Our first survey of the site (1997) was conducted by archaeologist Aren Maeir of Bar Ilan University under the guidance of Avner Goren. Pioneering geophysical techniques were employed, Paul Baumann of Komex International (ERT - electrical resistivity tomography), Harry Jol of the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire (GPR - ground penetrating radar), Phil Reeder - cartography (University of South Florida) - all under the able guidance of Richard Freund (Greenberg Center, University of Stamford).