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The Publications Committee takes responsibility for overseeing 17吃瓜publications, including ASOR鈥檚 three scholarly journals — the Bulletin of ASOR, Near Eastern Archaeology, and the Journal of Cuneiform Studies 鈥� and ASOR鈥檚 three monograph series — the Annual of 17吃瓜(AASOR), the 17吃瓜Archaeological Reports Series (17吃瓜– ARS), and the Journal of Cuneiform Studies Supplement Series (JCCSS). The committee oversees as well as ASOR鈥檚 digital database, the Levantine Ceramics Project, and ASOR鈥檚 Friends of 17吃瓜e-newsletter, The ANE Today. In addition, the Publications Committee conducts searches for and recommends to the 17吃瓜Board of Trustees individuals to serve as editors or in some cases co-editors of ASOR鈥檚 scholarly journals and monograph series. Typically, editors serve for three-year terms and can be renewed for a second term. Finally, the committee discusses and advises 17吃瓜regarding new publication initiatives, especially digital publishing initiatives and making 17吃瓜publications available through open access.
Kevin McGeough, Chair (until December 31, 2021)
Class of 2021
Jake Lauinger
Caroline Sauvage
Samuel Wolff
Class of 2022
Gary Arbino
Charlotte Cable
Eric Kansa
Class of 2023
Mara Horowitz
Jeff Howry
Editors of 17吃瓜Journals and Monographs
Susan Cohen (BASOR)
Marwan Kilani (BASOR)
Jana Myn谩艡ov谩 (BASOR)
Regine Pruzsinszky (BASOR)
Stephanie Lynn Budin (NEA)
Piotr Michalowski (JCS)
Bill Caraher (AASOR)
Jennie Ebeling (ASOR-ARS)
Alex Joffe (ANE Today)
Andrea Berlin (LCP)
Sharon Herbert (ex officio)
Andrew G. Vaughn (ex officio, non-voting)
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The Cultural Heritage Committee advises the President, the Executive Director, the Board, and other 17吃瓜leaders regarding initiatives 17吃瓜might undertake, either individually or jointly with other bodies in the field of cultural heritage,听to help protect and preserve the cultural heritage of the Near East. Pre-eminently, the Cultural Heritage Committee听advises the President, the Executive Director, the Board, and other 17吃瓜leaders regarding the 17吃瓜Cultural Heritage Initiatives program (17吃瓜CHI), regarding both current and prospective 17吃瓜CHI projects. The听Cultural Heritage Committee also advises the President,听and ASOR鈥檚 leadership more generally, regarding ways 17吃瓜might听interact with bodies such as the AIA Cultural Heritage Policy Committee and the SAA International Government Affairs Committee in formulating proposed policy positions or responses to various cultural heritage issues that the ASOR, the AIA, the SAA, and the AAA may jointly wish to champion and by helping draft statements or suggesting ASOR鈥檚 participation in actions initiated by others that work to safeguard cultural heritage. This committee reserves one line of membership for an Early Career Scholar and three lines of membership for 17吃瓜members from outside of North America, in countries where 17吃瓜promotes Cultural Heritage Initiatives.
Jane DeRose Evans, Chair (until December 31, 2021)
Class of 2021
Andrew Creekmore
Lynn Swartz Dodd
Emily Hammer*
Shelley Peleg
Fred Winter
Class of 2022
Mohammed Alazaizeh
Michele Stopera Freyhauf
Sarah Graff
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The Executive Committee of the 17吃瓜Board of Trustees acts on behalf of the Board to manage the business and affairs of 17吃瓜between the regular Board meetings is composed of the Board Chair, Vice Chair(s) of the Board (if any), President, Past President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Chair of the Development Committee, and two (2) or three (3) other Trustees.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
Richard L. Coffman
Chair of the Board (until December 31, 2022)
Richard L. Coffman, a native Texan, is a trial lawyer and managing partner of the Coffman Law Firm in Beaumont, Texas. His law practice focuses on class actions, mass actions, and business litigation throughout the United States. He has been named a Texas Super Lawyer.
Before attending law school, Coffman, who also is a Certified Public Accountant, worked for two international public accounting firms. He also served as an adjunct member of the accounting faculties of the University of Washington and University of Texas business schools. Coffman regularly travels on mission trips to South Sudan.
Prior to taking up his current position as 17吃瓜Board Chair, on July 1, 2016, Coffman served as ASOR鈥檚 Assistant Treasurer in 2012 and as the 17吃瓜Treasurer from January 1, 2013, through June 30, 2016. He also served on the 17吃瓜2016-2020 Strategic Planning Task Force and the 17吃瓜Branding Task Force. As Chair of the Board, Coffman also sits on several 17吃瓜committees.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
Sharon Herbert
President (until December 31, 2022)
Sharon Herbert is the Charles K. Williams II Distinguished University Professor of Classical Archaeology Emerita and Research Associate at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan. Formerly, she served as the chair of the Department of Classical Studies and Director of the Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology at Michigan, where she has enjoyed a听remarkable career as a field archaeologist, teacher, and academic听administrator since she joined the Michigan faculty in 1973. She is also the former Curator of Greek and Hellenistic Collections and Director Emerita (1997-2013) of the University of Michigan鈥檚 Kelsey Museum.
Herbert鈥檚 research specialties include Hellenistic Egypt and the Near East and ancient ceramics. She is best known for her contributions to the archaeology of Israel, as director of the Tel Anafa excavations from 1978 to 1981 and as co-director of the Tel Kedesh excavations from 1997 to 2012. She has also conducted archaeological fieldwork in Greece, Italy, and Egypt.
Before assuming her position as ASOR’s President on January 1, 2020, Herbert served as 17吃瓜Vice President from 2013-2019. Herbert also served as the President of the W. F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research (AIAR) from 2013-2018. In November 2017, Herbert received ASOR鈥檚 W. F. Albright Service Award, in recognition of her work on behalf of the Albright.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
Susan Ackerman
Past President (until December 31, 2022)
Susan Ackerman is the Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion and Professor of Women鈥檚, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Dartmouth College, where she has been on the faculty since 1990. At Dartmouth, she served as the Chair of the Religion Department from 2004-2012 and as the Chair of the Program in Women鈥檚, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from 2002-2004 and 2015-2019. Her research specialties include the religion of ancient Israel, women and gender in ancient Israel, myth and ritual studies in ancient Israel, and the Hebrew Bible.
Ackerman served as 17吃瓜President from 2014-2019. Prior to that, Ackerman served as a member of the 17吃瓜Board for seven years (2007-2013), during which time she was a member of the 17吃瓜Capital Campaign Cabinet, the Task Force on the 17吃瓜Strategic Plan for 2011-2015, and the Finance Committee. She has also served as President of the New England and Eastern Canada Region of the Society of Biblical Literature (2013-2014), as President of the Colloquium for Biblical Research (2008-2010), and as a member and then Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the W. F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research (AIAR), from 2008-2013.
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Andrew G. Vaughn
Executive Director (until June 30, 2022)
Andrew G. (Andy) Vaughn became ASOR鈥檚 Interim Executive Director on January 1, 2007, and he was appointed Executive Director on July 1, 2007. Prior to this appointment, Vaughn taught at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN. There, from 1997鈥�2007, he was Assistant Professor and later Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible. He also served as Chair of Department of Religion. His teaching and research interests include听cultural heritage,听history, archaeology, Semitic languages, and Israelite religion.听听He is a past recipient of the Mitchell Dahood Prize for Biblical Scholarship, and he was a Fulbright Fellow at Tel Aviv University from 1993鈥�94.
Prior to taking up his position as Executive Director of ASOR, Vaughn served on ASOR鈥檚 Publications Committee from 2001鈥�2006, and he was elected as Chair of the Publications Committee in 2005. As Chair, he served on the 17吃瓜Board and Executive Committee from 2005鈥�2006, and he was on the 17吃瓜Management Committee from 2006鈥�2007. He was editor of the joint ASOR/SBL Archaeology and Biblical Studies Book Series from 2001鈥�2007. He has also served as Vice President of the Upper Midwest Region of the Society of Biblical Literature (2006-2007) and on the SBL Development Committee (2004鈥�2007).[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
Charles Ellwood Jones
Vice President (until December 31, 2022)
Charles Ellwood (Chuck) Jones is the Tombros Librarian for Classics and Humanities at The Pennsylvania State University Library, a position he has held since August 2013. At Penn State, he also holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies. Previously, Jones served as the Head of the Library for the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW), in New York, where he also held a position as Senior Fellow and was a faculty member of the Institute’s 2012-13 Linked Ancient World Institute. Prior to his time at ISAW, Jones was the Head Librarian for the Blegen Library at the American School of Classical Studies, in Athens, and was the Research Archivist-Bibliographer for the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.
Jones is particularly known for developing online resources for ancient Near Eastern scholars, including AWOL (the Ancient World Online). In 2008, he won the 17吃瓜Open Archaeology Award, for the Abzu website, and in 2015-2016, he won an award for Outstanding Work in Digital Archaeology from The Archaeological Institute of America.
Within ASOR, Jones has served as a session chair for programs on cyberinfrastructure and digital scholarship and as a member and then, from 2012-2018, as chair of the Publications Committee. In November 2018, Jones received ASOR鈥檚 Membership Service Award in recognition of his work as Publications Chair.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
Ann-Marie Knoblauch
Secretary (until December 31, 2021)
Ann-Marie Knoblauch is Associate Professor of Art History and Associate Director of the School of Visual Arts at Virginia Tech. Her research interests bridge east and west, especially Cyprus and Greece during the archaic and classical periods. She is especially concerned with articulating the voices of underrepresented groups in the ancient Mediterranean world 鈥� non-Athenian and non-male 鈥� through the material culture left behind.听This approach to the ancient world manifests itself in two main research endeavors, investigations into the visual iconography of Athenian women and active fieldwork on the island of Cyprus. Knoblauch has been involved in the excavations of Idalion, Cyprus, since 1998, and on Cyprus, she has also excavated at Yeronisos Island. She has also excavated in Israel and Greece.
Knoblauch has chaired several 17吃瓜sessions on Cyprus at the 17吃瓜Annual Meeting, and she also served as guest co-editor for a special double issue of Near Eastern Archaeology (NEA 71/1-2) whose focus was 鈥淎ncient Cyprus: American Research.鈥� In addition, she served as a member of the Near Eastern Archaeology editorial board from 2008 through 2016.
Knoblauch joined the 17吃瓜Board in January 2013. While on the Board, she has been a member of the Executive Committee, the Finance Committee, the Officers Nominations Committee, and the Task Force for Implementing the 17吃瓜2011-2015 Strategic Plan, and she served as the chair of the Trustee Nominations Committee. She has also been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) since 2002.
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Emily Miller Bonney
Treasurer (until December 31, 2023)
Emily Miller Bonney is a professor of Liberal Studies at California State University Fullerton, where she currently serves as Dean of the Pollak University Library.听She has also served as Interim Assistant Vice President for Academic Human Resources. Her research focuses on Bronze Age Crete and specifically on the application of extended mind and material agency theories to the relationship between the archaeological record and social/political/economic change.听In addition, she examines the ways in which the specific disciplinary frameworks affect the conclusions scholars reach.听Her recent work re-examines the mortuary evidence for social organization transitions in the Early Bronze Age on Crete, particularly the circular stone tombs, and for cross-crafting in pottery and other media.
Bonney began attending 17吃瓜meetings in 1999, after fifteen years in the world of law school and legal practice. Since 2016, she has served as the session chair of “Career Options for 17吃瓜Members: The Academy and Beyond.” She currently serves as a member of the Board’s Finance Committee and she is Chair of the ad hoc committee charged with developing a Code of Conduct for the 17吃瓜Annual Meeting.
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Lynn Swartz Dodd
(until December 31, 2021)
Lynn Swartz Dodd is Associate Professor of the Practice of Religion at the University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. There, she has served as the Director of the Interdisciplinary Archaeology Undergraduate Major and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Religion. She was also designated a USC Dornsife Distinguished Faculty Fellow.
Dodd鈥檚 research centers on archaeology and politics and ancient innovation and social change, particularly the ways that beliefs about the world figure in social change. As Curator of USC鈥檚 Archaeology Research Center, she is also engaged in technical material studies, excavation publication projects, and research involving the use of lasers and new imaging techniques in archaeological research and conservation. She is a staff member of the Amuq Valley Research Project Survey (Turkey), the Kenan Tepe Excavations (Tigris River, Turkey), and the Tell al-Judaidah Publication Project (Turkey), as well as the Native American Sacred Landscapes Project (California). Dodd is in addition the co-organizer of the Israeli Palestinian Archaeology Working Group.
Dodd has served 17吃瓜in many capacities: for example, as a member of the Publications Committee and of the Committee on Archaeological Research and Policy (and as Chair of that committee鈥檚 Fellowships Subcommittee). She was the Chair of the Ad Hoc Ethics Working Group that authored the Policy on Professional Conduct adopted by the 17吃瓜Board in April 2015. She served as 17吃瓜Secretary from 2013-2018 and currently serves as a member of the Board’s Finance Committee and as Chair of the Board’s Development Committee.
In November 2015, Dodd received the 17吃瓜Membership Service Award, and in November 2018, she received the Charles U. Harris Service Award, which is given in recognition of long term and/or special service as an 17吃瓜officer or Trustee.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
Jane DeRose Evans
(until December 31, 2021)
Jane DeRose Evans is Professor of Art History at Temple University. She specializes in the archaeology of the Roman provinces and especially in ancient numismatics. She is a Fellow of the American Numismatic Society and a member of the Royal Numismatic Society.听After excavating for many years in Javols, France, she is now project numismatist for the Harvard/Cornell Excavations in Sardis and the George Washington University excavations at Bir Madhkur (Jordan). She has also worked in Israel, Italy, England, and Philadelphia.
Evans has been a member of 17吃瓜for many years, and from 2010-2015, she served on the Ad Hoc Ethics Working Group that authored the Policy on Professional Conduct adopted by the 17吃瓜Board in April 2015. She currently serves on the Cultural Heritage Committee and has testified on behalf of the Memoranda of Understanding that allow intercepting illegally obtained antiquities from Cyprus and Egypt at the US border.
Evans served on the 17吃瓜Board from 2011-2013 and then rejoined the Board again in January 2016. She is currently serving as the Chair of the Trustee Nominations Committee and as of January 1, 2020, as the Chair of ASOR’s newest standing committee, the Cultural Heritage Committee.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
Eric M. Meyers
(until December 31, 2021)
Eric Meyers is the Bernice and Morton Lerner Emeritus Professor in Judaic Studies and Archaeology in the Department of Religious Studies of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University. He served as Director of the Graduate Program in Religion at Duke from 1979-1985 and as Associate Director in 2000-2001. He became Director again in academic year 2001-2002, a position he held until 2007.
Meyers’s research interests include the Bible, Jewish history, and archaeology. Meyers has directed digs in Israel for forty years, including the Meiron Excavation Project, whose work included excavations of the nearby synagogues of Gush 岣lav and Nabatrein, and the Sepphoris Regional Project.
Within ASOR, Meyers held the position of First Vice-President for Publications from 1982-1990, and from 1982-1992 he served as the editor of Biblical Archaeologist (BA). He served as well the associate editor of the Bulletin of ASOR (BASOR) from 1976-1993. Most notably, Meyers served as ASOR鈥檚 President from January 1, 1990, through July 1, 1996, and then again from May 2006 through December 2008.
In 2009, Meyers became Project Director of a major two-and-a-half year grant for archiving the history of American archaeology in the Middle East through ASOR. In addition, from 1975-1976, he served as Director of the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) in Jerusalem. Today, he is an Honorary Trustee of the Albright. He also currently serves as a member of the 17吃瓜Board’s Development Committee.
In 1997, Meyers received ASOR鈥檚 G. Ernest Wright Publication Award, which is given to the editor/author of the most substantial volume(s) dealing with archaeological material, excavation reports, and material culture from the ancient Near East and eastern Mediterranean. A decade later, in November 2007, he received ASOR鈥檚 most prestigious award, the Richard听J. Scheuer Medal, for lifetime achievement and professional service. The Eric and Carol Meyers Excavation Fellowships, established in 2014, also honor his long-standing service to ASOR.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
Joe D. Seger
(until December 31, 2020)
Joe D. Seger is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures and Director Emeritus of the Cobb Institute of Archaeology at Mississippi State University, whose faculty he joined in 1982. His research interests include Near Eastern archaeology and field methods, Old Testament history and literature, ancient Semitic languages, and ancient Near Eastern religions and cultures. He is an expert in ceramic analysis and excavation techniques.
Seger鈥檚 career as a field archaeologist began with the Joint Expedition to Tell Balatah, biblical Shechem, in 1962. He returned for the 1964 season and became Field Director in 1969. Since 1975 he has been the Project Director of the Lahav Research Project excavations at Tell Halif in Israel.
Seger first joined the 17吃瓜Board in 1986 and has served on the Board ever since. From 1996-2002, he served as the 17吃瓜President. Seger also served as the President of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) from 1988-1994 and now he serves as an Honorary Trustee of the Albright. He also currently serves the 17吃瓜Board as the Chair of the Officers Nominations Committee and as a member of the Development Committee.
In 2006, Seger received ASOR鈥檚 most prestigious award, the Richard听J. Scheuer Medal, for lifetime achievement and professional service. The recently established Joe D. Seger Excavation Fund also honors his long-standing service to ASOR.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1490571214409{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;border-bottom-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;}”][vc_wp_posts title=”BROWSE THE NEWS ARCHIVE” number=”4″][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1490225688999{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;border-bottom-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;}”][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
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The Chairs Coordinating Council takes responsibility for听(a) monitoring the activities of ASOR鈥檚 seven other standing committees, by receiving monthly reports about the committees鈥� discussions and business;听(b) discussing and coordinating programs and policies that cut across the purview of two or more of the CCC鈥檚 constituent committees (e.g., policies regarding ethical issues or professional standards) and also adjudicating, if need be, between competing claims regarding jurisdiction or resource allocation among the CCC鈥檚 constituent committees; (c) annually receiving, from the Program Committee, recommendations regarding the plenary speaker for the 17吃瓜Annual Meeting and then recommending to the 17吃瓜President the name of an individual to invite; and听(d) transmitting, through its chair (the 17吃瓜Vice-President) reports regarding the work of the CCC, and its constituent committees, to the Board of Trustees, at the Board鈥檚 biannual meetings.听
Charles (Chuck) Jones, 17吃瓜Vice President and Chair
Sharon Herbert, 17吃瓜President
Steven Falconer, Chair of the Committee on Archaeological Research and Policy
Jane DeRose Evans, Chair of the Cultural Heritage Committee
Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, Chair of the Early Career Scholars Committee
Lynn Welton, Chair of the Honors and Awards Committee
Theodore (Teddy) Burgh, Chair of the Membership and Outreach Committee
Helen Dixon, Co-Chair of the Program Committee
Allison Thomason, Co-Chair of the Program Committee
Kevin McGeough, Chair of the Publications Committee
Andy Vaughn, 17吃瓜Executive Director (ex officio, non-voting)
2021 COMMITTEE ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND POLICY (CAP)
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The Committee on Archaeological Research and Policy takes responsibility for designating archaeological fieldwork projects and archaeological publication projects as 鈥淐AP-affiliated,鈥� thereby indicating that these projects have agreed to conform to the 17吃瓜Policy on Professional Conduct and the Statement of General Standards for Projects Affiliated with ASOR. CAP-affiliated projects are eligible to apply for 17吃瓜grants that support excavation projects (Harris Grants; Joe D. Seger Excavation Grants). Some 17吃瓜fellowships that support students鈥� participation in archaeological fieldwork are also available only for work at CAP-affiliated excavations. The committee is also responsible for discussing and debating matters of archaeological research and policy, especially with the goal of developing guidelines and resources for 17吃瓜members and others regarding the highest scholarly and ethical standards for archaeological fieldwork and publications. 听In addition, through听a subcommittee, it awards 17吃瓜excavation grants and student fieldwork fellowships, unless otherwise specified in donor agreements.听
Steve Falconer, Chair (until听December 31, 2023)
Class of 2021
Suzanne Pilaar Birch
Kathryn Grossman
Timothy P. Harrison
Robert Mullins
Monique Vincent
Meet the Directors鈥擣undraiser to Support ASOR鈥檚 Affiliated Overseas Research Centers
Join us for a roundtable discussion with the directors of the 3 Overseas Research Centers affiliated with ASOR鈥攍ocated in Jerusalem (AIAR: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research), Nicosia, Cyprus (CAARI: Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute), and Amman, Jordan (ACOR: American Center of Research). All proceeds will support the three research centers. The webinar will begin with an introduction about the mission of each center and each center鈥檚 current and future projects. A discussion will follow, moderated by former 17吃瓜President, Prof. Susan Ackerman of Dartmouth College. The webinar will conclude with a Q&A portion with the audience.
Dr. Matthew J. Adams (AIAR)听has been the Director of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem since 2014. He is a specialist in Egyptology and Near Eastern Archaeology and broad interests across space and time in the ancient world. He is currently Director of the Jezreel Valley Regional Project and Co-director of the Megiddo Expedition and the excavations of the base of the Roman Legio VI Ferrata at Legio, Israel. His work in Palestine includes co-directing the excavations at Solomon鈥檚 Pools. He is also a Field Director at the site of Mendes in Egypt, which formed the subject of his Ph.D. dissertation at The Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman (ACOR)听has been director of ACOR since February 2020. From 2009-2020, he was a professor and curator at the University of Arizona, focusing on the heritage, archaeology, and environment of the Middle East and North Africa, where he remains affiliated faculty. Since 2012, he served as director of the University of Arizona鈥檚 Egyptian Expedition. Having worked in several countries in the region, his most recent archaeological project is directing the excavations at the pyramids and royal necropolis of Nuri, Sudan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Dr. Creasman鈥� s formal training includes a Ph.D. in nautical archaeology from Texas A&M University. With more than 100 publications, he has been recognized for his work by several institutions including: the White House鈥檚 Office of Science and Technology Policy, as a fellow of The Explorer鈥檚 Club and the Royal Geographic Society, and was honored as one of the National Geographic Society鈥檚 鈥淕eniuses鈥� for 2021.
Dr. Lindy Crewe听(CAARI)听was awarded her Ph.D. in Archaeology from the University of Edinburgh in 2004. She is the author of two monographs, two edited volumes and over 30 articles on Cypriot archaeology. Her research has focussed on the prehistory of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily Cyprus and interconnections with the surrounding region. She is an expert on Bronze Age Cypriot pottery and is Director of excavations at the Bronze Age settlement of Kissonerga听Skalia听near Paphos. She previously worked as Curator of Cypriot Antiquities in the Department of Greece in Rome at the British Museum, as a Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Manchester and has been in her current role of Director of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) in Nicosia since 2017.
To receive your 17吃瓜member discount,听. If you are new to ASOR, please click on the 鈥溾�� link to register your e-mail address and choose a password for our online store. Once logged in, navigate to 鈥淢eeting and Event Registration鈥� to register for the webinar and pay the fee. Each paid registrant will receive a confirmation e-mail when you pay for the webinar. If you do not receive this e-mail, then you are not registered. Please e-mail听membership@asor.org听with any questions or issues with registering.
You will be e-mailed the Zoom Webinar link in the week prior to the lecture on February 11, 2021. If you do not receive the link by the close of business on the Monday before the webinar, please e-mail听membership@asor.org听immediately. All webinars are recorded and all paid registrants听will be sent a link to view the recording.
All proceeds from this webinar will support ASOR鈥檚听affiliated听Overseas Research Centers (ACOR, AIAR, and CAARI).
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Where Are They Now?: A Preview of 2022 ASOR-Affiliated Fieldwork Projects Michael Given (University of Glasgow), Xenia-Paula Kyriakou (Florida Gulf Coast University), Stephen Batiuk (University of Toronto), Monique Roddy (Walla Walla University), Kent Bramlett (La Sierra University), Friedbert Ninow (La Sierra University), and Michael Hoff (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) | March 8, 2022
Tel Rehov: A Major Bronze and Iron Age City in the Jordan Valley Amihai Mazar (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Nava Panitz-Cohen ( Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Nota Kourou (Athens University), Naama Yahalom-Mack (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Robert Mullins (Azusa Pacific University) | February 10, 2022
Archaeogaming: Why Video Games Deserve Their Own Archaeology Tine Rassalle (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Shannon Martino (Morton College), Matthew Winter (University of Arizona), Michael Zimmerman (Rhode Island) | April 18, 2021
Archived webpage for the 2021 Committee Members; This page has been replaced.
The Early听Career听Scholars Committee takes responsibility for championing the views and needs of ASOR鈥檚 early career scholars (a group defined as including all 17吃瓜members who qualify for the Undergraduate, Graduate, and Early Career membership rates); hosting a luncheon and other programming as deemed appropriate for Early Career Scholars at the 17吃瓜Annual Meeting; and working with the 17吃瓜staff, 17吃瓜leadership, and the 17吃瓜Board of Trustees to further the goal articulated in the 17吃瓜2016-2020 Strategic Plan, to develop strategies to foster the next generation of scholars of the Near East and wider Mediterranean and promote their success. 17吃瓜Early Career Scholars include all 17吃瓜members who qualify for the following levels of membership: Early Career, Graduate, and Undergraduate.
Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, Chair (until December 31, 2021)
Elie Akiki, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2024)
Shira Albaz, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2023)
Vicky Almansa, Graduate Student Member (until December 31, 2024)
Owen Chesnut, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2021)
Cecelia Chisdock, Graduate Student Member (until December 31, 2023)
Maggie Geoga, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2024)
Bianca Hand, Graduate Student Member and Liaison to the DEI Task Force (until December 31, 2023)
Vivian Laughlin, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2021)
Megan Lewis, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2023)
Daniel S谩nchez Mu帽oz, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2024)
Marta Ostovich, 17吃瓜Staff Member (ex officio, non-voting)
Tine Rassalle, Graduate Student Member (until December 31, 2021)
Steve Renette, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2023)
Leticia Rodriguez, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2024)
Avary Taylor, Graduate Student Member (until December 31, 2024)
Zachary Thomas, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2024)
Shane Thompson, Graduate Student Member (until December 31, 2024)
Jessica Tomkins, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2023)
Sarah Wenner, Graduate Student Member, Liaison to the Program Committee
Vanessa Workman, Graduate Student Member (until听December 31, 2022)
Subcommittees
Advocacy
DEI Subcommittee: Bianca Hand (chair), Vicky Almansa, Cecelia Chisdock, Leticia Rodriguez, Avary Taylor
Community
Social Community Building: Tine Rassalle (chair), Elie Akiki, Yun Ji, Daniel S谩nchez Mu帽oz,听Zachary Thomas
Social Media: Megan Lewis (chair), Vivian Laughlin
Professionalization
Academic and Professionalization Programming: Vanessa Workman (chair), Shira Albaz, Owen Chesnut, Steve Renette
Online Video and Professionalization Libraries: Jessica Tomkins (chair), Maggie Geoga, Shane Thompson
[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_wp_text]In light of the global pandemic, ASOR鈥檚 Committee on Archaeological Research and Policy (CAP) decided to limited grants and scholarships to proposals that do not entail international travel and can be verified as safe and feasible at the time of application. Thus, excavation grants and fellowships to individuals will look a little different this year.
Grants to Archaeological Projects. 17吃瓜will again be offering (three grants of $2500 each), and a (one grant of $2500 in matching funds). Applications for these grants should come from the PIs of ASOR-affiliated projects and applicants for the Seger grant should be prepared to describe their matching funds. For the 2021 granting cycle, the Harris and Seger grants cannot be used to support international travel or fieldwork. Instead, these grants will support any non-fieldwork research, analysis, or publication components of 17吃瓜affiliated projects during 2021. Applications for Harris and Seger Grants will be due February 15, 2021. The project must demonstrate that the proposal is safe and feasible given current conditions and restrictions.
Individual Support (Summer Stipends). For almost 15 years, 17吃瓜has been providing students and volunteers the opportunity to participate in archaeological research overseas via our . In 2021, we plan to continue our support for research participation in non-fieldwork contexts; rather than providing dig scholarships, we will be supporting summer employment for research that is safe and feasible. This year, we will be offering twenty five (25) Summer Stipends of $1500 (undergraduates) or $2000 (graduate students) each to support participation in qualifying non-fieldwork components of ASOR-affiliated research projects. Applications for the 2021 Summer Stipends will be made jointly by students and the PI of the project they intend to work on. PIs should select no more than two students with whom they wish to apply for funding (one graduate student and one undergraduate student). We expect that no excavation project will be awarded more than one Summer Stipend. Ten Summer Stipends will be reserved for graduate students, and ten for undergraduates. In addition, five more Summer Stipends will be dedicated for students from under-represented groups, who identify as BIPOC. Students must be 17吃瓜members to apply, but that requirement will be waived for the five stipends dedicated for BIPOC students. Those who receive a Summer Stipend will also be eligible to apply for a registration scholarship for the 2021 17吃瓜Annual Meeting. Scholarships for the Annual Meeting will be guaranteed if the students state that they have a financial need. BIPOC students will be eligible for partial travel grants to the Annual Meeting. Applications for Summer Stipends will be due February 15, 2021.
Pp. 200鈥�209: “Adorning and Protecting: Glass Intaglios and the Changing Character of Being a Sardian in the Early Imperial Period,” by Jane DeRose Evans
Glass intaglios found on a hilltop in Sardis, Turkey are dated by archaeological context to the Augustan period. Iconographic details and the state of the intaglios show that they were made in Sardis, very likely near where they were found. The group of about forty gems gives us insight into the changing sociocultural history of the Sardians at a time when they are adapting to new political realities; they also give us a glimpse of favored motifs of the lower classes, in contrast to the magistrates who paid for local coinages and other euergistic projects.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]17吃瓜Members with online access: navigate to the token link email sent to you (search for “token link” in inbox) before attempting to read this article. Once you have activated your member token, to access the above article on The University of Chicago Press Journals’ website.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1570041002103{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][mk_image src=”http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Isin-Larsa-Monumental-Building-NEA-83.4-TOC.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”500″ crop=”false” hover=”false” custom_url=”https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/708510″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]
Pp. 210鈥�221: “Rediscovering the Heartland of Cities: Early Southern Mesopotamian States in Their Setting through New Field Research,” by Nicol貌 Marchetti andFederico Zaina
The 2016鈥�2018 QADIS survey project is a joint Iraqi-Italian initiative aimed at achieving a new understanding of the processes that led to the formation and development of urban centers in central-southern Iraq from the fourth millennium BCE to modernity. The project applied an integrated methodology including a combined set of techniques, from remote sensing to aerial mapping, from archaeological surface collection to test soundings, from geoarchaeological investigation to the study of epigraphic materials. As a result, a more detailed reconstruction of the urban layout of several ancient Mesopotamian centers, as well as a comprehensive understanding of the cultural landscape of the region through time, is now possible.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]17吃瓜Members with online access: navigate to the token link email sent to you (search for “token link” in inbox) before attempting to read this article. Once you have activated your member token, to access the above article on The University of Chicago Press Journals’ website.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1570041002103{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][mk_image src=”http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Trench-B-NEA-83.4-TOC.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”500″ crop=”false” hover=”false” custom_url=”https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/710097″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]
Pp. 222鈥�233: “A Newly Discovered Administrative Center of the Late Sasanian Empire: Tappe Bardnakoon, Farsan, Iran,” by Alireza Khosrowzadeh,Aliasghar Norouzi, andHossein Habibi
The two first seasons of excavation at the large settlement of Tappe Bardnakoon unearthed remarkable archaeological material, including huge architectural structures, a large corpus of 559 clay bullae and sealings, and collections of ceramics, gems, and metal and stone objects from the Sasanian period. The acquired data indicate that Bardnakoon is a hitherto unidentified administrative center of the late Sasanian Empire. The space excavated in Trench B possibly locates a repository at this center where the used sealings were kept. Given the location of the site in a region between different Sasanian provinces, its discovery offers new insights into the structural organization of the state. Further examination of the findings may cast light on the onomastica, either personal or place names, beliefs, and interregional interactions in a strategic yet largely overlooked region in the late-antique Central Zagros.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]17吃瓜Members with online access: navigate to the token link email sent to you search for “token link” in inbox)听before attempting to read this article. Once you have activated your member token, to access the above article on The University of Chicago Press Journals’ website.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1570041002103{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][mk_image src=”http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Cyclopean-Wall-Karum-NEA-83.4-TOC.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”500″ crop=”false” hover=”false” custom_url=”https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/708506″ align=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Pp. 234鈥�247: “New Evidence on Central Anatolia during the Second Millennium BCE Excavations at B眉kl眉kale,” by Kimiyoshi Matsumura
The circumstances behind the emergence of the Hittite kingdom remain one of the unsolved questions in Hittite history. In particular, the decades between the end of the k膩rum period and the establishment of Hattusa as the Hittite capital remain largely unknown. The site of B眉kl眉kale, a second-millennium BCE city situated on the banks of the K谋z谋l谋rmak River in central Anatolia, is a promising candidate for filling this gap. Eleven years of research have revealed a large-scale, fortified city that was settled throughout the second millennium BCE. In the excavations on the citadel area, traces of intensive settlement in the Hittite period and a substantial building constructed using cyclopean masonry in the k膩rum period were found, indicating continued settlement into the Hittite period. Finds such as a Hattian foundation ceremony, a Hurrian glass bottle, and early Luwian hieroglyphs also reveal the multicultural character of the site. Its multicultural nature may be a clue to comprehending the emergence process of the Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]17吃瓜Members with online access: navigate to the token link email sent to you (search for “token link” in inbox) before attempting to read this article. Once you have activated your member token, to access the above article on The University of Chicago Press Journals’ website.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1570041002103{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][mk_image src=”http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Camper-Practices-Archaeological-Drawing-NEA-83.4-TOC.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”500″ crop=”false” hover=”false” custom_url=”https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/708509″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]
Pp. 248鈥�255: “Education beyond Preservation: An Archaeological Camp for Girls in Armenia,” by Lori Khatchadourian
Since the early 2000s, public archaeology has begun to ask how archaeological education can be unfettered from preservation and stewardship, instead responding to wider educational or social needs among the publics it is meant to serve. This new direction in archaeological education has yet to influence informal education programs offered in the context of research-based fieldwork, particularly in southwest Asia. In 2017 and 2018, the Aragats Foundation, a nonprofit organization affiliated with the American-Armenian research initiative known as Project ArAGATS, organized an archaeological camp for girls in the Republic of Armenia. This program was designed in response to social-justice concerns surrounding gender inequality in Armenia and disparities in opportunities between rich and poor, as well as urban and rural children. The camp harnessed the full research capacities of Project ArAGATS to provide girls with a multidimensional, hands-on learning experience that emphasized science and technology over heritage preservation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]17吃瓜Members with online access: navigate to the token link email sent to you (search for “token link” in inbox) before attempting to read this article. Once you have activated your member token, to access the above article on The University of Chicago Press Journals’ website.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1570041002103{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][mk_image src=”http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Amphoriskos-Flask-NEA-83.4-TOC.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”500″ crop=”false” hover=”false” custom_url=”https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/710096″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]
Pp. 256鈥�263: “Curating The World Between Empires: Art and Identity in the Ancient Middle East,” by Blair Fowlkes-Childs andMichael Seymour
The World between Empires was an international loan exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from March 18 through June 23, 2019 that featured nearly 190 works of art from twenty museums in the Middle East, Europe, and the U.S. as well as from the Met鈥檚 collection. The exhibition covered the period when the Roman and Parthian Empires competed for control of the Middle East and its trade routes (ca. 100 B.C.鈥揂.D. 250), and was focused on how the cultural, religious, and personal identities of people and communities in the region that formed the imperial border were expressed through art. The two curators discuss the curatorial process and why The World between Empires represented an exceptional opportunity both to disseminate recent scholarship and to contribute to research on the art, history, religions, and culture of the Middle East during the Roman and Parthian period. Several of the iconic archaeological sites included in the exhibition, including Palmyra and Dura-Europos in Syria and Hatra in Iraq, have suffered extensive damage in recent years, and the curators offer their thoughts on their efforts to include a nuanced discussion of the destruction of cultural heritage in conjunction with ongoing humanitarian crises, and of current and future responses.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]17吃瓜Members with online access: navigate to the token link email sent to you (search for “token link” in inbox) 听before attempting to read this article. Once you have activated your member token, to access the above article on The University of Chicago Press Journals’ website.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1570041002103{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][mk_image src=”http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Limestone-Male-Votary-Head-NEA-83.4-TOC.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”500″ crop=”false” hover=”false” custom_url=”https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/712391″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]
Pp. 264鈥�269: “A Square Peg in a Round Hole: Rethinking Archaeological Publication,” by Kevin Garstki, Derek B. Counts, Erin Walcek Averett, Sarah Whitcher Kansa, and Eric C. Kansa
This essay offers a first-hand look at how one archaeological project (the Athienou Archaeological Project on Cyprus) decided to rethink the definition of 鈥渇inal鈥� and contribute to the growing discourse surrounding 3D visualization, archaeological publication, archival data, and access.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]17吃瓜Members with online access: navigate to the token link email sent to you (search for “token link” in inbox) 听before attempting to read this article. Once you have activated your member token, to access the above article on The University of Chicago Press Journals’ website.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
17吃瓜Members with online access: navigate to the token link email sent to you before attempting to read this issue. Once you have activated your member token, to access the the entire issue, including book reviews, on The University of Chicago Press Journals’ website.
Richard L. Coffman
Charles Ellwood Jones
In light of the global pandemic, ASOR鈥檚 Committee on Archaeological Research and Policy (CAP) decided to limited grants and scholarships to proposals that do not entail international travel and can be verified as safe and feasible at the time of application. Thus, excavation grants and fellowships to individuals will look a little different this year.
Individual Support (Summer Stipends). For almost 15 years, 17吃瓜has been providing students and volunteers the opportunity to participate in archaeological research overseas via our . In 2021, we plan to continue our support for research participation in non-fieldwork contexts; rather than providing dig scholarships, we will be supporting summer employment for research that is safe and feasible. This year, we will be offering twenty five (25) Summer Stipends of $1500 (undergraduates) or $2000 (graduate students) each to support participation in qualifying non-fieldwork components of ASOR-affiliated research projects. Applications for the 2021 Summer Stipends will be made jointly by students and the PI of the project they intend to work on. PIs should select no more than two students with whom they wish to apply for funding (one graduate student and one undergraduate student). We expect that no excavation project will be awarded more than one Summer Stipend. Ten Summer Stipends will be reserved for graduate students, and ten for undergraduates. In addition, five more Summer Stipends will be dedicated for students from under-represented groups, who identify as BIPOC. Students must be 17吃瓜members to apply, but that requirement will be waived for the five stipends dedicated for BIPOC students. Those who receive a Summer Stipend will also be eligible to apply for a registration scholarship for the 2021 17吃瓜Annual Meeting. Scholarships for the Annual Meeting will be guaranteed if the students state that they have a financial need. BIPOC students will be eligible for partial travel grants to the Annual Meeting. Applications for Summer Stipends will be due February 15, 2021.