The Bulletin of ASOR (BASOR) is a leader among peer-reviewed academic journals of the ancient Near East. Since 1919, BASOR has served as a highly respected interdisciplinary English-language forum for scholars worldwide in subjects pertaining to the archaeological and history of the ancient Near Eastern world. The journal publishes articles by emerging and established scholars of the ancient world focusing on the regions of the Levant, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Anatolia, Iran, Caucasus, and Egypt with a chronological range from the Paleolithic through the early modern period.
BASOR appears bi-annually, in May and November. Submissions of particular interest include articles that present original research, novel archaeological interpretations, theoretical analysis, and contributions based on innovative approaches to the study of the ancient world. As such, submissions that present excavation results or catalogs of objects and materials without an accompanying substantial analytical or methodological discussion will not be considered. The journal also contains reviews and commentaries on the latest books. Suggestions are also welcomed for occasional theme issues relating to topics of broad scholarly interest.
Current Issue:
BASOR 387 (May 2022):
This issue of BASOR includes the following articles: The Date of Appearance of Philistine Pottery at Megiddo: A Computational Approach; The Southern Levantine Roots of the Phoenician Mercantile Phenomenon; Ḥorvat Tefen: A Hasmonean Fortress in the Hinterland of ʿAkko-Ptolemais; A Middle Bronze Age Assemblage of Bone Inlays from Lachish: Typological, Technological, and Functional Aspects; Ambiguity of Divine and Royal Portraiture and the Hiyawan Image of Kingship: Political Identity through the Monuments of ÇİNEKÖY and KARATEPE; and more. Table of Contents
Past Issue:
BASOR 386 (November 2021):
This issue of BASOR includes the following articles: The Making of a Script: Cretan Hieroglyphic and the Quest for Its Origins; Judean Pillar Figurines and “Bed Models” from Tell en-Naṣbeh: Typology and Petrographic Analysis; Recent Early Bronze Age Glyptic Finds from Lebanon: The Evidence from Tell Fadous-Kfarabida; A Radiocarbon Sequence for the Late Bronze to Iron Age Transition at Ashkelon: Timing Early Philistine Pottery; Performance Frozen in Time: A New Iron Age II Female Ceramic Figurine from Jneneh, North Central Jordan; and more. Table of Contents
A Guide to the Online Features of ASOR Journals
BASOR is the flagship journal of ASOR. Did you know that online access with an ASOR Academic Membership includes access to all three ASOR journals? Did you know that Associate and Contributing members get access to NEA online as well as print delivery? Did you know that all the back issues of ASOR journals are available to view online? Or that you can view any issue using special features on the University of Chicago Press Journals platform? Read more . . .
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Co-Editors:
Susan Cohen, Montana State University
Marwan Kilani, Freie Universität Berlin
Jana Mynářová, Charles University, Prague
Regine Pruzsinszky, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
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Editorial Board:
Term 2019-2022
Jennie Ebeling, University of Evansville
Jennifer Ramsay, SUNY Brockport
James Osborne, University of Chicago
Term 2020-2023
Leigh-Ann Bedal, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Felix Höflmayer, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Matthieu Richelle, Faculté Libre de Théologie Evangélique, Vaux-sur-Seine
Philipp Stockhammer, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich & Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena
Term 2021-2024
Shawn Bubel, University of Lethbridge
Megan Cifarelli, Manhattanville College
Ian W. N. Jones, University of California, San Diego
Term 2022-2025
Patrick Michel, Université de Lausanne
Megan Perry, East Carolina University
Alexandra Ratzlaff, Brandeis University
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