Archaeology of the southern levant

Zooarchaeology of Wadi Fidan, southern jordan

I have been involved with the Edom Lowlands Project and the JHF Archaeological Research Project since 1997. The aims of our research centers on craft production and social change through time in the Faynan region of the southern Levant. I have participated in the 1997 (Excavator), 1999 (Asst. Site Supervisor), 2000 (Field and Lab Coordinator), 2002 (Zooarchaeologist), 2003 (Site Supervisor), 2004 (Area Supervisor), 2006 (Area Supervisor) field projects. The next project is scheduled for the summer of 2007. The plan is to excavate the Early Bronze Age site of Khirbat Hamra Ifdan. I will be the Area Supervisor for excavations at a copper smelting mound located within the site. I will also serve as the Project Zooarchaeologist and will be working and training students in faunal identification and recording. If you are interested in excavating in the Middle East or would like more information on our project, please visit the Archaeology in the Levant website.

 

 

Archaeology

The F.A.P.S of the Southern Levant

The Faynan Archaeological and Population Study represents my future endeavor in this region of the southern Levant. Survey, burial, zooarchaeological, and paleobotanical data are brought together to study the population and the dietary components of the Faynan region during the Early Bronze Age. The project will be my post-doctoral work and a spin-off from my doctorate work.

Future Project:  F.A.P.S.

The project  serves as the UCSD Middle East archaeological field school that trains undergraduate students, graduate students and members of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan in the most current aspects of archaeological method and theory.

The edom lowland project

The JHF project was the first 'deep time' study of ore Procurement, Early Metallurgy, Production and Social Change from the Neolithic to the Iron Age in Jordan .

The Jabal Hamrat Fidan project
Text Box: Funded by the National Science Foundation Archaeology program, the project was a unique joint archaeological and paleoenvironmental investigation to reconstruct the ecology and landscape of the San Elijo Lagoon.

The san elijo lagoon project