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Fieldwork Report: Amiella Musser

Amiella Musser, an undergraduate student at Dickinson College, received a 2025 ASOR Stevan B. Dana Fieldwork Scholarship to excavate at Tel Azekah in Israel.

President’s Report to ASOR Members

President’s Report to ASOR Members May 18, 2026 Dear ASOR Friends, May was an exceptionally busy month for ASOR’s Board and Committees. I write this letter as part of an […]

Appeal from ASOR’s Board Chair

Appeal from ASOR’s Board Chair May 15, 2026 Dear ASOR Friends, For 125 years, ASOR has been at the forefront of research on the cultures and history of the Near […]

ECS Research in Action: Dr. Leilani Lucas

Early Career Scholars Research in Action: Dr. Leilani Lucas Archaeology in Action: Reconstructing Culinary Practices in Prehistoric Cyprus from Charred Food Remains Join ASOR’s Early Career Scholars on May 29, […]

Fieldwork Report: Joshua Feland

Adventure in a Nabatean Town Joshua Feland, 2025 Eric and Carol Meyers Fieldwork Participation Scholarship Recipient In southern Jordan lies Humayma, an extensive archaeological site with a complicated history. The […]

Fieldwork Report: Atakan Atabas

Looking for points for preparing survey grids.

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Atakan Atabas, 2025 Shirlee Meyers/G. Ernest Wright Fellowship Recipient  When I left my hometown in central Anatolia to attend university, I never imagined that […]

ECS Spring Brown Bag: Dr. Danielle Macdonald

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March Fellowship Madness 2026: Bracket of Impact

Fieldwork at S'Urachi in 2017

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Fieldwork Report: Talia Neelis

Here I am doing some baulk cleaning in the early stages of our trench

Sherds of my Labor: Supervising with Pottery Plethoras at Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios Talia Neelis, 2025 P.E. MacAllister Fieldwork Scholarship Recipient In the five minutes it takes to wind along the back […]