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ASOR is pleased to announce that Dr. B. W. Ruffner began a three-year term as Chairman of the Board on July 1, 2013. The ASOR Board unanimously and enthusiastically elected Ruffner to the position at its November 2012 meeting in Chicago. Ruffner follows P. E. MacAllister who served as Board Chair for 19 years and became Chairman Emeritus on July 1.
Dr. Ruffner has been a practicing physician since receiving his medical degree from The Duke University School of Medicine in 1964. From 1970–1976, he was Chief, Division of Oncology, at The University of Virginia Medical School . From 1976 to the present, he has been an Attending Physician at Erlanger and Memorial in Chattanooga, TN. He has also served on the faculty at UVA (1970–1976) and The University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Unit (1976 – present). He has held a number of leadership positions with the University of Tennessee Medical School including Assistant Dean (1997–2004) and Interim Dean (2006–2007). He has been Chairman, UT Physicians from 1997–present, and is Past President of the Tennessee Medical Association (2010–2011).
Ruffner also been very involved in civic organizations. He has been Secretary of the Rotary Club of Chattanooga, President of the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Association, and President and Treasurer of the Chattanooga Area Clinical Pastoral Care Association. In addition, he has of course been very involved in ASOR. He has served as a trustee for more than 13 years, and he was Treasurer from 2003–2006. He has been active as a volunteer on many ASOR affiliated excavations: Sepphoris with Eric and Carol Meyers; Banias with John Wilson; Kursi with Vassilios Tzafleris; Tayinat with Tim Harrison; and Shikim with James Riley Strange.
In addition to his successful medical career and fulfilling community activities, B.W. is married to Rhoda M. Ruffner and has three children: Katherine, Andrew, and Elizabeth Strange.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1496684098866{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]Tweets by ASOResearch [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
In the spring of 2013, 
but our core functionality has continued throughout. For several months, the library was closed for renovations as part of a larger Library Expansion Project. During this time, we converted the lobby of CAARI into a library reading room. It was not ideal, but the entire Cyprus collection of books, nearly all of the journals and the usual number of desks were still available. Our current Fulbright Fellows, Dr. Young Kim from Calvin College studying the ‘heretic-hunter’ St. Epiphanius, and Ms. Catherine Kearns, PhD student at Cornell University studying Iron Age environmental and landscape archaeology, have been fixtures at CAARI throughout all of these changes. Their patience with the building works and occasional disruptions has been admirable.
and the presence of contractors to revitalize the upstairs residence too. Every upstairs room has had a new lick of paint, the wooden floors have been refinished, the toilets and showers replaced, the kitchen refurbished and a new balcony roof is on the way. I am confident residents will appreciate the freshness of the living space, which will make living and working at CAARI a thoroughly productive and enjoyable experience.
The conference had a lovely spirit, with attendees and presenters giving an honest account of historiography, biography and the archaeological legacy of Stewart. The conference was opened by Dr. Robert Merrillees, former CAARI Director, retired Australian diplomat, and one of Stewart’s own former students. Dr. Merrillees keynote lecture also inaugurated the renovated library and was followed by a display of historical and ethnographic items that were bequeathed to CAARI by Eve Stewart. Several fine receptions were generously sponsored by Dr. Merrillees, CAARI Trustee Maria Kyriacou and His Excellency, Australian High Commissioner Mr. Trevor Peacock and his wife Pattie. The conference itself received support from Beta Analytic, ISD Distributor of Scholarly Books and several local businesses. Presenters came from far and wide, including the Australia, Cyprus, Israel, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States and Sweden, and the audience filled the new library to capacity. The presentations were of the highest quality and the co-Organizers, CAARI Trustee Prof. Bernard Knapp, Dr. Jenny Webb from La Trobe University and I, intend to publish the proceedings as the next volume in the CAARI monograph series.
Mavromichalou. Taking up the position in February, Katerina was in charge of putting the library back together in time for the conference. An archaeology graduate from the University of Cyprus and the University of Southampton in the UK, her energy and knowledge of archaeology and libraries has already been a great asset to CAARI. Users of the library will be welcomed by Katerina as the new face of the library after Ms. Evi Karyda’s depature last year to pursue her PhD.
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1) Archaeological institutions have an interest in finding non-professional photographs of their excavations. By finding ‘new’ photographic material, the existing documentation of the excavation will be extended and enhanced and will provide an image of aspects of an excavation which are not included in the published documentation. In addition, as has been demonstrated by the Leo Boer Archive, this genre of photographs may provide the institutions with additional scientific data which may be useful for the archaeological research relating to the specific site(s). Furthermore, by comparing the non-professional photographs with the official documentation made by the former staff, it is possible to get a notion of the practiced documentation policy at that site. Pictures of particular features or phases of the excavation taken by non-professionals and which are not present in the official documentation, reveal the decisions taken by the staff at the time of what to record and what to leave out. In this way, comparing the two categories of recording offers institutions insight into the development of this area of the archaeological discipline.
3) Archaeological institutions benefit by joining the NPAPH Project. Participation in the NPAPH Project is valuable to institions, even if they manage their own digital archives, host them on their institutional server, and place them on their websites. The NPAPH Project is one central portal (
During my stay at the Kenyon Institute as a fellow in 2012, I approached the director, Dr. Mandy Turner, suggesting that the Kenyon host a seminar on this topic. She approved enthusiastically. The Kenyon has an important tradition of supporting research on the archaeology and architecture of Jerusalem of the Islamic period, and eminent scholars have used it as a base for their fieldwork in the region. The Kenyon itself is located in a beautiful Ottoman-period building, an ideal setting for the seminar.
On Sunday, for the tours in the Old City, we were lucky to have a great sunny day. The speakers (along with Mandy and me) had the privilege to meet Yusuf Natsheh, who gave us a full tour of al-Haram al-Sharif, including the Dome of the Rock, al-Aqsa Mosque, the Centre for the Restoration of Islamic Manuscripts, and the underground areas of the compound. We then proceeded to meet Mahmoud Hawari and the other participants at the Citadel for a detailed tour of the area, illustrating the several phases of the Citadel, as reconstructed by his work on historical and archaeological sources. After a lunch in the Old City with all the participants, our day ended at sunset after a fantastic two-hour tour led by Robert Schick on the Mamluk and Ottoman buildings of the Old City.
