CHI – Our Mission

OUR MISSION

Initiated in 2014, ASOR���s Cultural Heritage Initiatives is an international collaboration of scholars and institutions who work under the auspices of ASOR. Although the destruction of cultural property represents only part of the humanitarian crisis, these harmful actions threaten our common world heritage and cultural diversity. We have an ethical obligation to respond, and our project is part of an international effort to work with Syrians, Iraqis, and Libyans (and other peoples) to protect their heritage and cultural identity.

17勛圖Cultural Heritage Initiatives:
1. Promotes Global Awareness and Understanding
2. Fosters Education and Stewardship
3. Documents Heritage and Threats
4. Counters and Prevents Illicit Trafficking
5. Plans and Implements Urgent and Post-war Responses
6. Provides and Administers Grants

1. Promotes Global Awareness and Understanding

  • Collecting information from news and social media sources
  • Communicating with heritage specialists, networks of volunteers, and other organizations in Syria and northern Iraq
  • Analyzing satellite imagery to monitor, document, and verify heritage damage
  • Synthesizing data generated from the above activities to track the evolving cultural heritage situation in Syria
  • Producing a comprehensive inventory of heritage sites and damage that integrates all of the above

2. Fosters Education and Stewardship

  • Producing weekly reports that provide timely updates on the status of heritage damage and threats in Syria
  • Providing periodic reports that synthesize trends, patterns, and needs within the overall heritage situation
  • Sharing our findings and conclusions in public symposia, international conferences, and colloquia
  • Communicating with the public through English and Arabic-language social media and news sources
  • Coordinating with other organizations that are working to safeguard Syrian heritage

3. Documents Heritage and Threats

  • Assessing the major preservation issues affecting cultural heritage
  • Designing protocols for rapid documentation of damage and preservation needs that can be implemented in the future
  • Developing proposals for future large-scale preservation projects
  • Providing resources for high-impact mitigation projects
  • Identifying human resource priorities to strengthen future cultural heritage management capacity for Syria

4. Counters and Prevents Illicit Trafficking

  • Assessing the major preservation issues affecting cultural heritage
  • Designing protocols for rapid documentation of damage and preservation needs that can be implemented in the future
  • Developing proposals for future large-scale preservation projects
  • Providing resources for high-impact mitigation projects
  • Identifying human resource priorities to strengthen future cultural heritage management capacity for Syria

5. Plans and Implements Urgent and Post-war Responses

  • Assessing the major preservation issues affecting cultural heritage
  • Designing protocols for rapid documentation of damage and preservation needs that can be implemented in the future
  • Developing proposals for future large-scale preservation projects
  • Providing resources for high-impact mitigation projects
  • Identifying human resource priorities to strengthen future cultural heritage management capacity for Syria

CHI – 17勛圖

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ABOUT 17勛圖CULTURAL HERITAGE INITIATIVES

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]Initiated in 2014, ASOR���s Cultural Heritage Initiatives is an international collaboration of scholars and institutions who work under the auspices of ASOR. Although the destruction of cultural property represents only part of the humanitarian crisis, these harmful actions threaten our common world heritage and cultural diversity. We have an ethical obligation to respond, and our project is part of an international effort to work with Syrians, Iraqis, and Libyans (and other peoples) to protect their heritage and cultural identity.

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1. Promotes Global Awareness and Understanding
2. Fosters Education and Stewardship
3. Documents Heritage and Threats
4. Counters and Prevents Illicit Trafficking
5. Plans and Implements Urgent and Post-war Responses
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Who We Are

17勛圖Cultural Heritage Initiatives is an international, collaborative effort focused��on education and stewardship programs that foster understanding between people transcending ethnic, religious, and geographic boundaries. We have assembled a team of scholars with professional connections to leading academic and cultural institutions in Canada, England, France, Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, and the United States.

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Contact Us

We welcome interested parties to help the 17勛圖Cultural Heritage Initiatives fulfill its mission to protect and preserve the cultural heritage of the MENA region by volunteering your time and expertise.

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[/vc_column_text][mk_divider margin_top=”5″ margin_bottom=”5″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]If you’re traveling to Jerusalem, consider staying at the Albright Institute���one of ASOR’s affiliated research centers. A great option for academics, you’ll be in a supportive research-oriented environment with other scholars and professionals. The services and facilities will allow you to focus on your work and maximize your time. You may stay a few nights or for an entire semester. Family apartments and en suite rooms are available, in addition to traditional hostel rooms.

Book now through September 1, 2019, and you can receive a 15% discount on any stay between September 1 ��� December 31, 2019. (Discount may not to be combined with any other discounts). for rates. Rate includes the following:

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Email albrightinstitute@aiar.org泭棗娶泭sarah.fairman@aiar.org for more information or to book! You may also follow the Albright Institute on Instagram and Facebook to stay on top of other promotions like this one: @albright.institute[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1567019605029{margin-right: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !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_1496684008271{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_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

A Wonderful Season

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WELCOME TO THE 17勛圖BLOG

The American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) is the preeminent society for individuals interested in the archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean and the Biblical Lands. This blog is intended to facilitate ASOR���s��mission�����to initiate, encourage and support research into, and public understanding of, the cultures and history of the Near East from the earliest times.���[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]

A Wonderful Season

By: Amanda Hopkins, 2012 Heritage Fellow

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”50369″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1565877186805{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]I received financial assistance as a Heritage Fellowship recipient which helped me to purchase my plane ticket. In addition to this practical benefit, I was able to share my experiences through the 17勛圖blog. Now, as I reflect upon my earlier posts (, Second, , and ) I have various markers that show me how understanding is a journey of perspective. For example, when we were originally given permission to excavate the cave we imagined that it could be a wine cellar. Now we realize that the depth and shape of the cave best lends itself to being a reservoir or cistern. Digging Tall al-Umayri Survey Site 84 also created several opportunities to better appreciate the daily life of people living in hinterland settlements during the late Iron Age.

These early dwellers��� tenacity and resilience were most keenly felt when we discovered plaster and chiseling on the walls and roof of the cave. This discovery was perhaps the most exhilarating moment of the dig. Especially, since we are following (perhaps) these markers of human ingenuity to the bottom of the cave. I want to see how these people reshaped this natural feature of the landscape so that it would conform to their desire to store water for the production of wine and or olive oil.

“Best practices of cistern production” come from the community���s long-term experience of living in the hinterland. The mixtures of various types of limestone that surround Site 84 include permeable types like the kind we have in our cave. If the marks of the chiseling and the layering of the plaster are any indication then it took an incredible amount of handiwork to prepare the cave���s surfaces and to create an impermeable lining.

Our 2012 dig season also contained moments of levity. Archeologists derive benefit mostly by digging with small picks and trowels. However, for removing years of top fill from windblown dirt, vegetation (of the thistle variety) and human remnants (aluminum soda cans), nothing is better than a good shovel and a pick. However, matching the right wooden handle with the right shovel or pick head can be quite tasking. The shovel and pick heads that are offered for sale in a store may or may not fit the handles that are similarly offered for sale by that same hardware store!!!

We found a similar situation as we covered the cave to protect it and interested bystanders from injury. Ordering the corrugated steel (in Arabic/English), building the wooden fixtures to hold the metal in place- and transporting all these materials…you make friends quickly with locals whose help is much appreciated!

I had a very meaningful experience excavating Hinterland Site 84. I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to be a 2012 recipient of the Heritage Fellowship Award and to be a member of the Tall al- Umayri dig.

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As you know, is to support archaeology in the Near East, and now we have an exciting opportunity for you to support students of archaeology directly! Every year 17勛圖gives out around 30 Platt and Heritage Fellowships to deserving students to defray the costs of excavating in the Near East. Thanks to last year���s March Fellowship Madness drive we gave out a total of and we are trying to beat that number this year.

Our goal is to raise $10,000, and if we succeed, two generous donors will give meaning a total of 14 additional students will get funding this year! seize this opportunity to send more students into the field! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]All content provided on this blog is for informational purposes only. The American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) makes no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any information on this blog or found by following any link on this blog. 17勛圖will not be liable for any errors or omissions in this information. 17勛圖will not be liable for any losses, injuries, or damages from the display or use of this information. The opinions expressed by Bloggers and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not reflect the opinions of 17勛圖or any employee thereof.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Sustainability at Any Price is not Sustainable: Open Access and Archaeology

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WELCOME TO THE 17勛圖BLOG

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Sustainability at Any Price is not Sustainable: Open Access and Archaeology

By: Eric Kansa, UC Berkeley and OpenContext.org

This blog post looks at the open access debate, and notes how sustainability is as much of an ideological and political question as it is a financial issue. It is intended to follow up on previous blog posts (, , ) that discuss how the Aaron Swartz prosecution and death highlighted tremendous injustices in the legal framework governing scholarly communications.

At this year���s in Honolulu, I took part in discussions about open access in various forums, including the Digital Data Interest Group and a forum sponsored by the SAA Committee on Ethics. Sarah Kansa, a member of the SAA Publications Committee has also been participating in open access debates. There���s very little to report just yet, except that the issue of open access is clearly on the agenda of archaeology���s professional societies. The move to require open access of federally funded research outputs has clearly raised the stakes and urgency of the open access issue. This policy move followed years of advocacy efforts, culminating with a people.

In these debates, open access has little explicit opposition as an ideal. Rather, resistance to open access focuses on fears of financial ���sustainability.��� The leaders of professional societies tend to cling to the status quo because they do not see a way to underwrite the costs of open access publication.

So let���s look at the issue of sustainability more closely.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]All content provided on this blog is for informational purposes only. The American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) makes no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any information on this blog or found by following any link on this blog. 17勛圖will not be liable for any errors or omissions in this information. 17勛圖will not be liable for any losses, injuries, or damages from the display or use of this information. The opinions expressed by Bloggers and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not reflect the opinions of 17勛圖or any employee thereof.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

FY19 HONORIFIC & MEMORIAL GIFTS

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HONORIFIC & MEMORIAL GIFTS

MADE DURING FISCAL YEAR 2019 (7/1/18���6/30/19)

 

Honorific Gifts

In honor of Susan Ackerman

  • Peggy Ackerman
  • Jonathan Rosenbaum

In honor of Helen Dixon

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum

In honor of Joel F. Drinkard, Jr.

  • Terry Wayne Eddinger

In honor of Geoff Emberling

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum

In honor of Larry Geraty: see below under Lawrence T. Geraty Endowment

In honor of Aaron Gidding

  • Cheryl Davis
  • Nathan Gidding
  • Samuel Gidding

In honor of Paul Hollenbeck

  • Kathleen Hollenbeck

In honor of Dr. Mara T. Horowitz

  • Janet Horowitz

In honor of Norma Kershaw

  • Andy and Amy Vaughn

In honor of Bon Lang

  • Chonglinf Dong

In honor of James D. Muhly

  • Peyton Helm

In honor of Arlene Press

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum

In honor of Prof. Filippo M. Pontani

  • Massimo Imperiali

In honor of Carolyn Midkiff Strange

  • Andy and Amy Vaughn

In honor of James R. Strange

  • Aaron Coyle-Carr

In honor of Prof. Tucci

  • Massimo Imperiali

In honor of Andy Vaughn

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum

 

Memorial Gifts

In memory of Lizzy B.

  • Kathleen Hollenbeck

In memory of Roger and Aina Boraas

  • Barbara A. Porter

In memory of Jocelyn K. Burney

  • Austin Andrews

In memory of Reuben G. Bullard

  • Robert Wayne Smith

In memory of Dr. Joseph A. Callaway

  • William W. Ellinger III

In memory of Norma Dever

  • Barry M. Gittlen

In memory of Bob Falconer

  • Steve Falconer

In memory of Dr. James Flanagan

  • Megan A. Perry

In memory of David Noel Freedman

  • Daniel Mattson

In memory of Ron Haznedl

  • Betty Snow

In memory of Dr. George Kelm

  • R. Dennis Cole

In memory of Rev. Dr. George M. Landes, Sr.

  • Carol Landes

In memory of Mary Littauer

  • Trudy S. Kawami

In memory of Herbert Mason: see below under Herbert Mason Endowment

In memory of George Mendenhall

  • Daniel Mattson

In memory of James Michener

  • Cynthia Burdge

In memory of Dr. Bradley Parker

  • Sarah Kielt Costello
  • Catherine P. Foster

In memory of Prof. Pascucci

  • Massimo Imperiali

In memory of Raphael Patai, Ph.D.

  • Jennifer Schneider

In memory of James B. Pritchard

  • Barbara A. Porter

In memory of Prof. Pugliese Carratelli

  • Massimo Imperiali

In memory of Anson F. Rainey

  • Andy Vaughn

In memory of Richard J. Scheuer

  • Marian Scheuer Sofaer

In memory of Harva L. Sheeler

  • Katharine Sheeler

In memory of Dr. Spyridon

  • Massimo Imperiali

In memory of Olin Storvick

  • Carolyn Midkiff Strange

In memory of James F. Strange

  • Cynthia Allyn
  • Evan Carter
  • Roy Ciampa
  • Aaron Coyle-Carr
  • Byron R. McCane
  • Charles Midkiff
  • Donald Charles Polaski
  • Lucille Roussin
  • B. W. Ruffner
  • Carolyn Midkiff Strange
  • James Riley Strange
  • Daniel Warner

In memory of Silas and Catherine Vaughn

  • Andy and Amy Vaughn

In memory of Lamia Al Gailani Werr

  • Barbara A. Porter

In memory of Harold and Catherine Young

  • Jeanine Young-Mason

In memory of James Young

  • Jeanine Young-Mason

In memory of Sharon Zuckerman

  • Michael Simone

 

Gifts to Named Endowment Funds*

Stevan B. Dana Endowed Scholarship Fund

  • Stevan B. Dana

Lawrence T. Geraty Endowed Scholarship Fund

  • Nerida Bates
  • Lawrence T. Geraty
  • Ronald D. Geraty
  • Barbara A. Porter
  • Matthew Luke Vincent
  • Carolyn Waldron

Denise L. Gold Excavation Fund

  • Deinse L. Gold

P. E. MacAllister Endowed Scholarship Fund

  • Alex and Bridget MacAllister

Herbert W. Mason Endowment Fund

  • Faith Mason
  • Christopher Morris
  • Shakir Mustafa
  • Nawal Nasrallah
  • Lawrence Pearl
  • Jeanine Young-Mason

Eric and Carol Meyers Endowed Scholarship Fund

  • Eric and Carol Meyers

Strange/Midkiff Families Endowed Scholarship Fund

  • Gary Arbino

 

* Please note that this list only contains gifts to these named funds made during Fiscal Year 2019

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ANE TODAY VOL VII n07 (2019)

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July 2019

Vol. 7, No. 7

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By Ronald Hendel and Jan Joosten

Is the Bible as old as Moses or as young as the Hellenistic period? A new book argues that looking closely at Biblical language and context suggests many ���ages.��� [/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text]

By Roc穩o Da Riva

Ancient temples were mysterious places filled with statues and incense. But tablets from Marduk���s temple in Babylon show they were also filled with specialists and managers following detailed lists of instructions. [/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text]

By Dora Goldsmith

All human societies experience smells, but ancient Egypt was one of the first to document that realm. What would ancient Egypt have smelled like? [/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text]

By Isaac Kalimi

The Bible regards Solomon as the greatest and wisest of kings. But which Solomon are we talking about, that of Samuel-Kings or Chronicles? And which is closer to ���history���? [/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]