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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

Early Career Scholars Spring Brown Bag: Dr. Danielle Macdonald Scientific Publishing in Archaeology: Ask an Editor Join ASOR’s Early Career Scholars on April 3, 2026 at 12:00pm ET via Zoom for […]

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 […]

Seger Grant Report: Tall al-Handaquq South

Figure 6: HAP 2025 Team photo.

2025 Joe D. Seger Project Grant: Tall al-Handaquq South Archaeological Project Hanna Erftenbeck, Grinnell College and Natalia M. Handziuk, University of Toronto With the support of the 2025 Joe D. […]

Fieldwork Report: Anna Taibi

Recording a big looting pit, likely made by hand or shovel

Growing through the Dust: Skills, Challenges, and Community in the Mosul Dam Reservoir Anna Taibi, 2025 Strange/Midkiff Families Fellowship Recipient The season that just concluded has definitely been one of […]

Fieldwork Report: Hannah Borotsik

A common position to find me in… laying out tile. Photo by James Razumoff

Just a Girl and Her Whiteboard Hannah Borotsik, 2025 P. E. MacAllister Fellowship Recipient Athens holds a very special place in my heart, and it has become one of my […]

Call for Early Career Scholars Committee Members

Early Career Scholars: Call for New Members The Early Career Scholars (ECS) Committee is looking for new members. The committee requires a commitment of one hour-long meeting and 2-3 hours […]

2025 Geraty Grant Report: Tall Hisban

Pottery painting at the Hisban Women's Center.

Giving Back: Community Archaeology and Education at Tall Hisban: 2025 Update on the Lawrence T. Geraty Community Archaeology Endowment   The ASOR Lawrence T. Geraty Community Archaeology Endowment was established […]