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| June 21, 2016 |
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| Hiding in Plain Sight: The Study Published in BASOR that Caught Global Attention |
The BASOR article by TED Prize winner Sarah Parcak and CAORC Executive Director Christopher Tuttle about the discovery that has made headlines is now available to the public! By becoming a Friend of ASOR for free, you’ll get access to the full article on the monumental structure that hid in plain site near Petra. Read more...
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| A Message from the Treasurer |
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Summer's in full swing here at ASOR and some of you have already headed out to the field for the season. Please take a moment and read this message from Richard Coffman as he winds down his term as ASOR Treasurer. |
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| Membership Survey Results Report (#2) |
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137 ASOR Members voiced their opinions on various matters from ASOR social media to Annual Meeting accommodations. Click here to read the results and comments from our latest membership survey and to find out who won the $100 Amazon gift card. |
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| Senate Proposes Drastic Cuts to Fulbright-Hays |
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Our friends at the National Humanities Alliance have asked US citizens to be in touch with their representatives to prevent deep cuts to funding for the Fulbright-Hays program and the support Fulbright-Hays provides for international education. Many ASOR members have been beneficiaries of Fulbright-Hays funding, and we have all benefited from the support Fulbright-Hays has offered to researchers working in the Near East and wider Mediterranean. Click here for more information about how to help. |
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| C&G Partners Seeking Part-time Project Person |
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C&G Partners is a New York City-based exhibit design firm that is currently working on a few exhibits about the impact of the Bible (Hebrew and Christian). C&G is seeking a part-time project person to review and research material relating to biblical names and biblical toponyms in the U.S. For Biblical Names, someone is needed to review a list that we have already assembled of approximately 3,000 nouns (most of which should be names) from the Bible. That person needs to confirm the ones that are names and make note of any spelling variations of the same name (e.g. Shaul and Saul). That person also needs to call out nouns on the list that are not names, and note which of these are place names. For Bible on the Map, C&G needs someone to review or assemble a list of biblical place names in the United States. Contact Will Twersky for more information. |
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| ARS 24: The Shammakh to Ayl Archaeological Survey, Southern Jordan (2010-2012) |
Archaeological Reports Series' newest volume: The Shammakh to Ayl Archaeological Survey, Southern Jordan (2010-2012) by Burton MacDonald, Geoffrey A. Clark, Larry G. Herr, D. Scott Quaintance, Hani Hayajneh and Jürg Eggler is available now from ISD. The objectives of "The Shammakh to Ayl Archaeological Survey, Southern Jordan" project were: to discover, record, and interpret archaeological sites in an area of approximately 590 km2 between Shammakh in the north and Ayl in the south in the southern segment of the Transjordan Plateau; to determine the area's settlement patterns from the Lower Paleolithic to the end of the Late Islamic period; and more. To find out more about the volume and how to order, click here.
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| AASOR 69: The Archaeology of Agro-Pastoralist Economies in Jordan |
The Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research's newest volume is The Archaeology of Agro-Pastoralist Economies in Jordan with contributions by Robin M. Brown, Alan Farahani, Hannah Huynh, Natalie Mueller, Benjamin W. Porter, Jennifer Ramsay, Kevin Rielly, and Bruce Routledge is now available from ISD. The 69th volume is devoted to studies of botanical and faunal remains from three major sites in Jordan: Tall al'Umayri (Bronze to early Iron Age), Karak Castle (Middle and Late Islamic Period), and Khirbet al-Mudayna al-'Aliya (early Iron Age). To find out more about the volume and how to order, click here.
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| Request for Proposals for Prepress Work for Near Eastern Archaeology |
ASOR seeks an experienced production person or team for a longstanding quarterly popular publication (Near Eastern Archaeology) in archaeology. Each issue is 8.5 x 11” trim, 64 printed pages + 4 cover pages, two-column text and contains multiple color illustrations and some ads. We occasionally produce issues of 96 pages. Approximately 20 articles are published each year (about 25 if there are several 96-page issues). Expected timetable of 8-10 weeks between receipt of approved manuscript of each issue and delivery to printer. To read more about the available position, click here.
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