Insights

Welcome to Insights! Formerly our long-running quarterly e-update, since 2020, Insights has been our blog, hosting essays by fellows, interns, staff, and others.

“A New Monumental Latin Inscription from ‘Ayn Gharandal” by Drs. Robert and Erin Darby

Jun 3, 2014 Posted in Lecture Tagged with Archaeology, ayn gharandal, darby, erin darby, inscription, june, lecture, robert darby

Inscripted block (lower right) as found in 'Ayn Gharandal gate area. Photo Darby 2013.

Words in the Sand: A New Monumental Latin Inscription from ‘Ayn Gharandal Dr. Robert Darby & Dr. Erin Darby University of Tennessee Tuesday 3 June 2014 at 6:00pm Reception to Follow About the Lecture On 17 June 2013, the ‘Ayn Gharandal Archaeological Project discovered a monumental imperial Latin inscription in the ruins of the Late…

“The Ad-Deir Monument and Plateau in Petra” by Dr. Cynthia Finlayson

Apr 29, 2014 Posted in Lecture Tagged with ad-deir, april, Archaeology, cynthia finlayson, drone mapping, finlayson, lecture, Petra

Aerial image of the Ad-Deir Monument, the Great Circles, and the ancient entrance to the Ad-Deir temenos behind the current store,taken in 2013 from 300 meters height by the GATEWING X100. Courtesy the Ad-Deir Monument and Plateau Project.

The Ad-Deir Monument and Plateau in Petra: UAV/Drone Mapping and New Theories Concerning Functions and Importance Dr. Cynthia Finlayson Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Brigham Young University Tuesday 29 April 2014 at 6:00pm Reception to Follow About the Lecture Dr. Finlayson is leading the Ad-Deir Monument and Plateau Project to map scientifically the Monastery at…

“Western Christian Pilgrims to the Holy Land” by Dr. Robert Schick

Mar 19, 2014 Posted in Lecture Tagged with Archaeology, christian pilgrims, lecture, march, ottoman period, robert schick, schick

Heinrich Wölfli arriving in Jerusalem in 1520. (Heinrich Wölflis Reise nach Jerusalem 1520/1521. Edited by Hans Bloesch. Bern: Die Schweizer Bibliophilen Gesellschaft, 1929).

Western Christian Pilgrims to the Holy Land in the Early Ottoman Period Dr. Robert Shick Independent Scholar, Author, and Ongoing ACOR Publication Fellow Wednesday 19 March 2014 at 6:00pm Reception to Follow About the Lecture This talk will examine the varied experiences of some Western Christian pilgrims who traveled to the Holy Land during the…

Elias Saba

Mar 11, 2014 Posted in CAORC, Fellows, Profile

Elias Saba, 2013–2014 CAORC Pre-Doctoral Fellow Elias Saba is an ACOR-CAORC Pre-Doctorate Fellow pursuing his research in Jordan between January and May of 2014. He is currently researching the development in Islamic legal-theoretical thinking during the 12th-15th centuries, specifically looking at the genres of lexical and legal distinctions. Lexical distinctions refer to the lexical differences…

Theresa Dazey

Mar 11, 2014 Posted in CAORC, Fellows, Profile

Theresa Dazey, 2013–2014 CAORC Pre-Doctoral Fellow Theresa Dazey is an ACOR-CAORC Pre-Doctorate Fellow pursuing her research in Jordan between September 2013 and February 2014. Theresa studies the settlement of Circassian communities in the late 19th century, especially their relations with already-established Jordanian communities. Much of her research is conducted through informal interviews with the descendants…

Christian C. Sahner

Mar 11, 2014 Posted in CAORC, Fellows, Profile

Christian Sahner, 2013–2014 CAORC Pre-Doctoral Fellow Christian C. Sahner is an ACOR-CAORC Pre-Doctorate Fellow pursuing research in Jordan between June and August 2014. He is completing his Ph.D. in the Department of History at Princeton on the Christian neomartyrs of the early Islamic period. Christian studies Byzantine history, the transition from late antiquity to the…

“A Kinder, Greener Black Desert” by Dr. Gary Rollefson

Feb 25, 2014 Posted in Lecture Tagged with black desert, february, gary rollefson, lecture, neolithic, rollefson

A Kinder, Greener Black Desert: Results of Archaeological Research of Neolithic Sites Dr. Gary Rollefson Professor of Anthropology, Whitman College ACOR-CAORC Senior Fellow Tuesday 25 February 2014, 6:00 pm Reception to Follow About the Lecture: Passing through the Black Desert in northeastern Jordan, one is struck by the lifeless and forbidding character of the landscape….

“The Late Neolithic Colonization of the Eastern Badia” by Dr. Gary Rollefson

Feb 25, 2014 Posted in Lecture Tagged with black desert, colonization, eastern badia, february, gary rollefson, lecture, rollefson

The Late Neolithic Colonization of the Eastern Badia Dr. Gary Rollefson Professor of Anthropology, Whitman College ACOR-CAORC Senior Fellow Tuesday 25 February 2014 at 6:00pm Reception to Follow About the Lecture Unprecedented population growth, environmental degradation, and a reduction of rainfall by the end of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) period (c. 8,700-7,000 BC) resulted…

“The Lives of Pots” by Dr. Morag Kersel

Jan 14, 2014 Posted in Lecture Tagged with Archaeology, dead sea plain, early bronze age, kersel, lecture, morag kersel, pots, the lives of pots

Excavated pots from the Bad Adh-Dhra Tomb (photo Kersel)

The Lives of Pots: Grave Goods, Excavated Artifacts, Looted Items, and Collected Objects from the Early Bronze Age Mortuary Sites on the Dead Sea Plain of Jordan Dr. Morag Kersel Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at DePaul University, Chicago ACOR-CAORC Senior Fellow Wednesday 29 January 2014 at 6:00pm Reception to Follow About the…

“New Insights into Thamudic Inscriptions” by Dr. Glenn J. Corbett

Sep 25, 2013 Posted in Lecture Tagged with ACOR, Archaeology, corbett, glenn corbett, Inscriptions, lecture, september, thamudic, wadi rum

An example of signed rock art from Wadi Ramm. Photo G.J. Corbett.

Messages from the Desert: New Insights into Thamudic Inscriptions and Rock Drawings from Jordan’s Wadi Ramm Dr. Glenn J. Corbett Director of the Wadi Hafir Petroglyph Survey, Former ACOR NEH Fellow and Independent Scholar Wednesday 25 September at 6:00pm Reception to Follow About the Lecture Dr. Glenn J. Corbett will speak about the 2,000 year-old…

“From Village to Bishopric: Pella” by Dr. Stephen Bourke

Feb 26, 2013 Posted in Lecture Tagged with Archaeology, bourke, early bronze age, february, lecture, pella, stephen bourke

Pella (Tabqat al Fahl); photo by Bob Miller

From Village to Bishopric: Pella in Jordan 2013 Dr. Stephen Bourke Research Associate in Near Eastern Archaeology at Sydney University Tuesday 26 February 2013 at 6:00pm Reception to Follow About the Lecture This fully illustrated lecture will focus on recent discoveries at Pella, drawn mainly from the 2011 and 2013 field seasons. It will touch…

Nabataeans on the Shores of the Dead Sea

Jan 1, 1970 Posted in ACOR, Lecture, VideoLectures Tagged with Archaeology, History, lecture, lecture recording, public lecture, research

ACOR Proudly Presents: “Nabataeans on the Shores of the Dead Sea” An ACOR Public Lecture by Dr. Konstantinos D. Politis on March 10, 2020 About the Lecture: Ancient sites which have recently come to light on the Dead Sea littoral reveal what life was like for the average Nabataean some two thousand years ago. Ancient…

Jan 1, 1970 Posted in Uncategorized

BBC World’s The Travel Show (segment of TWLCRM)

Jan 1, 1970 Posted in Uncategorized

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160929-the-mammoth-task-of-unearthing-petra

Elena Corbett “Competitive Archaeology in Jordan” (2014)

Jan 1, 1970 Posted in Uncategorized

Corbett argues that archaeology projected scientific knowledge on a past that legitimized the present and contributed to the imagining of political geographies. “Archaeology not only was a camoufla… Source: Elena Corbett “Competitive Archaeology in Jordan” (2014)

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