biography
| name: |
Pritchard, James Bennett
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1909–97)
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| biography:
| Archaeologist, born in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. His lifelong study of the Middle East included expeditions to Jericho (1951), el-Jib (1956–62), and Tell es-Sa'idiyeh, Jordan (1964–7), and yielded such publications as The Ancient Near East (2 vols, 1958–1975). He ended a long teaching career in the USA and the Middle East at the University of Pennsylvania (1962–78). |
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