*Ur, J. A., P. Karsgaard, and J. Oates. 2007. Urban Development in the Ancient Near East. Science 317:1188. [abstract] [full text]

*Oates, J., A. McMahon, P. Karsgaard, S. al-Quntar, and J. Ur. 2007. Early Mesopotamian Urbanism: A New View from the North. Antiquity 81 (313): 585-600. [abstract]

*Alizadeh, K., and J. A. Ur. 2007. Formation and Destruction of Pastoral and Irrigation Landscapes on the Mughan Steppe, North-Western Iran. Antiquity 81 (311): 148-160. [abstract]

Ur, J. A. 2007. Agricultural and Pastoral Landscapes in the Near East: Case Studies using CORONA Satellite Photography. ArchAtlas, October 2007, 2.1 Edition. [full text]

*Wilkinson, T. J., J. Christiansen, J. A. Ur, M. Widell, and M. Altaweel. 2007. Urbanization within a Dynamic Environment: Modelling Bronze Age Communities in Upper Mesopotamia. American Anthropologist 109:52-68. [abstract]

Wilkinson, T. J., M. Gibson, J. Christiansen, M. Widell, D. Schloen, N. Kouchoukos, C. Woods, J. C. Sanders, K.-L. Simunich, M. Altaweel, J. A. Ur, C. Hritz, J. Lauinger, T. Paulette, and J. Tenney. 2007. "Modeling Settlement Systems in a Dynamic Environment: Case Studies from Mesopotamia," in The Model-Based Archaeology of Socionatural Systems. Edited by T. A. Kohler and S. van der Leeuw, pp. 175-208. Santa Fe: School of American Research. [book abstract]

Ur, J. A. 2006. Google Earth and Archaeology. The SAA Archaeological Record 6(3):35-38. [PDF]

Alizadeh, K., and J. Ur. 2006. Mughan Steppe Archaeological Survey. Iranian Center for Archaeological Research Archaeological Reports 4:49-56 (In Farsi).

*Menze, B. H., J. A. Ur, and A. G. Sherratt. 2006. Detection of Ancient Settlement Mounds: Archaeological Survey Based on the SRTM Terrain Model. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 72:321-327. [PDF]

*Ur, J. A. 2005. Sennacherib's Northern Assyrian Canals: New Insights from Satellite Imagery and Aerial Photography. Iraq 67:317-345. [PDF]

Ur, J. A. 2005. Les imatges per satèllit i l’estructura dels paisatges antics: exemples del Pròxim Orient. Cota Zero 20:129-138. [PDF]

*Wilkinson, T. J., E. Wilkinson, J. A. Ur, and M. Altaweel. 2005. Landscape and Settlement in the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 340:23-56. [PDF]

Sallaberger, W., and J. A. Ur. 2004. "Tell Beydar/Nabada in its Regional Setting," in Third Millennium Cuneiform Texts from Tell Beydar (Seasons 1996-2002) , Subartu 12. Edited by L. Milano, W. Sallaberger , P. Talon, and K. Van Lerberghe, pp. 51-71. Turnhout: Brepols.

Wilkinson, T. J., J. A. Ur, and J. Casana. 2004. "From Nucleation to Dispersal: Trends in Settlement Pattern in the Northern Fertile Crescent," in Side-by-Side Survey: Comparative Regional Studies in the Mediterranean World . Edited by J. Cherry and S. Alcock , pp. 198-205. Oxford: Oxbow Books.

*Ur, J. A. 2003. CORONA Satellite Photography and Ancient Road Networks: A Northern Mesopotamian Case Study. Antiquity 77:102-115. [abstract]

Ur, J. A. 2002. Settlement and Landscape in Northern Mesopotamia: The Tell Hamoukar Survey 2000-2001. Akkadica 123:57-88. [abstract] [PDF]

*Ur, J. A. 2002. Surface Collection and Offsite Studies at Tell Hamoukar, 1999. Iraq 64:15-44.

Ur, J. A. 2002. The Collapse of an Early Urban Center in Northern Mesopotamia: The Case of Tell Hamoukar. American Schools of Oriental Research Newsletter 52:8-9. [PDF]

In Press:

Ur, J. A., and T. J. Wilkinson. in press. "Settlement and Economic Landscapes of Tell Beydar and its Hinterland," in Beydar Studies I. Edited by M. Lebeau. Turnhout: Brepols.

Ur, J. A., and K. Alizadeh. in press. "The Sasanian Colonization of the Mughan Steppe, Ardebil Province, Northwestern Iran," in Studies in Sasanian Archaeology: Economy, Industry, and Material Culture. Edited by St J. Simpson. London: British Museum.

Ur, J. A. in press. "Emergent Landscapes of Movement in Early Bronze Age Northern Mesopotamia," in Landscapes of Movement: Paths, Trails, and Roads in Anthropological Perspective. Edited by J. E. Snead, C. Erickson, and W. A. Darling. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum Press.

Ur, J. A., and C. Colantoni. in press. "The Cycle of Production, Preparation, and Consumption in a Northern Mesopotamian City," in From Subsistence to Social Strategies: New Directions in the Study of Daily Meals and Feasting Events. Edited by E. Klarich. Boulder: University of Colorado Press.

Ur, J. A. in press. Archaeological Survey and Landscape Studies in the Hamoukar Region, 1999-2001. Les Annales Archéologiques Arabes Syrienne. In Arabic; Translated by S. al-Quntar. [PDF]

Ur, J. A. in press. The Origins and Development of the First Cities in the Near East. Symbols.

Book Reviews:

Review of R. Matthews (ed.), Exploring an Upper Mesopotamian Regional Centre, 1994-1996, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies 65 (2006): 313-315.

Review of J.N. Postgate (ed.), Artefacts of Complexity: Tracking the Uruk in the Near East, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies 65 (2006): 127-128.

Review of C. Postgate et al ., The Excavations at Tell al-Rimah: The Pottery , in Journal of Near Eastern Studies 64 (2005): 65-68.

Review of D. Oates et al ., Excavations at Tell Brak, Vol. 2 ., in Journal of Near Eastern Studies 63 (2004): 107-110.

“CORONA Satellite Photography and the Structure of Ancient Near Eastern Landscapes.” Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas, April 26, 2007.

“Surveying and Mapping Near Eastern Settlement Mounds from Space,” Bjoern Menze, Simone Mühl, Jason Ur. Paper presented at the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology annual meeting, Berlin, April 4, 2007.

“Classification of Multispectral ASTER Imagery in the Archaeological Survey for Settlement Sites of the Near East,” Bjoern Menze and Jason Ur. Poster presented at the 10th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing, Davos, Switzerland, March 13, 2007.

“Agricultural and Pastoral Landscapes in the Near East: Case Studies using CORONA Satellite Photography. Presentation at the workshop Mapping Human History From Space: Tells, Routes, and Archaeogeography in the Near East, University of Sheffield, March 3, 2007.

“State-Sponsored Irrigation around Sennacherib’s Nineveh: Interpretations from Royal Inscriptions and Landscape Archaeology.” Presentation to the Ancient Near Eastern History and Historiography Workshop, Harvard University, February 21, 2007.

“Spying on the Ancient World: Archaeological Applications of Declassified US Intelligence Satellite Photography in the Near East.” Presentation and poster at the Harvard University Center for Geographic Analysis’ Workshop on Remote Sensing, Cambridge, MA, February 16, 2007. [video] [slides] [poster PDF]

“The Evolution of Settlement at Tell Brak: New Data on Urban Emergence.” Paper presented at the American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., November 16, 2006. (Co-authored by Philip Karsgaard.)

“Emergent Landscapes of Movement in Early Bronze Age Northern Mesopotamia .” Paper contributed to the Penn International Research Conference Landscapes of Movement: Trails, Paths, and Roads in Anthropological Perspective, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 29-June 2, 2006.

“State-Sponsored Irrigation Systems in the Assyrian Heartland, 702-681 BC: Reconstructions Using Declassified Intelligence Satellite Imagery and Aerial Photography.” Poster presented at the Harvard University Center for Geographic Analysis Launch Event, May 5, 2006. [PDF]

“Emergent Landscapes of Intensification in Early Bronze Age Northern Mesopotamia.” Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 29, 2006.

“Satellite Imagery and the Structure of Ancient Landscapes: Case Studies from the Near East.” Invited paper presented to the Columbia Seminar on the Ancient Near East, Columbia University, April 6, 2006.

“Irrigation Landscapes of Ancient Empires: An Assyrian Case Study.” Paper presented at the 4th Biennial International Water History Association, Paris , December 3, 2005.

“Landscapes of Irrigation and Pastoralism in Northwestern Iran .” Paper read at the American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, Philadelphia , November 19, 2005 (co-authored by Karim Alizadeh).

“Irrigation and Pastoralism on the Mughan Steppe, Northwestern Iran .” Lecture presented at the Harvard University Department of Anthropology Lunch Seminar Series, November 9, 2005.

“Recent Fieldwork on Ancient Landscapes in Syria and Iran .” Lecture presented at the 2005 East Coast Marching and Chowder Society meeting, Philadelpia, October 29, 2005.

"The Classification of Urban Settlement Systems in Northern Mesopotamia in the Fifth to First Millennia BC." Paper presented at the 51st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Chicago, July 21, 2005 (Landscape Archaeology Workshop organizer).

"The Evolution of Settlement at Tell Brak, Syria: Preliminary Results of the 2003 Surface Collection." Paper delivered at the American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, San Antonio, November 20, 2004.

"Urbanism and Landscape in Bronze Age Northern Mesopotamia." Lecture delivered at Harvard University, Anthropology Department, November 4, 2004 (invited lecture).

"The Social Context of Food Consumption in Early Urban Northern Mesopotamia." Paper presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Montreal, Canada, April 3, 2004.

"Spying on the Ancients: Satellite Imagery and the Archaeological Landscape." University of Chicago Graham School Seminar, Chicago, December 6th, 2003.

"Urbanism and Social Complexity in Early Bronze Age Northern Mesopotamia." Paper delivered at the Sixth Biennial Meeting of the Complex Societies Group, UCLA, November 8th, 2003 (Invited Presenter).

"A GIS-Based Reassessment of the Waters of Nineveh." Paper delivered at the 49th Annual Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, London, July 8, 2003.

"Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in the Study of North Mesopotamian Road Networks." Paper delivered at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 12, 2003.

The Use of Site Area and Cultivated Territory to Provide Cross Checks on Ancient Population Estimates," T.J. Wilkinson and Jason Ur. Paper delivered at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 10, 2003.

"Recent Survey and Landscape Archaeology in the Upper Khabur Basin." University of Chicago Workshop on Archaeological Survey, January 31, 2003.

"Third Millennium Road Systems in Upper Mesopotamia." Paper delivered at the American
Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) Annual Meeting, Toronto, November 21, 2002. [abstract]

"Settlement and Landscape in Northern Mesopotamia: The Tell Hamoukar Survey 1999-2001." Paper delivered at the 3rd International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (3ICAANE), Universite de Paris I, April 17, 2002. [abstract]

"Remote Sensing and GIS in Archaeological Field Methodology: Applications to Site Survey and Landscape Archaeology in the Upper Khabur Basin." Remote Sensing and GIS Methods and Applications in Southwest Asia Workshop, University of Chicago, February 23, 2002.

"Urbanization and its Impact on the Landscape of the 3rd Millennium B.C. Upper Khabur Plain, Northeastern Syria." Paper presented at the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) Annual meeting, Denver, November 16, 2001.

"Settlement and Landscape Reconstruction in the Upper Khabur Basin, Northeast Syria." Lecture presented for the University of Chicago Committee on Archaeological Studies' Interdisciplinary Archaeology Workshop, February 22, 2001.

"Looking at Ancient Cities from Space: Using Satellite Images to Study Early Urbanism in
Northern Mesopotamia." Lecture presented to the South Suburban Archaeological Society, 20 July 2000.

"Ancient Route Systems and Urbanism in the 3rd Millennium BC Upper Khabur Basin." Paper delivered at the 2nd International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (2ICAANE), University of Copenhagen, 23 May 2000.

"Ancient Route Systems and Satellite Photography in Northeast Syria." Lecture presented for the University of Chicago Committee on Archaeological Studies' Interdisciplinary Archaeology Workshop, February 4, 1999.

"Seal Inheritance and Iconography in the Kassite Administration of Nippur." Paper delivered at the 45th Annual Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale (RAI), Harvard University, July 5-8, 1998. [abstract]