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In 2025, Hanna Erftenbeck and Natalia Handziuk received a Joe D. Seger Project Grant for research at Tall al-Handaquq South in Jordan. A systematic survey documented Early Bronze Age remains and areas impacted by looting. Read more in their grant report: www.asor.org/news/2026/02...

FOA Webinar: Müge Durusu-Tanrıöver - American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) Friends of ASOR Webinar - Müge Durusu-Tanrıöver presents: "Anatolian Futures: Archaeologies of Anatolia within the Larger Mediterranean" on March 11, 2026 at 7:00 pm ET.

Join us for the next FOA webinar on Wednesday, March 11th at 7:00pm ET: "Anatolian Futures: Archaeologies of Anatolia within the Larger Mediterranean," presented by Dr. Müge Durusu-Tanrıöver. Read more about the webinar and register here: www.asor.org/news/2026/02...

Our #ObjectoftheWeek: A cuneiform tablet recording a land transfer document from ancient Girsu, Iraq dated to ED IIIB period (ca. 2500-2340 BCE). CBS10000. Credit: Penn Museum.
#Archaeology #Iraq #Mesopotamia #Cuneiform

Fieldwork Report: Anna Taibi - American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) Anna Taibi, 2025 Strange/Midkiff Families Fellowship Recipient, excavated at Mosul Dam in Iraq.

Anna Taibi, a 2025 Strange/Midkiff Families Fellowship recipient, joined the ReLand Archaeological Project in Iraq this past fall. Read her fieldwork report here: www.asor.org/news/2026/02...

Register by March 1! Join the Friends of ASOR Philadelphia Tour from Apr. 16–17 for exclusive, behind-the-scenes access at the Penn Museum, the Barnes Foundation, & the Philadelphia Museum of Art, featuring expert-led tours and special lectures. Join now: www.asor.org/news/2026/01...

ASOR Receives Award from Gerda Henkel Stiftung for Access Project at the Sudan National Museum - American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) The American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) is pleased to announce an award from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung supporting critical site security and infrastructure improvements at the Sudan National ...

ASOR is pleased to announce an award from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung supporting critical site security and infrastructure improvements at the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum. Read about the project here: www.asor.org/news/2026/02...

We’re excited to share an update about the Friends of ASOR Cyprus tour! The tour will now feature three additional leaders: ASOR President Prof. Jane DeRose Evans and Professors Eric & Carol Meyers (joining June 18–24). Reserve your spot here: buff.ly/fs4dNPp

FELLOWSHIPS - American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) ASOR offers Scholarships for Fieldwork Participation, Grants for Archaeological Projects, Research Fellowships, and Membership & Annual Meeting Scholarships.

Make sure to get your applications in for our fieldwork scholarships and project grants by Monday, February 23! Grants and scholarships are eligible for work only on ASOR-affiliated projects. Find out more here: www.asor.org/fellowships/

Connecting Objects Across Space and Time with 3D Scanning and Shape Analysis - The Ancient Near East Today Can we use digital tools to test whether fragments and museum objects might be related? Can we recover parts of their histories that were previously inaccessible?

Can we use digital tools to test whether fragments and museum objects might be related? Can we recover parts of their histories that were previously inaccessible? Read the newest ANE Today, republished from The Conversation, here: anetoday.org/connecting-o...

ASOR is putting together a map of where our members have worked in the world. You're invited to submit your own excavations, survey, laboratory, or museum and conservation projects to the map with stories and photos. Complete the following brief survey to add yourself to the map: buff.ly/LYYJVlZ

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This article from Near Eastern Archaeology looks at nearly 150 artifacts to investigate the burial practices and cultural connections of the local people. The article reveals strong trade relations between Bronze Age Elamite communities. Read more here: https://ow.ly/wRut50XWp2Y ASOR

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So thrilled to see our paper “Defending the Vedi River Valley of Armenia” published by @asor-research.bsky.social & @uchicagopress.bsky.social reached 2200+ views — thanks for your support! Vedi River Valley is a key corridor connecting Ararat Plain and surrounding mountains. doi.org/10.1086/732090

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New issue of Near Eastern Archaeology Vol. 88, No. 4 (2025) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/nea/2025... @chicagojournals.bsky.social @asor-research.bsky.social @willismonroe.bsky.social @christinatsoup.bsky.social

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New issue of Bulletin of the American Society of Overseas Research Vol 394 (2025) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/basr/202... @asor-research.bsky.social @chicagojournals.bsky.social @karalarson.bsky.social
@petramcreamer.bsky.social @pudukhepa.bsky.social

Excited for another ASOR annual meeting! @asor-research.bsky.social

The ASOR 2025 Annual Meeting begins today in Boston & online! Join scholars for 4 days of sessions, workshops, and celebration—starting tonight with the Opening & Plenary Session feat. Dr. Timothy P. Harrison.

Welcome to #ASOR25, celebrating 125 years of archaeological research and collaboration.

We’re just ONE day away! 🎉

ASOR’s 2025 Annual Meeting in Boston begins tomorrow, and we can’t wait to welcome colleagues, friends, and scholars from around the world.

Safe travels to everyone on their way. ✈️🚆
See you in Boston! 🌟

#ASOR25 #ASORAnnualMeeting #125YearsOfASOR

The ASOR Program Committee seeks 4 new members to serve a 3-year term (2026–2028) with possibility of a 2nd term. We are interested in applications from members whose research area(s) are complementary to or not represented by current members of the PC. The brief app. is due Dec. 5: buff.ly/B16v7ds

We are one week away from the 2025 Annual Meeting in Boston! Make sure to have the Plenary Address from Dr. Timothy P. Harrison (ISAC), plus the Welcome Reception afterwards, on your calendars for Wednesday evening, November 19. See you there!
#ASOR25

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New issues of Maarav Vol. 29, Nos. 1-2 (2025) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/mar/2025... @asor-research.bsky.social @chicagojournals.bsky.social

Remember to sign up for the free Museum Literacy Workshop available to all ASOR Annual Meeting attendees led by Dr. Jen Thum at the Harvard Art Museums! The workshop will be on Wednesday, November 19 from 3:00–5:00pm. Space is limited to 18 people, advance registration is required: buff.ly/kuF57r9

We can’t wait to see you at ASOR’s Annual Meeting in Boston this November! But have you reserved your seat at the 125th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday night? Tickets must be purchased by November 3, and seats are going fast! Register now: buff.ly/HlqbQzn

The Ancient Near East Today is seeking new members for its Editorial Advisory Committee. The committee supports and advises the editor of ANE Today for matters of content and strategy for the main platform and its Substack newsletter. Please fill out this online form by Oct. 31: buff.ly/2MyvjcP

Join ASOR's Early Career Scholars on Friday, October 17th from 12:00-1:15pm EDT via Zoom for a virtual Brown Bag workshop, "How to Get Involved in Archaeological Field Projects." Curious about how to join an archaeological dig or how to expand your field experience? Register here: buff.ly/hhAGoMp

FOA Webinar: Kevin McGeough, Jennie Ebeling, and Bill Caraher - American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) Friends of ASOR Panel Webinar: "Readers of the Lost Ark: The Ark of the Covenant from Biblical Religion to Contemporary Culture" on October 8, 2025 at 7:00 pm ET.

Friends of ASOR present the next webinar of the season on Oct. 8, at 7:00 pm EDT, presented by Kevin McGeough with panelists Jennie Ebeling and Bill Caraher. This webinar will be free and open to the public. Registration through Zoom (with a valid email address) is required: tinyurl.com/bdet3w97

#ImageoftheWeek from this week's ANE Today: 12,000-year-old rock art panel of life-sized camels discovered in the Nefed Desert, Saudi Arabia. Orthophoto with tracings digitally outlined in color. Image source: M. Guagnin et al. 2025 (buff.ly/aIyYUYa). CC By 4.0.
#Archaeology #RockArt #SaudiArabia

The American Academy of Religion, Southeastern region, invites abstracts for its annual conference. There will be ASOR member-sponsored sessions on Field Reports and Related Scholarship, Shifting Identities & the Archaeology of the Ancient World.
Call for Papers deadline is October 1: relse.org.

ASOR is pleased to announce, with support from the American Institute for Roman Culture, the Cyrene Conservation Initiative—a 12-month conservation and heritage education project at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Cyrene in eastern Libya. Read more: www.asor.org/.../09/cyren...

Friends of ASOR is pleased to announce our next webinar, "Visions of Antiquity: Paintings of Robert Duncanson and Sculptures of Edmonia Lewis" presented by Dr. Tasha Vorderstrasse, is on September 24 at 7:00pm ET. Register for the free webinar here: buff.ly/JdUpaud

Joshua Micallef, a 2025 P.E. MacAllister Fieldwork Scholarship Recipient, excavated at Tell Hesban in Jordan. Interested in landscape archaeology, Joshua shares what it was like to explore and excavate in the trenches of the wadi. Read his report here: buff.ly/O1zlcdl
#Archaeology #Jordan