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Guide to Middle East Archaeology and History
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Archive of news, articles, blog postings and commentary, as well as links and directory listings.
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The development of economy and environment from the Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age in Northern Syria and the Levant. A case-study from the Upper Khabur region
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The project aims to take up previously recognised indications of Bronze and Early Iron Age environmental and economic change in northern Syria and southern Turkey and specify these developments through new carpological, anthracological and geoarchaeological studies. Antiquity Vol 78 No 302 December 2004
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Archaeological Sites in the Near East
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List of links maintained by the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.
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Archaeologists Excavate Monastery to Reveal Gaza Strip's Ancient Lineage
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From Ekathimerini, away from the ongoing violence, researchers uncover the vestiges of Palestine's Byzantine past.
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Archaeologists Unraveling Ancient Mideast Drug Trade
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From Yahoo!, thriving Bronze Age drug trade supplied narcotics to ancient cultures throughout the eastern Mediterranean as balm for the pain of childbirth and disease, proving a sophisticated knowledge of medicines dating back thousands of years.
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Archaeology in the Levant
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The University of California San Diego reports on its projects in Israel and Jordan.
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Archaeology of Legumes
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Discussion of the archaeology of Old World legumes including pictures and readings.
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Commemorating the dead, Neolithic style
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From The Daily Star, a reinterpretation of Neolithic plastered skulls from Jordan, Syria, Israel and Turkey is changing the way scholars think about cult, death and the afterlife in the Neolithic and the ancient Middle East.
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History of the Ancient Near East
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Mark McDonald provides information and links on the archaeological sites of the region from Turkey to Southwestern Iran.
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Introduction to Ancient Mesopotamia
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A description including: emergence, excavation, discovery and decipherment, reconstructing history, and a table of Mesopotamian chronology.
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Naomi F. Miller
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Bibliographies of archaeobotanical site reports from the Near East and watercolors.
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Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Undergraduate Student Association Website
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Devoted to the study of the ancient (from c. 3100 BCE) and contemporary cultures found within modern day Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Rhodes, Cyprus, Iraq, (to some extent Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Republic of Georgia) and western Iran.
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Oriental Institute Museum: Mesopotamia
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Images and descriptions of objects in the University of Chicago center's collection.
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The Jazira Project
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Report of the Oriental Institute's geomorphological projects within the Jazira of Syria, Turkey and Iraq.
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The Joint Prehistoric Project
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The Joint Prehistoric Project comprises several archaeological expeditions in Iraq, Iran, and Turkey dating from 1947. All of these separate excavations, however, sought the solution to a general problem: "How are we to understand those great changes in mankind's way of life which attended the first appearance of the settled village-farming community?"
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The Stone Age Laboratory
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Established in 1957, the lab maintains a unique research environment, combining the Peabody Museum's famous collections of stone tools dating from 1.8 million to 7000 years ago with state-of-the-art computer technology. Includes: links, staff, projects and contact information.
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Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project
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A multi-year excavation and survey project aimed at defining archaeological correlates of ancient imperialism, colonialism and culture contact in the Mesopotamian frontier zone.
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