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• Forms
  • Security (Due 1 March 2008)
  • Application (Due 15 April 2008)
  • Medical
  • Assumption of Risk
  • Code of Conduct
  • Arrival/Departure Form
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This section contains information about the 2008 Madaba Plains Project excavations at Tall al-`Umayri, Jordan, and vicinity (hinterland projects). (Excavations at Tall Jalul and Hisban are on a different schedule than `Umayri.) Please read each portion carefully and complete all forms in their entirety (Security, Application, Assumption of Risk, Medical and Code of Conduct). Send Application and Medical forms via email by depressing the appropriate buttons at the end of each form, but print off the Security, Assumption of Risk and Code of Conduct forms and send via snail-mail to:

Robert D. Bates
Madaba Plains Project
La Sierra University
4500 Riverwalk Parkway
Riverside, CA 92515

Phone: (951) 785-2462
FAX: (951) 785-2199
E-Mail:

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