UNEARTHING THE PAST SINCE 1900

Fieldwork Report: Madeline Conigliaro-Nguyen

Fig. 1. GMAP 2024 project team in Ankawa, Erbil. (©Federico Dalla Battista)

Sun, Sweat, and Sheep Bones: Zooarchaeology at Gird-I Matrab Madeline Conigliaro-Nguyen, 2024 Eric and Carol Meyers Scholarship for Fieldwork Participation My second season at the Gird-I Matrab project from May […]

Mesopotamian Fellowship Report: Agnese Vacca

Fig. 2. Tell Helawa with excavated areas 2016-2023. Viewed from the drone. ©MAIPE.

“Crafting Complexity”. Pottery Production and Consumption at Helawa (Erbil Plain) between the Ubaid and Late Chalcolithic Periods Agnese Vacca, University of Milan, Mesopotamian Fellowship Recipient Aims of the “Crafting Complexity” […]

Collections Fellowship Report: Jon Paul Heyne

In front of the Franciscan Archivio Storico della Custodia di Terra Santa in Jerusalem. Photo courtesy of author.

2024 Collections Fellowship Report: Social Mobility of the Medieval Mediterranean: The Case of the Franciscan Custody Jon Paul Heyne, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Dallas Shortly after the […]

Fieldwork Report: Emilie Nordhues

The Other Side of Fieldwork Emilie Nordhues, 2023 G. E. Wright Scholarship Recipient This past summer I had the opportunity to participate in a study season for the Tel Dan […]

Fieldwork Report: Danielle Tutak

The Tell el-Hesi team!

EBA Or Bust! A Student’s Summer at Tell el-Hesi and Khirbet Summeily Danielle Tutak, 2023 Katherine Barton Platt Fieldwork Scholarship Recipient This past summer afforded me the extraordinary privilege of […]

Mesopotamian Fellowship Report: Jaafar Jotheri

Figure 8: Jaafar Jotheri, Stefan Smith and Ella Egberts in one of the field trips in the Iraqi Western Desert in March 2024.

An Archaeological Survey of the Iraqi Western Desert Dr. Jaafar Jotheri, Department of Archaeology, University of Al-Qadisiyah The Iraqi Western Desert has finally been archaeologically surveyed. For decades, this part […]

Fieldwork Report: Veronica Morriss

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CCAP 2023: Searching for the Islamic History of Herod’s Great City Veronica Morriss, 2023 Eric and Carol Meyers Fieldwork Scholarship Recipient Caesarea is one of the best known and most […]

Fieldwork Report: Isabelle Sauvé

A view of the Neolithic site of Tenta from our dig site.

Wall Brackets, Deer Bones, and Sling Bullets Oh My! Excavating the Built Environment of Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios Isabelle Sauvé, 2023 Eric and Carol Meyers Fieldwork Scholarship Recipient This report describes my […]

Fieldwork Report: Hania Kantzer

Digging Through Time: My Adventure in Archaeology Hania Kantzer, 2023 Stevan B. Dana Fieldwork Scholarship Recipient If you had asked me a year ago if I’d be up for working […]

Fieldwork Report: Nicola Lanzaro

A Walk in Khirbat Iskandar: Securing a Future for the Heritage of the Past Nicola Lanzaro, 2023 Katherine Barton Platt Fieldwork Scholarship Recipient Khirbat Iskandar (translated as “ruins of Alexander”) […]