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Annual of ASOR

The first volume of the ASOR Annual (AASOR) appeared in 1920, making it ASOR’s signature publication. The Annual is a medium for the publication of lengthy preliminary or interim archaeological reports or monograph-length studies relating to archaeology in the Near East.

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Kevin McGeough, Series Editor

Most Recent Publication

NEA Cover The Archaeology of the Ostraca House at Israelite Samaria: Epigraphic Discoveries in Complicated Contents

George Andrew Reisner counted the Israelite ostraca among the most important finds ever recovered by the Harvard Expedition to Samaria. But the precise provenance of these historic inscriptions has remained murky at best. To date, the most incisive and intuitive statement on their archaeological context comes from a brief treatment in I. T. Kaufman's unpublished 1966 dissertation written at Harvard University. The present study considers in much greater detail the depositional history of the Ostraca House and its immediate surroundings. Read More...

 

Titles

70. Tappy, Ron E. The Archaeology of the Ostraca House at Israelite Samaria: Epigraphic Discoveries in Complicated Contents. AASOR 70. Boston, MA: 2016. Available from ISD.

69. McGeough, Kevin M. The Archaeology of Agro-Pastoralist Economies in Jordan. AASOR 69. Boston, MA: 2016. Available from ISD.

67 & 68. McKenzie, Judith S., Greene, Joseph A., Reyes, Andres T. et al. The Nabataean Temple at Khirbet et- Tannur, Jordan, Volume 1 and Volume 2. AASOR 67 and 68. Boston, MA: 2013. Available from ISD. Volume 1. Volume 2.

66. Hallote, Rachel, Felicity Cobbing, Jeffrey B. Spurr. The Photographs of the American Palestine Exploration Society. AASOR 66. Boston, MA: 2012. Available from ISD.

65. Toumazou, Michael K., P. Nick Kardulias, and Derek B. Counts, eds. Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus. AASOR 65. Boston, MA: 2012. Available from ISD.

64. Walker, Bethany, ed. Reflections of Empire: Archaeological and Ethnographic Perspectives on the Pottery of the Ottoman Levant and Beyond. AASOR 64. Boston, MA: 2009. Available from ISD.

63. Smith, Joanna S. Settlement and Sanctuary: Views from the Columbia University Excavations at Phlamoudhi, Cyprus. AASOR 63. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2008. Available from ISD.

62. Cohen, Susan and Garfinkel, Yossi. Middle Bronze Age II Cemetery at Gesher. AASOR 62. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2007. Available from ISD.

60-61. Edwards, Douglas and McCollough, Thomas. The Archaeology of Difference: Gender, Ethnicity, Class and the "Other" in Antiquity, Studies in Honor of Eric. M. Meyers. AASOR 60/61. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2007. Available from ISD.

59. Chesson, Meredith S., Darnell, John Coleman et al. Part I: Results of the 2001 Kerak Plateau Early Bronze Age Survey; Part II: Two Early Alphabetic Inscriptions from the Wadi el-Hol. AASOR 59. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2005. Available from ISD.

58. Nakhai, Beth Alpert, ed. The Near East in the Southwest. Essays in honor of William G. Dever. AASOR 58. Boston MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2003. Available from ISD.

57. Hopkins, David, ed. Across the Anatolian Plateau. Readings in the Archaeology of Ancient Turkey. AASOR 57. Boston MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2000. Available from ISD.

56. Lapp, Nancy, ed. Preliminary Excavation Reports and Other Archaeological Excavations. Tell Qarqur, Iron I Sites in the North-Central Highlands of Palestine. AASOR 56. Boston MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 1999. Available from ISD.

55. Leonard, Albert. Ancient Naukratis: Excavations at a Greek Emporium in Egypt. Part 2: Kom Hadid. AASOR 55. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 1998. Available from ISD.

54. Leonard, Albert. Ancient Naukratis: Excavations at a Greek Emporium in Egypt. Part 1: Kom Ge'if. AASOR 54. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1997. Available from ISD.

53. Dever, William, ed. Preliminary Excavation Reports: Sardis, Idalion, and Tell el-Handaquq North. AASOR 53. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1996. Available from ISD.

52. Dever, William G., ed. Preliminary Excavation Reports. AASOR 52. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1994. Available from ISD.

51. Dever, William G., ed. Preliminary Excavation Reports: Sardis, Paphos, Caesarea Maritime, Shiqmim, Ain Ghazal. AASOR 51. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1993. Available from ISD.

50. Leonard, Albert Jr. The Jordan Valley Survey, 1953: Some Unpublished Soundings Conducted by James Mellaart. AASOR 50. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1992. Available from ISD.

49. Gitin, Seymour, and Dever, William G., eds. Recent Excavations in Israel: Studies in Iron Age Archaeology. AASOR 49. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1989. Available from ISD.

47-48. Callaway, Joseph, ed. Volume 1: The Excavations at Araq el-Emir (edited by Nancy Lapp). Volume 2: The Amman Airport Excavations, 1976 (edited by Larry Herr). AASOR 47-48. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1983. Available from ISD.

43. Freedman, David Noel, ed. ASOR Preliminary Excavation Reports: Bab edh-Dhra`, Sardis, Meiron, Tell el-Hesi, Carthage. AASOR 43. Cambridge: ASOR, 1978. Available from ISD.

41. Lapp, Paul W., and Lapp, Nancy L. Discoveries in the Wadi ed-Daliyeh. AASOR 41. Cambridge: ASOR, 1974. Available from ISD.

39. Kelso, James L. The Excavations at Bethel (1934-1960). Joint Expedition of the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and ASOR. AASOR 39. Cambridge: ASOR, 1968. Available from ISD.

38. Lapp, Paul, Sellers, Ovid R., et al. The 1957 Excavations at Beth Zur (conducted by McCormick Theological Seminary and ASOR). Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research (AASOR), Volume 38. Cambridge: ASOR, 1968. Available from ISD.

Book Reviews

The Nabataean Temple at Khirbet et- Tannur, Jordan, Volume 1 and Volume 2 (AASOR 67 & 68), by McKenzie, Judith S., Greene, Joseph A., Reyes, Andres T. et al.
Review by Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Review by American Journal of Archaeology

Review of The Photographs of the American Palestine Exploration Society (AASOR 66), by Rachel Hallote, Felicity Cobbing, and Jeffrey B. Spurr. Review by Antiquity

Review of Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus (AASOR 65), edited by Michael K. Toumazou, P. Nick Kardulias and Derek B. Counts. Review by Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies

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