STARKEY, JOHN LLEWELYN°

STARKEY, JOHN LLEWELYN°
STARKEY, JOHN LLEWELYN° (1895–1938), British archaeologist. After World War I, he excavated with petrie at Qau and Badari. From 1924 to 1926 he was field director of the University of Michigan expedition to Kom Washim. In 1926 he joined Petrie's expedition to Palestine, working at Tell Jamma (1926), Tell Sharuhen (1927), and Tell al-ʿAjjūl (1929–31). He directed the Wellcome-Marston expedition to Tell lachish from 1932 to 1938. Starkey was a successful field director with efficient methods. During the 1936–39 riots he was assassinated by Arabs while on his way to Jerusalem for the opening of the Palestine Archaeological Museum. (Michael Avi-Yonah)

Encyclopedia Judaica. 1971.

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