Robert J. Braidwood

…led by the American anthropologist Robert J. Braidwood from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago cataloged 178 archaeological sites in the ʿAmūq plain. Among those later excavated were Tell Al-Judaidah (Judeidah), Tell Kurdu, and Tell Açana, or Atchana, the ancient city of Alalakh (q.v.). These and other tells…