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ACOR Insights: May 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”27812″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] ACOR Insights: May 2015 [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”27820″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”27824″ img_size=”600×398″ alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://www.acorjordan.org/2015/05/04/schep/#more-258″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1476960565647{margin-right: 231px !important;margin-left: 231px !important;}”] Introducing SCHEP: Sustainable Cultural Heritage through Engagement of Local Communities Project ACOR signed in November 2014 an agreement with USAID to implement the Sustainable Cultural Heritage through Engagement of Local Communities Project…
“Heritage Conservation and Host Communities in Jordan” by Dr. Erin Addison
The Top Stratum: Heritage Conservation and Host Communities in Jordan Dr. Erin Addison Cultural Heritage Resources (CHR) Projects Lead for the USAID-SCHEP Project Wednesday 13 May 2015 at 6:00 pm Reception to Follow About the Lecture: Over the past 40 years there has been a growing awareness that archaeologists should consider the perspectives, concerns, and…
Introducing SCHEP: Sustainable Cultural Heritage through Engagement of Local Communities Project
Come to Petra, Experience the Exhibition
Restoring Amman’s Great Roman Temple
“New Sciences of Antiquity and Arab Modernity” by Dr. Elena Dodge Corbett
Ramses Was a Semite: New Sciences of Antiquity and Arab Modernity in the Late Ottoman World Dr. Elena Dodge Corbett Resident Director, Amman Study Center, Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Wednesday 8 April 2015 at 6:00 pm Reception to Follow About the Lecture: Dr. Elena Corbett has recently published a new book entitled Competitive…
Remembering Wendy Botham – A Life that Lit Up Petra
The Wadi Hafir Petroglyph Survey: Shedding New Light on Thamudic Inscriptions
“Traces of Early Islam in Wadi Ramm” by Dr. Glenn J. Corbett and Firas Bqain
Traces of Early Islam in Wadi Ramm: A Desert Mosque and Waystation from the Time of the Umayyads Dr. Glenn J. Corbett, ACOR Associate Director Firas Bqain, ACOR Administrator Wednesday 4 March 2015 at 6:00 pm Reception to Follow About the Lecture: In the winter of 1988, while surveying Wadi Shireh in the Hisma/Wadi Ramm…
Firas Bqa’in: Archaeologist, Academic, and ACOR Administrator
Surviving a Middle East Blizzard, ACOR style
A Passion for Petra’s Archaeology – An Interview with TWLCRM Alum Ahmad Hasanat
TWLCRM Initiative Earns Top Honor
ACOR’s Temple of the Winged Lions Cultural Resource Management (TWLCRM) Initiative received the Archaeological Institute of America’s 2015 award for Best Practices in Site Preservation in January of this year. Christopher Tuttle, Executive Director of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers and former Associate Director of ACOR, received the award on behalf of the…
“Egypt and the Levant in the Early Bronze Age” by Dr. Matthew J. Adams
Egypt and the Levant in the Early Bronze Age: Implications of a New Radiocarbon Chronology Dr. Matthew J. Adams Director of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem Tuesday 27 January 2015 at 6:00pm Reception to Follow About the Lecture In a series of recent studies, new radiocarbon dates were offered in support…