Allen Estes received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in Near Eastern Studies (1998). He excavated at Tel Dor for nine seasons and at Nineveh in Iraq. During his last four seasons at Tel Dor, Allen was field supervisor and assistant director for the Berkeley team. Presently, he is Senior Archaeologist for a Cultural Resource Management firm (William Self Associates) in Orinda, CA, in charge of field work and report preparation.