by Gary Rollefson In the 1920s pilots flying over the Harrat ash-Sham volcanic fields (also known as the Black Desert) were struck by a landscape that was “rugged and desolate” (Maitland 1927: 198), “like a dead fire — nothing but cold ashes” (Rees 1929: 389), whose “odious flat-topped slag heaps” instilled a “sinister foreboding” and…
by Yorke Rowan Material culture provides a glimpse into the important objects that people created, exchanged, and carried with them for functional and symbolic purposes. The study of archaeology requires a suite of specializations and perspectives, but material culture remains a fundamental source of information. In his pioneering volume In Small Things Forgotten (1977), James Deetz…
ACOR and the Fulbright Commission of Jordan Proudly Present: “A Review of Selected Sites in Jordan: Paleolithic–Neolithic Periods”An ACOR online lecture by Prof. Maysoon Al Nahar (University of Jordan) Delivered via Zoom on April 20, 2021 This presentation was originally given in Arabic. Simultaneous translation was provided by Ala Abusharif/Pegasus Events and Conference Preparation. About…
المركز الأمريكي للأبحاث و برنامج فولبرايت الأردن يقدمان وبكل فخر :عرض لمواقع مختارة من الأردنالعصر الحجري القديم – العصر الحجري الحديثمحاضرة عامة باللغة العربيةتلقيها الأستاذة الدكتورة ميسون النهار – الجامعة الأردنيةيوم الثلاثاء 20 نيسان :عن المحاضرة نأمل ان نراكم قريباً ومحاضرة جديدة مع أكور Related Links: ACOR’s Archaeological Projects Portal Archaeology in Jordan 2 Image Gallery
An ACOR Public Lecture Who Were the People in the Neolithic Black Desert? Wednesday 18 October 2017 at 6:00 pm Dr. Gary Rollefson ACOR National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow & Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Whitman College Wednesday 18 October 2017 at 6:00 pm To be followed by a reception About the lecture Before…
Recent ACOR-CAORC fellow and archaeologist Kathleen Bennallack writes below about her current research in southern Jordan. During the 2015–16 academic year, I spent more than six months at ACOR conducting dissertation research—learning stone tool types and how they change through time; learning how to read climate data; finding publications that are nearly impossible to find…
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….