The murder of James Leslie Starkey: Addendum to the paper of Yosef Garfinkel
In 2016 Yosef Garfinkel suggested that J.L. Starkey, Director of the Lachish excavations, was murdered in 1938 by men sent by landowners of the mound due to an extended dispute between them and Starkey on payments for permission to dig on the summit of the mound. The present paper presents additiona...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2019]
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| In: |
Palestine exploration quarterly
Year: 2019, Volume: 151, Issue: 2, Pages: 146-154 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Palestine (1936-1939) / Uprising (1936-1939)
/ Palestine (Motif)
/ Murder
/ Excavation
/ Quarreling
/ Lakhish (City)
/ Hebron
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| IxTheo Classification: | HH Archaeology |
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| Summary: | In 2016 Yosef Garfinkel suggested that J.L. Starkey, Director of the Lachish excavations, was murdered in 1938 by men sent by landowners of the mound due to an extended dispute between them and Starkey on payments for permission to dig on the summit of the mound. The present paper presents additional data which support the view that Starkey was murdered by bandits who came from the Hebron area. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1301 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Palestine exploration quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/00310328.2019.1626178 |