Ḥuqoq – 2023

From 29 May to 4 July 2023, the eleventh season of excavations was conducted at H orbat H uqoq (henceforth H uqoq) in eastern Galilee (License No. G-1/2023; map ref. 24500–50/75430–65; Magness 2012 ; Magness et al. 2013 ; 2014 ; 2016a ; 2016b ; 2017 ; 2018 ; 2019 ; 2020 ; 2023 ). The excavation was undertaken and underwritten by the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, Austin College (Texas), Brigham Young University (Utah), and the University of Toronto (Canada). Additional funding was provided by the Kenan Charitable Trust; the College of Arts and Sciences and the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill ; and private donors. The excavation was directed by J. Magness, with D. Mizzi (assistant director and finalizing of plans); M. Golan (administration); M. Grey and J. Burney (area supervision); J. Haberman (field photography); M. Robinson-Mohr (registration); D. Schindler (ceramics); C. Swan (glass); K. Britt and R. Boustan (mosaics); M. Wells (architecture); S. O’Connell (painted plaster); R. Mohr (drawing); V. Pirsky (drafting); C. De Brer (site conservation); M. Lavie (small finds conservation); and Griffin Higher Photography (aerial photography). The volunteers consisted of undergraduate and graduate students from the U.S.A., Canada, Germany and Slovakia.