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Virtual Archaeology Initiative: 2025 Dig Diaries

Virtual Archaeology Initiative: 2025 Dig Diaries As you embark on fieldwork and research this summer, ASOR invites you to make Dig Diaries and submit them to our Virtual Archaeology Initiative. […]

Fieldwork Report: Aayush Umesh

Photo from Aayush Umesh in Tall Hisban

Finding My Path Aayush Umesh, 2025 Eric and Carol Meyers Fieldwork Scholarship Recipient  A year ago today, I had no idea that I would become an Islamic archaeologist. My path […]

2025 Fieldwork Updates

team members excavating at Tall Hisban in 2025

2025 UPDATES FROM THE FIELD It is a busy and exciting time of year for many ASOR-affiliated projects. Below are some links to updates and stories from the field on […]

Fieldwork Report: Lonnie Reid

Photo of Lonnie Reid operating a magnetometer.

Magnetometry in the Erbil Plain Lonnie Reid, 2024 Fieldwork Scholarship Recipient.  My name is Lonnie Reid and thanks to ASOR’s scholarship, I had the opportunity to go to the Kurdistan […]

Thank You Fiscal Year 2025 Donors

Banner Image for Dominique Langos-Barsetti Post

Thank You Fiscal Year 2025 Donors We did it (once again)! This fiscal year (July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025) was a resounding success for ASOR. The reason? You, our members […]

Fieldwork Report: Gabbi Graber

Photo of Tel Burna, Israel

Memorized Movement Gabbi Graber, 2024 Stevan B. Dana Fieldwork Scholarship Recipient My alarm goes off at 4:50 a.m. and in a blur of confusion it takes a moment to remember […]

Fieldwork Report: Dominique Langis-Barsetti

Fig. 3: Teaching field school students how to survey in one of the few remaining soft patches of ground.

The Joys of Thinking on Your Feet Dominique Langis-Barsetti, 2024 Katherine Barton Platt Fieldwork Scholarship For many, archaeology is either an epic tale of breathtaking ruins, jaw-dropping finds, and exciting […]

Fieldwork Report: Christos Theodorou

Ash the World Turns or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Heat in a Bronze Age Oven: Excavations at Kissonerga-Skalia, Cyprus Christos Theodorou, 2024 Meyers/Wright Fieldwork Scholarship […]

Message from ASOR’s Board Chair

Message from ASOR’s Board Chair Dear ASOR friends: In about 6 weeks, we will conclude another successful ASOR fiscal year (June 30). This year, by working together, we have made […]

Fieldwork Report: Ofelia Tychon

Photo of Ofelia Tychon on the RLIIM projec.

Getting to Know Rural Assyrians Ofelia Tychon, 2024 Katherine Barton Platt Fieldwork Scholarship Recipient  This spring, I got a chance to be part of the excavation team for the Rural […]