03/23/2012

Archaeologists Revisit Iraq

One of the first American archaeological teams to work in Iraq in 20 years has recently returned from a dig on the outskirts of Ur. Team leader Elizabeth Stone discusses the team’s findings, and what the artifacts tell us about life in the region thousands of years ago.

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Elizabeth Stone

Elizabeth Stone is an Archaeologist and professor of the Department of Anthropology at Stony Brook University. She’s based in Stony Brook, New York.