ANNUAL OF ASOR
The first volume of the ASOR Annual (AASOR) appeared in 1920, making it ASOR’s signature publication. The Annual is a medium for the publication of lengthy preliminary or interim archaeological reports or monograph-length studies relating to archaeology in the Near East.
This page includes:
-Titles in Print
-Book Reviews
-Order Information
ISD Guidelines & Instructions for Manuscript Preparation
William Caraher, Series Editor
Most Recent Publication
City and Cemetery: Excavations at Kourion’s Amathous Gate Cemetery, Cyprus: The Excavations of Danielle A. Parks.
The Amathous Gate Cemetery played a key role in the spatial and social organization of the well-preserved city of Kourion on the south coast of Cyprus, and in its transformations between the Hellenistic and Byzantine periods, from massively destructive earthquakes and the rise of Christianity to new social and administrative structures. The excavations were directed by the late Danielle A. Parks from 1995 to 2000, and found striking evidence for burial and commemoration, a wide range of material culture, and a large assemblage of well-preserved human remains. The project uses an innovative methodology for analyzing mixed stratigraphy and legacy data, which we offer to those researching sites with similar challenges.
Volume 1 presents the chamber tombs and cist tombs, quarrying evidence, and deposition activity from the cleanup after the 370s CE earthquake. It integrates the stratigraphy with the analysis of the material culture and the recording of rock-cut features, and gives a broad interpretation of the results of the whole project.
Volume 2 presents detailed descriptions and interpretations of the ecofacts and artifacts. These include human and animal bone, pottery, lamps, figurines, stone objects, painted plaster, glass, jewelry, coins, and loom weights. Scientific methods include isotopic analysis of the bones, Neutron Activation Analysis of the pottery, and spectroscopic analysis of the glass.
Titles
76 & 77. ed. Michael Given, Chris Mavromatis, and R. Smadar Gabrieli. City and Cemetery: Excavations at Kourion’s Amathous Gate Cemetery, Cyprus: The Excavations of Danielle A. Parks. Volume 1 and Volume 2. AASOR 76 and 77. Alexandria, VA: The American Society of Overseas Research, 2024. Available from .
75. Joel S. Burnett. The Amman Theater Statue in its Iron Age Contexts. AASOR 75. Alexandria, VA: The American Society of Overseas Research, 2023. Available from .
74. Nancy L. Lapp. The Excavations of ‘Iraq al-Amir, Volume II. AASOR 74. Alexandria, VA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2019. Available from .
73. Charlotte Whiting and Gloria London. An Examination of the Stratigraphy and Neolithic-Iron Age Pottery from Tel Jezreel, Area A. AASOR 73. Alexandria, VA: The American Society of Overseas Research, 2021. Available from .
72. Macaulay-Lewis, Elizabeth. Bayt Farhi and the Sephardic Palaces of Ottoman Damascus in the Late 18th and 19th Centuries. AASOR 72. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2018. Available from .
71. Leonard, Al, Jr.. Kataret es-Samra, Jordan. AASOR 71. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2017. Available from .
70. Tappy, Ron E. The Archaeology of the Ostraca House at Israelite Samaria: Epigraphic Discoveries in Complicated Contexts. AASOR 70. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2016. Available from .
69. McGeough, Kevin M. The Archaeology of Agro-Pastoralist Economies in Jordan. AASOR 69. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2016. Available from .
67 & 68. McKenzie, Judith S., Greene, Joseph A., Reyes, Andres T. et al. The Nabataean Temple at Khirbet et- Tannur, Jordan, Volume 1 and Volume 2. AASOR 67 and 68. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2013. Available from ISD. . .
66. Hallote, Rachel, Felicity Cobbing, Jeffrey B. Spurr. The Photographs of the American Palestine Exploration Society. AASOR 66. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2012. Available from .
65. Toumazou, Michael K., P. Nick Kardulias, and Derek B. Counts, eds. Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus. AASOR 65. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2012. Available from .
64. Walker, Bethany, ed. Reflections of Empire: Archaeological and Ethnographic Perspectives on the Pottery of the Ottoman Levant and Beyond. AASOR 64. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2009. Available from .
63. Smith, Joanna S. Settlement and Sanctuary: Views from the Columbia University Excavations at Phlamoudhi, Cyprus. AASOR 63. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2008. Available from .
62. Cohen, Susan and Garfinkel, Yossi. Middle Bronze Age II Cemetery at Gesher. AASOR 62. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2007. Available from .
60-61. Edwards, Douglas and McCollough, Thomas. The Archaeology of Difference: Gender, Ethnicity, Class and the “Other” in Antiquity, Studies in Honor of Eric. M. Meyers. AASOR 60/61. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2007. Available from .
59. Chesson, Meredith S., Darnell, John Coleman et al. Part I: Results of the 2001 Kerak Plateau Early Bronze Age Survey; Part II: Two Early Alphabetic Inscriptions from the Wadi el-Hol. AASOR 59. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2005. Available from .
58. Nakhai, Beth Alpert, ed. The Near East in the Southwest. Essays in honor of William G. Dever. AASOR 58. Boston MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2003. Available from .
57. Hopkins, David, ed. Across the Anatolian Plateau. Readings in the Archaeology of Ancient Turkey. AASOR 57. Boston MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2000. Available from ISD.
56. Lapp, Nancy, ed. Preliminary Excavation Reports and Other Archaeological Excavations. Tell Qarqur, Iron I Sites in the North-Central Highlands of Palestine. AASOR 56. Boston MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 1999. Available from ISD.
55. Leonard, Albert. Ancient Naukratis: Excavations at a Greek Emporium in Egypt. Part 2: Kom Hadid. AASOR 55. Boston, MA: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 1998. Available from ISD.
54. Leonard, Albert. Ancient Naukratis: Excavations at a Greek Emporium in Egypt. Part 1: Kom Ge’if. AASOR 54. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1997. Available from ISD.
53. Dever, William, ed. Preliminary Excavation Reports: Sardis, Idalion, and Tell el-Handaquq North. AASOR 53. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1996. Available from ISD.
52. Dever, William G., ed. Preliminary Excavation Reports. AASOR 52. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1994. Available from ISD.
51. Dever, William G., ed. Preliminary Excavation Reports: Sardis, Paphos, Caesarea Maritime, Shiqmim, Ain Ghazal. AASOR 51. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1993. Available from ISD.
50. Leonard, Albert Jr. The Jordan Valley Survey, 1953: Some Unpublished Soundings Conducted by James Mellaart. AASOR 50. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1992. Available from ISD.
49. Gitin, Seymour, and Dever, William G., eds. Recent Excavations in Israel: Studies in Iron Age Archaeology. AASOR 49. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1989. Available from ISD.
47-48. Callaway, Joseph, ed. Volume 1: The Excavations at Araq el-Emir (edited by Nancy Lapp). Volume 2: The Amman Airport Excavations, 1976 (edited by Larry Herr). AASOR 47-48. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1983. Available from ISD.
43. Freedman, David Noel, ed. ASOR Preliminary Excavation Reports: Bab edh-Dhra`, Sardis, Meiron, Tell el-Hesi, Carthage. AASOR 43. Cambridge: ASOR, 1978. Available from ISD.
41. Lapp, Paul W., and Lapp, Nancy L. Discoveries in the Wadi ed-Daliyeh. AASOR 41. Cambridge: ASOR, 1974. Available from ISD.
39. Kelso, James L. The Excavations at Bethel (1934-1960). Joint Expedition of the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and ASOR. AASOR 39. Cambridge: ASOR, 1968. Available from ISD.
38. Lapp, Paul, Sellers, Ovid R., et al. The 1957 Excavations at Beth Zur (conducted by McCormick Theological Seminary and ASOR). Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research (AASOR), Volume 38. Cambridge: ASOR, 1968. Available from ISD.
Book Reviews
Kataret es-Samra, Jordan (AASOR 71), Leonard, Al, Jr.
The Archaeology of Agro-Pastoralist Economies in Jordan (AASOR 69), McGeough, Kevin M.
Review by Steven A. Rosen, published in JEMAHS
The Archaeology of the Ostraca House at Israelite Samaria: Epigraphic Discoveries in Complicated Contexts (AASOR 70), by Tappy, Ron E.
Review by Norma Franklin, published in JEMAHS
Response to Review by Ron E. Tappy, published in JEMAHS
The Nabataean Temple at Khirbet et- Tannur, Jordan, Volume 1 and Volume 2 (AASOR 67 & 68), by McKenzie, Judith S., Greene, Joseph A., Reyes, Andres T. et al.
Review by Duane W. Roller in American Journal of Archaeology
The Photographs of the American Palestine Exploration Society (AASOR 66), by Rachel Hallote, Felicity Cobbing, and Jeffrey B. Spurr.
Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus (AASOR 65), edited by Michael K. Toumazou, P. Nick Kardulias and Derek B. Counts.
Review by William J. Weir in Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies
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