Dr.
Jason Alik Ur
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/ur/
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Office: Harvard University Department of
Anthropology 11 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Phone: (617) 495-8920 Fax: (617) 496-8041 |
Education
University of Chicago,
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations: Ph.D.
in Mesopotamian Archaeology, awarded with honors, December 2004. [Abstract]
[PDF]
University of Pennsylvania,
Department of Anthropology: B.A. cum laude, Spring 1994
Academic
Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Harvard
University (July 2005-present). [website]
Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, SUNY Stony Brook (Jan 2004-July 2005).
Field
Projects
Hirbemerdon
Tepe Survey, Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Field Director (Summer 2007, 2008, 2009). [website]
Kavuşan
Höyük Regional Survey, Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Gülriz Kozbe and Jason Ur, Project
Directors (Summer 2009).
Tell Brak
Project, Syria. Suburban Survey Team
Leader (Fall 2003, 2005, 2006), Survey Team Member (Fall 2002), Area TC J
Supervisor (Spring 2002). [website]
Mughan Steppe
Archaeological Project, Iran.
Survey Team Member (Winter 2004-2005). [website]
Syrian-American
Hamoukar Expedition, Syria. Survey
Team Leader (Fall 1999, 2000), Area H Supervisor (Fall 2001). [website]
Syrian-British-Belgian
Chagar Bazar Excavations, Syria.
Area B Supervisor (Spring 1999), Area G Supervisor (Spring 2000, 2001).
Syrian-European
Tell Beydar Project, Syria. Survey
TeamSupervisor (Summer 1998). [website]
Oriental
Institute Dhamar Project, Yemen.
Supervisor and Survey Assistant (Winter 1998).
Northwestern
University Hacinebi Archaeological Excavation, Turkey. Area C Operation 5 Asst. Supervisor
(Summer 1997).
Giza Plateau
Mapping Project, Egypt. Square D14
Supervisor (Winter 1997).
Tell
Madaba Project, Jordan. Field A
Supervisor (Summer 1996).
University of
Arizona Archaeological Field School.
Student (Summer 1993).
publications
(*
Peer Reviewed)
Books
*Ur,
J. A. in press. Urbanism and
Cultural Landscapes in Northeastern Syria: The Tell Hamoukar Survey, 1999-2001. Oriental Institute Publications
series. Chicago: Oriental
Institute of the University of Chicago.
Submitted May 2008, accepted October 2008, revised December 2008.
Journal Articles Published
*Ur,
J. A., and E. L. Hammer. 2009. Pastoral Nomads of the Second and Third
Millennia AD on the Upper Tigris River, Turkey: Archaeological Evidence from
the Hirbemerdon Tepe Survey. Journal of Field Archaeology 34:37-56.
Laneri,
N., M. Schwartz, J. A. Ur, S. Valentini, A. D'Agostino, R. Berthon, and M. M.
Halde. 2008. The Hirbemerdon Tepe Archaeological Project 2006-2007: A
Preliminary Report on the Middle Bronze Age ‘Architectural Complex’ and the
Survey of the Site Catchment Area. Anatolica 34: 177-240. [abstract]
*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]
*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]
*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]
Alizadeh,
K., and J. Ur. 2006. Mughan Steppe Archaeological Survey. Iranian Center for Archaeological Research
Archaeological Reports 4:49-56 (In Farsi). [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]
*Ur,
J. A. 2005. Sennacherib's Northern Assyrian Canals: New Insights from Satellite
Imagery and Aerial Photography. Iraq 67:317-345. [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]
*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. [PDF]
Journal Articles In Preparation/In
Press
*Ur,
J. A. under review. Cycles of Civilization in Northern Mesopotamia, 4400-2000
BC. Journal of
Archaeological Research.
Submitted February 2009.
*Wilkinson,
T. J., C. French, J. A. Ur, and M. Semple. in preparation. The Geoarchaeology
of Hollow Ways in and around Tell Brak, Northern Syria. Geoarchaeology 25.
Laneri, N., and J. A. Ur. in
press. The Hirbemerdon Tepe Archaeological Project 2007-2008: A Preliminary
Report. 32.
Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı.
Ur,
J. A. in press. "
"المسح الاثري و دراسات المشهد الطبيعي في منطقة تل حموكار1999- 2001
Les Annales
Archéologiques Arabes Syrienne.
Translated by S. al-Quntar.
Submitted January 2004. [PDF]
Book Chapters
Ur,
J. A. in preparation. "Spatial Scale and Urban Evolution at Tell Brak and
Hamoukar at the End of the 3rd Millennium BC," in Looking North: The Socio-Economic Dynamics
of the Northern Mesopotamian and Anatolian Regions during the Late Third and
Early Second Millennium BC, Studien zur Urbanisierung Nordmesopotamiens.
Edited by N. Laneri, P. Pfälzner, and S. Valentini: Tübingen University. Chapter submitted December 2008.
Colantoni,
C., and J. A. Ur. in preparation. "Area H: The Architecture and Pottery of
a Late 3rd Millennium BC Residential Quarter," in The Origins and Development of Urbanism in
NE Syria: The 2001-2007 Seasons at Hamoukar, Oriental Institute
Communications. Edited by C. Reichel. Chicago: Oriental Institute. Chapter submitted August 2008.
*Ur,
J. A. in press. "Urban Form at Tell Brak Across Three Millennia," in Preludes to
Urbanism: Studies in the Late Chalcolithic of Mesopotamia in Honour of Joan
Oates. Edited by H. Crawford, A. McMahon, and J. N. Postgate. Cambridge:
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Submitted July 2008.
*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. Submitted May 2008, publication
expected December 2009.
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. Leuven:
Peeters. Submitted November 2006.
*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. Submitted June 2005.
Ur,
J. A., and T. J. Wilkinson. 2008. "Settlement and Economic Landscapes of
Tell Beydar and its Hinterland," in Beydar Studies I. Edited by M. Lebeau and A.
Suleiman, pp. 305-327. Turnhout: Brepols. [PDF]
*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.
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. [PDF]
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.
Book Reviews
Review
of R. Matthews (ed.), Exploring an Upper Mesopotamian Regional Centre, 1994-1996, in Journal of Near
Eastern Studies, 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.
Newsletters/Other
Ur,
J. A. 2008. The Origins and Development of the First Cities in the Near East. Symbols
Spring 2008: 9-10, 21.
Laneri,
N., M. Schwartz, and J. A. Ur. 2008. The Hirbemerdon Tepe Archaeological
Project. Antiquity Project Gallery.
Ur,
J. A. 2007. Agricultural and Pastoral Landscapes in the Near East: Case Studies
using CORONA Satellite Photography. ArchAtlas, October 2007, 2.1 Edition.
Ur,
J. A. 2006. Google Earth and Archaeology. The SAA Archaeological Record 6 (3): 35-38. [PDF]
Ur,
J. A. 2004. CAMEL Laboratory Investigates the Landscape of Assyria from Space. Oriental
Institute News & Notes Spring 2004:6-7. [PDF]
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]
Conference
and Workshop Papers Presented
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2009 |
“Extensive Settlements as Precursors to the Earliest
Mesopotamian Cities.” Paper
presented at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Atlanta,
Georgia, April 23, 2009 (session organizer and chair). “Nomadic Pastoralist Landscapes Along the Upper
Tigris.” Paper presented at the
Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, April 23,
2009 (Emily Hammer and Jason Ur). “Spying on Antiquity: Declassified US Intelligence
Satellite Imagery and Near Eastern Archaeology.” Invited lecture to the Department of Near Eastern Studies,
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, March 23, 2009. “Fresh Evidence on the Origins of Urbanism in Ancient
Mesopotamia.” Lecture presented
at the Harvard Semitic Museum, Cambridge, MA, March 5, 2009. “Spying on Antiquity: Declassified US Intelligence
Satellite Imagery and Near Eastern Archaeology.” Invited lecture to the Archaeological Institute of America
Finger Lakes (Ithaca) Society at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York,
February 24, 2009. |
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2008 |
“Pastoral and Agricultural Landscapes on the Margins of
the Upper Tigris River, SE Turkey.”
Paper delivered at the American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting,
Boston, November 22, 2008. “Spying on Antiquity: Declassified US Intelligence
Satellite Imagery and Near Eastern Archaeology.” Invited lecture to the Archaeological Institute of America
New Brunswick (Canada) Society at the University of New Brunswick,
Fredericton, November 14, 2008. “Spying on Antiquity: Declassified US Intelligence
Satellite Imagery and Near Eastern Archaeology.” Invited lecture to the Archaeological Institute of America
Worcester, MA Society at the Worcester Art Museum, November 12, 2008. “New Research on the Origins of Urbanism in Ancient
Mesopotamia.” Lecture at the St.
Augustine Archaeological Association, Flagler College, October 30, 2008. “New Research on the Origins of Urbanism in Ancient
Mesopotamia.” Invited lecture to
the Archaeological Institute of America Central Florida Society at the
University of Florida, October 29, 2008. “The Assyrians and their World.” Lecture given at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in
conjunction with the exhibition Art and Empire: Treasures from Assyria in the
British Museum, October 16, 2008. “Hirbemerdon Tepe Archaeological Project 2007,” Nicola
Laneri and Jason Ur. Paper
presented at the 30th International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and
Archaeometry, Ankara University (Turkey), May 28, 2008. “Remote Sensing of Ancient Near Eastern Irrigation: Case
Studies from Iraq and Iran.”
Invited lecture at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands), May
22, 2008. “CORONA Satellite Photography and the Structure of Ancient
Near Eastern Landscapes.”
Invited lecture delivered at the Università degli Studi di Firenze
(Italy), May 12, 2008. “Northern Mesopotamian Cities and their Hinterlands: Tell
Brak and Hamoukar in the late 3rd and early 2nd millennia BC.” Paper presented at the 6th
International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Sapienza
Università di Roma, May 7, 2008. “Cyclical
Patterns of Landscape Transformation in the Near East.” Paper read at the 109th Annual
Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Chicago, Illinois,
January 5, 2008. |
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2007 |
“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] |
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2006 |
“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. [poster
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 (Session co-organizer). “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. |
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2005 |
“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). |
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2004 |
"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. (Co-authored with Philip Karsgaard.) "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. |
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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 8, 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. |
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2002 |
"Third Millennium Road Systems in Upper
Mesopotamia." Paper
delivered at the American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting,
Toronto, November 21, 2002. "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, Université de Paris I, April 17, 2002. "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. |
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2001 |
"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 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. |
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2000 |
"Looking at Ancient Cities from Space: Using
Satellite Images to Study Early Urbanism in Northern Mesopotamia." Lecture presented to the South
Suburban Archaeological Society, July 20, 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, University of Copenhagen, May 23, 2000. |
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1999 |
"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. |
|
1998 |
"Seal Inheritance and Iconography in the Kassite
Administration of Nippur."
Paper delivered at the 45th Annual Rencontre Assyriologique
Internationale, Harvard University, July 5-8, 1998. |
Conference
and Workshop Sessions Organized/Chaired
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2009 |
Settlement
and Society in the Ancient Near East. American Schools of Oriental Research
2009 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, November 18-21, 2009 (Jesse Casana and
Jason Ur, co-organizers and chairs).
Two sessions, 10 papers planned. Recent Research
in Mesopotamian Urbanism: Origins, Structure, Economy. Society for American Archaeology 2009
Annual Meeting, Atlanta, April 22-26, 2009. 9 papers. |
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2008 |
Settlement and
Society in the Ancient Near East. American Schools of Oriental Research
2008 Annual Meeting, Boston, November 22, 2008 (Jason Ur and Jesse Casana,
co-organizers and chairs). 6
papers. |
|
2007 |
Spying
on the Past: Archaeological Applications of Declassified Intelligence Satellite
Photography. Session at the Society for American
Archaeology 2007 Annual Meeting, Austin, April 2007. 7 papers. |
|
2006 |
Landscapes
of Intensification. Session at
the Society for American Archaeology 2006 Annual Meeting, San Juan, April 29,
2006 (Jason Ur and Verónica Pérez Rodríguez, co-organizers). 11 papers. |
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2005 |
Landscape
Archaeology Workshop. Session at
the 51st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Chicago, July
18-22, 2005. |
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2008-2009 Kershaw Lecturer, Archaeological Institute of
America
2008 Harvard University Tozier Fund, $5,950 (for Ancient
Landscapes of the Near East, Viewed from Space)
2003-2004 Mrs. Giles Whiting Fellow
2003 Ben Cullen Prize (awarded by the Trustees of Antiquity for
best contribution by a junior scholar)
2002 University of Chicago Walsh Award (for computing in the
Humanities Division)
2001 Dorot Travel Grant (ASOR)
2000-2001 American Schools of Oriental Research Mesopotamian
Fellowship
2000-2001 University of Chicago Ryerson Fellowship
1996-2002 University of Chicago Oriental Institute Helen
Rich Travel Fund awards
Professional
Associations and Activities
Society
for American Archaeology (SAA)
American Anthropological
Association (AAA)
Archaeological Institute of
America (AIA)
American Schools of
Oriental Research (ASOR);
member of the Damascus Committee; member of the Committee on Mesopotamian
Civilization (effective July 1, 2009)
British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI, formerly British School of Archaeology
in Iraq)
The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII); Institutional representative,
Harvard University
British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS)
Manuscript reviewer, Antiquity, Science, Journal of Archaeological Science, Geoarchaeology,
Journal of
Archaeological Research, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Irrigation and
Drainage, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, University of Arizona
Press
Grant Application Reviewer, National Science Foundation,
National Geographic Society
Editorial Board member, Water History,
journal of the International Water History Association
Book reviewer for Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Bibliotheca
Orientalia, Journal of Field Archaeology, Archiv für Orientforschung
Harvard
University Service
Undergraduate
Courses Taught:
Anthropology 1010: Introduction
to Archaeology (Fall 2005 and 2008 with R. Flad, 2006 with N. Tuross)
Anthropology 1045: Ancient
Settlement Systems (Spring 2007)
Anthropology 1155: Before
Baghdad: Cities of Ancient Mesopotamia (Spring 2009)
Undergraduate
Senior Theses Supervised:
Pritchett, Allyson, “Ancient Suburbia?
A GIS Analysis of Tiwanaku Settlement Patterns” (Applied Mathematics, Spring
2007)
Graduate
Courses Taught:
Anthropology 2020: GIS and
Spatial Analysis in Archaeology (formerly Anthropology 1065; Spring 2006, 2007,
2009)
Anthropology 2063: Ancient
Landscapes (Spring 2006)
Anthropology 2065: Complex
Societies of Northern Mesopotamia (Spring 2008)
Anthropology 3000: Reading
Course on the Archaeology of Anatolia (Fall 2008)
Graduate
Student Advisory Committees:
Alizadeh, Karim (G1, primary
advisor)
Hammer, Emily (G3, primary
advisor)
Koons, Michele (G3, secondary
advisor)
Santini, Lauren (G2, primary
advisor)
Stack, Adam (G1, secondary
advisor)
PhD
Dissertation Committees:
Aja, Adam (Near Eastern
Languages & Civilizations), “Philistine Domestic Architecture of the Early
Iron Age.”
Osborne, James (Near Eastern
Languages & Civilizations), “Power and Space in an Iron Age Kingdom:
Spatial Analysis and Authority in the Iron II Kingdom of Patina.”
Park, Seong Hyun (Near Eastern
Languages & Civilizations), “Ashkelon in Iron Age IIB: Pottery and
Stratigraphy in the Assessment of Its Settlement and Culture.”
VanValkenburgh, Parker
(Anthropology)
Anthropology
Departmental Service:
2008-2009 Coordinator of
Student-Faculty Seminars and Archaeology Wing Wednesday Lunch Seminars
2008 Member, Archaeology Wing
Vision Statement Committee
University
Service:
2009- present Member, Standing
Committee on Archaeology [website]
2008-2009 Freshman Faculty
Advisor (4 students)
2008-present Member, Center for
Geographic Analysis (CGA) Steering
Committee
2006-2007 Member, CGA Remote
Sensing Workshop Advisory Committee
2006-2007 Member, Howard T.
Fisher Prize in Geographic Information Science selection committee
2006 Member, CGA
Director/Professor of Engineering Search Committee
Selected Media Coverage of Research
“Googling Discoveries.” National Pubic Radio’s Here and Now, October 23, 2008. [web]
“Armchair archaeology.” The Economist, September 4, 2008. [web]
Lawler, Andrew, “66. Great Ancient City Unearthed in Syria,”
in “Top 100 Science Stories of 2007,” Discover Magazine January 2008. [web]
Gleason, Paul, “Outside-In Ur-banism.” Harvard Magazine, May-June 2008, pp. 12-13. [web] [PDF] [web extra]
Pringle, Heather, “Tell Brak, Syria,” in “Top Ten
Discoveries of 2008.” Archaeology
Magazine, January/February 2008, p. 25. [web]
Maugh, Thomas, “Outskirts may have preceded early city.” Los Angeles Times, September 1, 2007, p. A-13.
[web]
Lavoie, Amy, “New research challenges previous knowledge
about the origins of urbanization.” Harvard University Gazette Online, August 31, 2007. [web]
Powell, Alvin, “Investigating Canals Across Time, from
Space.” Harvard
University Gazette, March16, 2006. [web]
Wilford, John Noble, “Satellites Uncover Ancient Mideast
Road Networks.” New
York Times, January 28, 2003, p. D3. [web]
Robbins, Michael, “Cold War Spy Photos Reveal Bronze Age
Roads," in "100 Top Science Stories of 2003,"
Discover Magazine January
2004, p. 65. [web]
Curry, Andrew, “Spying on the Ancients.” Archaeology
March-April 2003, p. 13. [web]
Kreiter, Marcella, “Archaeologists Find Ancient Road.” United Press
International, January 28, 2003.
Moffett, Nancy, “Cold War Spy Photos Detail Ancient Roads.” Chicago Sun-Times,
January 28, 2003.
“Spy Photos Reveal Ancient Middle East Road Network.” Reuters News
Agency, January 27, 2003.
Lathrop, Stacy, “Ancient Mideast Road System.” Anthropology News 44(3):27, March 2003.
Cecilia, Lorella, “Un satellite per l'antica Mesopotamica.” Archeo 19(3): 12-13, March 2003.
Harms, William, “Satellite images lead to ancient
'highways.'” University
of Chicago Chronicle Vol. 22 no. 9 (6 February 2003). pp. 1, 8.
“Satellite Photos Reveal Ancient Roads.” Archaeology Odyssey, May/June 2003, p. 20.
“Un satellite militaire perce des secrets de l'Antiquité.” Science et Vie 1028 (May 2003), p. 18.
“Casus Uydular.” Atlas (March 2003), p. 24.
[Also appearances on Discovery Channel Canada's "Daily
Planet" program, BBC East Asia Service and BBC Radio Four, 29-30 January
2003.]