachish NERFINISHED
biblical-period archaeology
studied destruction levels at Lachish
fortifications of Lachish
timePeriodOfActivity 1930s
workLocation Lachish NERFINISHED
Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED

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Lachish excavatedBy James Leslie Starkey