PAUL E. ZIMANSKY E. Zimansky American Schools of Oriental Research grant for excavations at Tell ... of the American contingent Syrian 'Ain Dara Expedition; May-August, 1982

CURRICULUM VITAE

PAUL E. ZIMANSKY

ADDRESSES

Home: 12 Houghton Blvd. Office: Department of HistoryStony Brook, NY 11790 Social & Behavior Sciences N317Tel. (631) 751-3824 Stony Brook, NY 11794

E-mail: [email protected]

PERSONAL DATA

Born July 25, 1946 in Iowa City, Iowa.Married Elizabeth C. Stone, Nov. 5, 1976.

EDUCATIONDegreesBA (Classics), The Johns Hopkins University, June, 1968.PhD. (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations), University of Chicago, August, 1980.

Dissertation“The Political and Economic Organization of the Urartian State”

AWARDS AND HONORS Scholarship at the Johns Hopkins University, 1964-1968Woodrow Wilson Fellow Designate, 1968NDEA Title IV Fellowship at the University of Chicago, 1968 and 1971-3Ryerson Traveling Fellowship, awarded by the Committee on Archaeological Studies, University

of Chicago, 1975-6Fulbright Lectureship in the Faculty of Arts, University of Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic,

1981-82National Geographic Society grant (NG 2691-83) for excavations on the Lower Mound of Tell

'Ain Dara, Syria, 1983 (with Elizabeth C. Stone) ($8,950)National Geographic Society grant (NG 2855-84) for excavations on the Lower Mound of Tell

'Ain Dara, Syria, 1984 (with Elizabeth C. Stone) ($13,106)American Schools of Oriental Research grant for excavations at Tell Hamida and survey at Abu

Duwari, Iraq, 1987 (with Elizabeth C. Stone) ($10,000)Junior Fellowship in the Society of Fellows, Boston University, funded by the Humanities

Foundation, Boston University, 1987-88American Schools of Oriental Research grant for aerial survey and mapping at Tell Abu Duwari,

Iraq, 1988 (with Elizabeth C. Stone) ($10,000)National Geographic Society grant (NG 4206-89) for excavations at Tell Abu Duwari, Iraq, 1990

(with Elizabeth C. Stone) ($12,000)

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American Schools of Oriental Research grant for excavations at Tell Hamida, Iraq, 1990($10,000) [suspended due to political conditions]

National Geographic Society grant (NG 4562-91) for laboratory analysis of materials excavatedat Tell Abu Duwari, 1991 ($5000) (with Elizabeth C. Stone)

American Research Institute in Turkey/National Endowment for the Humanities grant forresearch on Urartian pottery in Turkey, 1997-98. ($10,000) (declined)

National Geographic Society grant (NG 5921-97) for survey and excavation at Ayanis, Turkey,1997 ($19,080) (with Elizabeth C. Stone and Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu)

National Geographic Society grant (NG6241-98) for survey and excavation at Ayanis, Turkey,1998 ($15,600) (with Elizabeth C. Stone and Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu)

National Geographic Society grant (NG6552-99) for survey and excavation at Ayanis, Turkey,1999 ($11,050) (with Elizabeth C. Stone and Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu)

National Science Foundation Grant (BCS 9910421) for excavations and analysis of materialsfrom Ayanis, Turkey, 2000-2002 ($155,316) (with Elizabeth C. Stone and Altan A.Çilingiroǧlu)

National Geographic Society grant for survey and excavation at Ayanis, Turkey, 2002 ($10,130)(with Elizabeth C. Stone and Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu)

National Geographic Society grant for survey and excavation at Ayanis, Turkey, 2003 ($11,120)(with Elizabeth C. Stone and Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu), deferred until 2005 in view ofpolitical situation with regard to Iraq War.

Teaching Award, Boston University Honors Program, Spring, 2003Subcontractor on USAID grant to Stony Brook University for cooperative projects with Iraqi

Universities, focused on teaching archaeology, Principal Investigator Elizabeth C. Stone,2003-2005.

National Geographic Society grant (NG 8238-07) for excavation and ethnoarchaeology atAyanis, Turkey, 2007 ($15,510). PI (with Elizabeth Stone and Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu).

National Geographic Society grant (NG 8480-08) for excavation and ethnoarchaeology atAyanis, Turkey, 2008 ($18,740). PI (with Elizabeth Stone and Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu).

National Geographic society grant (SP13-13) for excavations at Ur, Iraq, 2015 ($40,000). PI(with Elizabeth Stone).

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTSFull timeUniversity of California, Berkeley: Department of Near Eastern Studies

Lecturer in Mesopotamian and Anatolian Archaeology, September, 1979-March, 1980University of Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic: Faculty of Arts

Visiting Professor of Ancient Semitic Languages, September, 1981-August, 1982Boston University: Department of Archaeology

Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology, September, 1983-June, 1990 Associate Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology, July 1990-August 2001Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology, September 2001- August 2006

State University of New York at Stony Brook: Department of HistoryVisiting Professor of Archaeology and Ancient History, September 2004-December 2005

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State University of New York at Stony Brook: Department of HistoryProfessor of Archaeology and Ancient History, September 2006-

Part-time appointments and adjunctshipsNortheastern Illinois University, Department of History:

Instructor, January-April, 1973.State University of New York at Stony Brook:

Department of History Adjunct Assistant Professor, September, 1980-March, 1987 Lecturer, January-June, 1981; September-December, 1982 Adjunct Associate Professor, May, 1991-May, 1993

Department of AnthropologyLecturer, September-December, 1980Research Associate, January 2003-2006

Department of Linguistics: Lecturer, January-June, 1983Hunter College, City University of New York: Department of Classical and Oriental Studies:

Adjunct Assistant Professor, September, 1980-January, 1981

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD EXPERIENCE

Iowa: Participant in the excavation of four historic and prehistoric sites in the Mississippi Valleyas a student in the University of Iowa field archaeology program under the direction ofMarshall McKusick, Iowa State Archaeologist, June-August, 1968

Nippur (Iraq): Area supervisor on expedition of the University of Chicago under the direction ofMcGuire Gibson; September-December, 1973

Bastam (Iran): Area supervisor on expedition of the German Archaeological Institute, TeheranDivision, directed by Wolfram Kleiss; June-August, 1975

Nippur: Area supervisor and photographer on expedition of the University of Chicago under thedirection of McGuire Gibson; September-December,1975

Bastam: Area supervisor and photographer on expedition of the German Archaeological Instituteunder the direction of Wolfram Kleiss; June-August, 1977

Bastam: Area supervisor, photographer, and field epigrapher; June-August, 1978'Ain Dara (Syria): Co-director (with Elizabeth C. Stone) of the American contingent Syrian 'Ain

Dara Expedition; May-August, 1982 [Note: the American contingent was anindependently funded and supervised sub-operation under the aegis of the Syrian 'AinDara Expedition, directed by Ali Abou Assaf and Wahid Khyata]

'Ain Dara (Syria): Co-director of American contingent; July-September, 1983.'Ain Dara (Syria): Co-director of American contingent; July-September, 1984.North Jezirah (Iraq): Co-investigator in survey of salvage project area; December,

1986-January, 1987. Tell Abu Duwari (Iraq): Associate Director on expedition of the State University of New York at

Stony Brook under the direction of Elizabeth C. Stone; April-June, 1987. Tell Hamida (Iraq): Director of Boston University expedition; June-August, 1987. Tell Abu Duwari: Co-Director (with Elizabeth C. Stone) of expedition to Mashkan-shapir;

December, 1988-January, 1989.Tell Abu Duwari: Co-Director of expedition to Mashkan-shapir; December, 1989-May, 1990.

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Ayanis (Turkey): Co-Director of settlement survey team (with Elizabeth C. Stone) on expeditionof Ege University under the direction of Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu; July, 1996.

Ayanis (Turkey): Co-Director (with Elizabeth C. Stone) of outer town project on expedition ofEge University under the direction of Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu; June-August 1997.




Ayanis (Turkey): Co-Director (with Elizabeth C. Stone) of outer town project on expedition ofEge University under the direction of Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu; June-July 2001.


Ayanis (Turkey): Co-Director (with Elizabeth C. Stone) of outer town project on expedition ofEge University under the direction of Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu; study season, July 2003.


Ayanis (Turkey): Co-Director (with Elizabeth C. Stone) of outer town project on expedition ofEge University under the direction of Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu; July 2006.




Ur area (Iraq): Informal survey to locate site for future excavations, July, 2011.Tell Sakhariya (Iraq): Co-Director (with Elizabeth C. Stone) of Stony Brook University

excavations, December 2011-January 2012.Ur (Iraq): Soundings in Area AH (informal exploration with Elizabeth C. Stone for planning

future Stony Brook University excavation), May-June 2015.

MISCELLANEOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Courses taught (*graduate, #graduate and undergraduate): Akkadian (elementary, *intermediate, *advanced); #Anatolian Archaeology; *Anatolian Culture History; AncientMediterranean [history]; The Ancient World (Boston University Core Curriculum); Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome,Ancient World (Stony Brook introduction to ancient history); #Archaeological Methods and Theory;*Archaeological Research Design; Archaeology of the Ancient Near East; Archaeology of Classical Civilizations;*Archaeology of Complex Societies; #Archaeology of Empires; Archaeology of the Holy Land; #Archaeology ofMesopotamia; Assyrians, Babylonians and Hittites; Classical Mythology; *Comparative Archaeology of ComplexSocieties; *Comparative Early Civilizations; The First Civilizations [history]; Great Discoveries in Archaeology;History of the Ancient Near East; Intellectual History of Archaeology; Introduction to Archaeology; Introduction toLinguistics; Lost Languages and Decipherments; Mesopotamian Religion; Origins of Civilization; #Problems in theArchaeology of the Near East; *Problems in Old World Prehistory; Reading and Writing History: Early Empires;Reading and Writing History: Herodotus; #Syro-Palestinian Archaeology

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Institutes, tours, and lecture programsUniversity of Chicago, Oriental Institute Museum, instructor in adult education course on Anatolian archaeology,

Feb.-March, l974 University of Chicago, lecturer and guide on Oriental Institute Museum sponsored tour of Asia Minor, "Art and

Archaeological Treasures of Turkey," May, 1975. Sites visited included Boğazköy, Gordion, Kültepe,Acemhüyük, Faselis, Side, Perge, Aspendos, Aphrodisias, Ephesus, Pergamon, Sardis, Karabel, Troy, andIstanbul

American Schools of Oriental Research, faculty member in Summer Institute in Near East Archaeology for college,university and seminary faculty and museum curators, funded by a grant from the National Endowment forthe Humanities, June 3 to July 12, 1985

Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Kansas, Central Missouri, St. Louis and Cental Illinoissocieties, April 13-16, 1986

The Johns Hopkins University, lecturer at the Alumni College on "Archaeology and the World of the Bible," July20-26, 1986

Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the North Carolina, Oberlin/Ashland/Worcester, Cleveland,and Akron/Kent societies, September 25, October 9-11, 1990

Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Eugene, Seattle, Spokane, and Vancouver societies,February 25-28, 1991

Ghost Ranch (Abiquiu, NM), lecturer in summer seminar, "The Old Testament: By the Laity, for the Laity," June 24-July 1, 1991

Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Montreal and Ottawa/Hull societies, October, 1991Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Houston, New Orleans, and Dallas societies, April 1993Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Southern Pennsylvania, Washington D.C. and Ohio

Valley societies, March 1994Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Iowa, Western Illinois, and Valparaiso societies, October

1994Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Pittsburgh, Oxford, and Springfield societies, November,

1995Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Appleton (Wisconsin), Winnipeg, and Milwaukee

societies, November, 1996Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Central Pennsylvania, Williamsburg, and Richmond

societies, November, 1997Archaeological Tours Inc., lecturer on tour of Syria and Jordan, October, 1998. Sites visited included: Damascus,

Krak de Chevaliers, Ugarit, Ebla, Qalat Siman, Aleppo, ‘Ain Dara, Dura Europas, Mari, Palmyra, Bosra,Jerash, Mt. Nebo, and Petra

Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Charlottesville and Baltimore societies, January, 1999Archaeological Tours Inc., lecturer on tour of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, October, 1999. Sites visited included:

Damascus, Baalbek, Krak de Chevliers, Apamea, Ugarit, Ebla, Qalat Siman, Aleppo, ‘Ain Dara, DuraEuropas, Mari, Palmyra, Bosra, Jerash, Kerak, Madaba, Mt. Nebo, and Petra

Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Denver, San Diego, and Orange County societies, April,2000

Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Long Island, Finger Lakes, and Albany societies,January, April 2001

Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Chicago, Ohio Valley, and Cincinnati societies,November, 2001

Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Tallahassee, Gainesville, and Tampa Bay societies,November, 2003

USAID Higher Education and Development project, lecturer in workshop for 55 Iraqi archaeological professionals,Amman (Jordan), June-August, 2004

Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Springfield, Cleveland, and Toledo societies, October,2005

Lecturer at Ft. Bliss, TX to US troops headed for the Middle East, Oct. 2006

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Archaeological Institute of America touring lecturer to the Iowa City, Central Indiana, and Western Illinois chapters,February-March, 2007

Archaeological Institute of America touring lecturer to the Atlanta, Athens GA and Charleston SC chapters,September, 2007

Charles Eliott Norton Lecturer for the Archaeological Institute of America. Lectures to Detroit, Ann Arbor, and EastLansing chapters, October, 2008; Portland, Salem OR, and North Coast CA (Santa Rosa) chapters, Oct-Nov2008; South Pennsylvania (Carlisle) and Washington DC chapters, November 2008; North Alabama(Huntsville) and South Florida (Boca Raton) chapters, January 2009; and Hawaii chapter, February 2009

Archaeological Institute of America touring lecturer to the Naragansett and Western Massachusetts chapters,September, 2009

Archaeological Institute of America touring lecturer to the Dallas/Ft Worth chapter, October, 2010: Chicago chapter,February, 2011.

Non-teaching employmentData Analyst, Division of Satellite Analysis, Dept. of Physics, University of Iowa, summers 1962-64Administrative Specialist, United States Army:

Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, April-August, 1969HQ, U.S. Forces, Japan, Fuchu, Japan, August, 1969-December, 1970

Photo-technician, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, April, 1974-March, 1975Research Assistant, Nippur Project, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, February-March, 1975Photographer, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, January-August, 1976Cataloger, Hittite Dictionary Project, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, May-June 1976Research Assistant, Guidebook Project, Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago, October, 1976-March,

1977

Language competenceFrench (reading, speaking), German (reading, speaking), Turkish (limited reading and speaking), Russian (reading),Syrian colloquial Arabic (speaking), ancient Greek (dormant), Latin (dormant), Hittite (revivable), Akkadian(teaching ability), Urartian (teaching ability)

PUBLICATIONSBooksEcology and Empire: The Structure of the Urartian State. Studies in Ancient Oriental

Civilization, no. 41. Chicago: The Oriental Institute Press of the University of Chicago,1985.

Ancient Ararat: A Handbook of Urartian Studies. Anatolian and Caucasian Studies. Delmar, NY:Caravan Books, 1998.

The Iron Age Settlement at ‘Ain Dara, Syria: Survey and Soundings. BAR International Series786. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, 1999 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

The Anatomy of a Mesopotamian City: Survey and Soundings at Mashkan Shapir. Winona Lake,IN: Eisenbrauns, 2004 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

Ancient Turkey. Routledge World Archaeology. London and New York: Routledge, 2009 (withAntonio Sagona).

Miscellaneous monographs Old Babylonian Contracts from Nippur I. Oriental Institute Microfiche Archives I. University

of Chicago Press, 1976 (with Elizabeth C. Stone) [primarily photographs].The Cradle of Civilization: Recent Archaeology in Iraq. Vol. 55, No. 4 (December 1992) of

Biblical Archaeologist. Guest Co-Editor (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

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Mesopotamia: The Mighty Kings. Lost Civilizations. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1995.Written by the Editors of Time-Life Books. Academic consultant (with James A.Armstrong and Elizabeth C. Stone).

Biainili-Urartu, Acta Iranica 31. Leiden: Peeters Publishers, 2012. Co-editor (with S. Kroll, C.Gruber, U. Hellwag, M. Roaf).

Articles and book chapters“Texts and Fragments: Two Boghazköy Fragments in Iowa City.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies

31/1 (January, 1979): 56.“The University of Iowa Cuneiform Texts.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 31/3 (July, 1979):

127-48 (with Francesca Rochberg-Halton).“Bones and Bullae: An Enigma from Bastam, Iran.” Archaeology 32/6 (November/December,

1979): 53-55.“MB2/OB5 Excavations and the Problem of Urartian Bone Rooms.” In Bastam II, edited by

Wolfram Kleiss. Teheraner Forschungen, Bd. 5. Berlin: Gebr. Mann, 1988. Pp. 107-24.“Urartian Geography and of Sargon's Eighth Campaign.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 49/1

(January, 1990): 1-21.“Mesopotamia in the Aftermath of the Gulf War.” Archaeology 45/3 (May/June, 1992): 24.“Ancient Near Eastern Architecture,” s.v. “Art and Archaeology” in The Anchor Bible

Dictionary, edited by David Noel Freedman. New York: Doubleday, 1992. Vol. 1, pp.408-419.

“Mashkan-shapir and the Anatomy of an Old Babylonian City.” Biblical Archaeologist 55/4(December, 1992): 212-218 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

“Scholars, Sailors and Peddlers of Influence at Civilization's Edge.” Journal of MediterraneanArchaeology 6/2 (December, 1993): 239-245. Review article on Walter Burkert, TheOrientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early ArchaicAge, Trans. by M. E. Pinder and W. Burkert (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press,1992) and Sarah P. Morris Daidalos and the Origins of Greek Art (Princeton: PrincetonUniversity Press, 1992).

“The Tell Abu Duwari Project, 1988-1990 Seasons at Mashkan-shapir, Iraq.” Journal of FieldArchaeology 21/4 (Winter, 1994): 437-455 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

“The Tapestry of Power in A Mesopotamian City.” Scientific American 272/4 (April, 1995): 92-97 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

“An Urartian Ozymandias.” Biblical Archaeologist 58/2 (June, 1995): 94-100.“The Origin of Nuzi Ware: A Contribution from Tell Hamida,” in. General Studies and

Excavations at Nuzi 9/3, edited by David I. Owen. Studies on the Civilization andCulture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, vol. 5. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1995. Pp. 75-83.

“The Kingdom of Urartu in Eastern Anatolia.” In Civilizations of the Ancient Near East, editedby J. M. Sasson. New York: Scribners', 1995. Vol. 2, pp. 1135-46.

“Xenophon and the Urartian Legacy.” In Dans les pas des dix-mille, edited by Pierre Briant[Pallas 43 (1995)]. Toulouse: Presses Universitaires du Mirail, 1995. Pp. 255-68.

“Urartian Material Culture as State Assemblage: An Anomaly in the Archaeology of Empire.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research no. 299/300 (August/November1995): 103-115.

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“The Urartian Frontier as an Archaeological Problem.” In Neo-Assyrian Geography, edited byMario Liverani. Quaderni di Geografia Storica, vol. 5. Rome: Università di Roma, 1995. Pp. 171-180.

“Survey and Soundings in the Outer Town of Ayanis,1996-1998.” In Ayanis I: Ten Years’Excavations at Rusahinili Eidurukai, edited by A. A. Çilingiroǧlu and M. Salvini Rome:Istituto per gli Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici, 2001. Pp. 355-375 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

“Archaeological Investigations into Ethno-Linguistic Diversity in Urartu.” In Greater Anatoliaand the Indo-Hittite Language Family, edited by Robert Drews. Journal of Indo-EuropeanStudies Monograph Number 58. Washington, D.C.: Institute for the Study of Man, 2001. Pp. 15-27.

“The Hittites at ‘Ain Dara.” In Recent Developments in Hittite Archaeology and History: Papersin Memory of Hans G. Güterbock, edited by K. Aslihan Yener and Harry A. Hoffner.Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrans, 2002. Pp. 177-191.

“An Urartian Ozymandias.” In Across the Anatolian Plateau: Readings in the Archaeology ofAncient Turkey, edited by David Hopkins. Annual of the American Schools of OrientalResearch, Vol 57 (2000). Boston: ASOR, 2002. Pp. 149-156. [Reprint of 1995 articlewith minor corrections]

“Urartu Krallıǧı ve Topografya/Urartian Kingdom and Topography.” In Urartu: Savaş veEstetik/Urartu: War and Aesthetics, edited by Filiz Özdem, trans. by Gül Pulhan.Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık, 2003. Pp. 75-83.

“The Urartian State Assemblage in Transcaucasia.” In Archaeology in the Borderlands:Investigations in the Cauacasus and Beyond, edited by A. Smith and K. Rubinson. LosAngeles: Cotsen Institute, 2004. Pp. 213-228 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

“Urartian City Planning at Ayanis.” In A View from the Highlands: Archaeological Studies inHonour of Charles Burney, edited by Antonio Sagona. Ancient Near Eastern StudiesSupplement 12. Louvain: Peeters Press, 2004. Pp. 233-243 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

R. J. Speakman, E. C. Stone, M. D. Glascock, A. Çilingiroǧlu, P. Zimansky, H. Neff. “NeutronActivation Analysis of Urartian Pottery from Eastern Anatolia.” Journal ofRadioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 262/1 (2004): 119-127.

“Archaeology and Texts in the Ancient Near East.” In Archaeologies of the Middle East: CriticalPerspectives, edited by Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck. Blackwell Studies inGlobal Archaeology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. Pp. 308-326.

“Urartu Devleti’nin Gelişiminde Çevresel Etkiler.” Arkeo Atlas: Yaşayan Geçmişin Dergisi. Sayı4/ Temmuz 2005. Pp. 110-111.

“The Cities of Rusa II and the End of Urartu.” In Anatolian Iron Ages 5, edited by A.Çilingiroǧlu and G Darbyshire. BIAA Monograph 31. British Institute of Archaeology atAnkara, 2005. Pp. 235-240.

“Writing, Writers and Reading in the Kingdom of Van.” In Margins of Writing, Origins ofCultures, edited by Seth L. Sanders. Oriental Institute Seminars No.2. Chicago: OrientalInstitute Press, 2006. Pp. 257-276.

“The Lattimore Model and Hatti’s Kaska Frontier.” In Settlement and Society: Essays Dedicatedto Robert McCormick Adams, edited by Elizabeth C. Stone. Los Angeles/Chicago: CotsenInstitute of Archaeology/Oriental Institute, 2006. Pp. 157-172.

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“‘Settlements in the Vicinity’(ālāni ša limēti) of an Urartian Fortress.” In Altan Çilingiroğlu'naAmarğan: Yukarı Denizin Kıyısında: Urartu Krallığı'na Adanmiı bir Hayat - Studies inHonour of Altan Çilingiroğlu: A Life Dedicated to Urartu on the Shores of the UpperSea, edited by Haluk Sağlamtimur et al. Istanbul: Arkeoloje ve Sanat Yayınları, 2009. Pp.633-640. (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

“A Kingdom Revived from Oblivion: Urartian Studies and Literature/Unutulan ve Tekrar HayataDönen Bir Krallık: Urartu Çalişmaları ve Literatürü.” In Urartu: Doǧu’daDeǧişim/Transformation in the East, edited by Kemalettin Köroǧlu and Erkan Konyar.Istanbul: Yapi Kredi Yayınları, 2011. Pp. 56-71.

“Urartu and its Contemporaries/Urartu ve Çaǧdaşları.” In Urartu: Doǧu’daDeǧişim/Transformation in the East, edited by Kemalettin Köroǧlu and Erkan Konyar.Istanbul: Yapi Kredi Yayınları, 2011. Pp. 106-121.

“Urartian and the Urartians.” In The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia, edited by SharonSteadman and Gregory McMahon. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.Pp. 548-559.

“Urartu as Empire.” In Biainili-Urartu, Acta Iranica 31, edited by Stephan Kroll, et al. Leiden:Peeters Publishers, 2012. Pp. 101-110.

“Imagining Haldi.” In Stories of Long Ago. Festschrift für Michael D. Roaf, Alter Orient undAltes Testament Band 397, edited by Heather D. Baker, Kai Kaniuth, and Adelheid Otto.Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2012. Pp. 713-723.

In Press:

“Tell Sakhariya and GA.EŠ.” In Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on theArchaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE), Basel (Switzerland). Mainz: OttoHarrassowitz, 2016

“Assur among the Gods of Urartu,” for J. N. Postgate Festschrift, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbraun’s“The Urartian Free-Standing House” for Festschrift of honoree whose name remains confidential

until publication“Biainili’s Boundaries.” In Borders and Boundaries: Changing Landscapes in the Bronze and

Iron Ages of Anatolia and the South Caucasus, edited by Lorenzo d’Alfonso and Karen S.Rubinson

Newsletter, newspaper, and yearbook contributionss.v. “Archaeology,” in The 1981 World Book Year Book, Annual Supplement to the World Book

Encyclopedia, p. 185.s.v. “Archaeology,” in The 1982 World Book Year Book, Annual Supplement to the World Book

Encyclopedia, pp. 183-4.“International Archaeology and the Dawn of the Iron Age at 'Ain Dara.” Context 3/3 (Winter,

1984): 8-9 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).“Neo-Hittite Settlement at 'Ain Dara.” American Schools of Oriental Research Newsletter 35/7

(Sept. 1984): 6-7 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

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“Ceramic Analysis and the Personal Computer: A Case Study from 'Ain Dara.” Context 4/3-4(Summer, 1985): 14-16 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

“Boston University in the North Jezirah, Iraq.” Context 5/3-4 (Summer, 1987): 10-12.“First Notes on Tell Hamida, Iraq." Context 6/1-2 (Fall 1987): 4-8.Occasional editorials in Mār Šipri. “City of Lord of Death Found in Mesopotamia.” Context 7/3-4 (Spring 1989): 1-5 (with

Elizabeth C. Stone).“Mashkan-Shapir Identified.” Mār Šipri 2/1 (Spring, 1989): 1-2 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).s.v. ‘Hamida’ in Khaled Nashef, “Archaeology in Iraq.” American Journal of Archaeology 94/2

(April, 1990): 270-73. s.v. ‘Abu Duwari’ in Khaled Nashef, “Archaeology in Iraq” American Journal of Archaeology

96/2 (April, 1992): 313-315 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).“Strangling the Past: Notes on a Winter Journey to Iraq.” Context 10/1-2 (Spring/Summer, 1992):

1-5, 9 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).“Antiquities in the Aftermath: A Winter Trip to Iraq.” Mār Šipri 5/1 (Spring, 1992): 1, 5-8 (with

Elizabeth C. Stone) [Reprint of Context article with update].“A City of an Unlikeable Empire.” Context 15/1 (Fall/Winter, 2001-2002): 1-5.“Iraq’s Lost Cultural Treasures.” Op-ed in The Boston Globe, April 16, 2003, p. A19 (with

Elizabeth C. Stone).“Cultural Casualties.” The Hartford Courant, Commentary, April 20, 2003, pp. C1, 5 (with

Elizabeth C. Stone).“Filmless Photography in Field Archaeology: Resolution of a Shooting Conflict.” Context 17/1

(Fall/Winter 2002/2003): 14-15.“Nine Days in Baghdad.” Context 18/1 (Fall/Winter 2003/2004): 14-19.“Spring Break in Iraq.” Arts + Sciences (Newsletter of Boston University’s College and Graduate

School of Arts and Sciences) No. 14 (Summer, 2004): 16-18.“‘Larnen de Tar-Baby,’ Another Year in and around Iraq.” Context 18/1 (Spring/Fall 2004): 12-

14.Letter to the Editor, Times Literary Supplement 5597 (July 9, 2010) defending review of

Lawrence Rothfield’s Rape of Mesopotamia.

ReviewsWinfried Orthmann. Halawa 1977 bis 1979: Vorlaüfiger Bericht über die 1. bis 3.

Grabungskampagne, Saarbrücker Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, Band 31 in Journal ofNear Eastern Studies 46/2 (April, 1987): 153-55.

Aharon Kempinski. Syrien und Palästina (Kanaan) in der letzten Phase der mittelbronze IIB-Zeit(1650-1570 v. Chr.). Aegypten und altes Testament, vol. 4. Wiesbaden: OttoHarrassowitz, 1983 in Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Reseach 270 (May,1988): 93-94.

T. J. Wilkinson. Town and Country in Southeastern Anatolia. Vol. I: Settlement and Land Use atKurban Höyük and Other Sites in the Lower Karababa Basin. Oriental InstitutePublications 109. Chicago: Oriental Institute Press, 1990, in Journal of FieldArchaeology, 19/1 (Spring, 1992): 98-100. [Reviewed with Vol. II.]

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Guillermo Algaze, ed. Town and Country in Southeastern Anatolia. Vol. II: The StratigraphicSequence at Kurban Höyük. Oriental Institute Publications 110. Chicago: OrientalInstitute Press, 1990, in Journal of Field Archaeology, 19/1 (Spring, 1992): 98-100.[Reviewed with Vol. I.]

Anne Katrine Gade Kristensen. Who were the Cimmerians, and where did they come from? Sargon II, the Cimmerians, and Rusa I. Historisk-filosofiske Meddelelser 57. Copenhagen: Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 1988, in Journal of NearEastern Studies, 53/1 (January, 1994): 51-53.

Denise Schmandt-Besserat. Before Writing. Volume I: From Counting to Cuneiform. Austin,TX: University of Texas Press, 1992, in Journal of Field Archaeology, 20/4 (Winter,1993): 513-17. [ Reviewed with Vol. II.]

Denise Scmandt-Besserat. Before Writing. Volume II: A Catalogue of Near Eastern Tokens.Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1992, in Journal of Field Archaeology, 20/4(Winter, 1993): 513-17. [ Reviewed with Vol. I.]

Norman Yoffee and Jeffrey J. Clark, eds. Early Stages in the Evolution of MesopotamianCivilization: Soviet Excavations in Northern Iraq. Tucson and London: University ofArizona Press, 1993, in Journal of Field Archaeology, 23/1 ( 1996): 138-40.

Mario Liverani. Studies on the Annals of Ashurnasirpal II. 2: Topographical Analysis. Quadernidi Geografica Storica, 4. Rome: Ateneo, 1992, in Bibliotheca Orientalis, 53/1-2(Januari-Maart 1996): 125-128.

Hartmut Kuhne, ed., Die Rezente Umwelt von Tall Šēh Hamad und Daten zurUmweltrekonstruktion der assyrischen Stadt Dūr-Katlimmu. Berichte der AusgrabungTall Šēh Hamad/Dūr-Katlimmu (Batsh), Band 1. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 1991, inJournal of the American Oriental Society, 116/2 (April-June 1996): 274-275.

Ralf-Barnhard Wartke. Urartu: Das Reich am Ararat. Kulturgeschichte der antiken Welt 59. Mainz: Phillipp von Zabern, 1993, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 57/4 (October1998): 311-312.

Bruce Kuklick. Puritans in Babylon: The Ancient Near East and American Intellectual Life,1880-1930. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996, in Bulletin of the AmericanSchools of Oriental Research, 313 (February 1999): 92-95 [Reviewed with Larsen,Conquest...].

Mogens Trolle Larsen. The Conquest of Assyria. London and New York: Routledge, 1996 inBulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 313 (February 1999): 92-95[Reviewed with Kuklik, Puritans...].

Elizabeth Carter. Excavations at Anshan (Tal-e Malyan): The Middle Elamite Period. UniversityMuseum Monograph 82. Philadelphia: University Museum, 1996, in BibliothecaOrientalis, 59/5-6 (Sept.-Dec. 2002): 633-635.

Guy Bunnens, ed. Essays on Syria in the Iron Age. Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Supplement 7. Louvain: Peeters Press, 2000, in Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research,334 (May 2004): 98-91.

Magnus T. Bernhardsson. Reclaiming a Plundered Past: Archaeology and Nation Building inModern Iraq. Austin:University of Texas, 2006, in The Middle East Journal 60/3(Summer 2006): 585-586.

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Ursula Siedl. Bronzekunst Urartus. Mainz: Verlag Phillip von Zabern, 2004, in Journal of theAmerican Oriental Society 126.4 (2006): 581-583.

Lisa Kealhofer, ed. The Archaeology of Midas and the Phyrgians: Recent Work at Gordion.Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,2005 in Journal of Field Archaeology 32 (2007): 438-440.

Antonio Sagona and Claudia Sagona. Archaeology of the North-East Anatolian Frontier, I: AnHistorical Geography and Field Survey of the Bayburt Province. Ancient Near EasternStudies. Supplement 14. Louvain: Peeters Press, 2004 in Bulletin of the American Schoolsof Oriental Research 350 (May 2008): 97-99.

Lawrence Rothfield, The Rape of Mesopotamia: Behind the looting of the Iraq Museum.Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009, in Times Literary Supplement 5595 (June25, 2010): 28.

J. E. Curtis and N. Tallis, The Balawat Gates of Ashurnasirpal II. London: British Museum,2008, in Ancient Near Eastern Studies 47 (2010): 321-322.

Paul Collins, Assyrian Palace Sculptures. London: British Museum, 2008, in Ancient NearEastern Studies 47 (2010): 323-324. [Reviewed with Finkel & Seymour, Babylon: City ofWonders and Finkel & Seymour, Babylon: Myth and Reality].

Irving Finkel and Michael Seymour, Babylon: City of Wonders. London: British Museum, 2008,in Ancient Near Eastern Studies 47 (2010): 323-324.[Reviewed with and Collins,Assyrian Palace Sculptures and Finkel & Seymour, Babylon: Myth and Reality].

Irving Finkel and Michael Seymour, Babylon: Myth and Reality. London: British Museum, 2008,in Ancient Near Eastern Studies 47 (2010): 323-324.[Reviewed with Finkel & Seymour,Babylon: City of Wonders and Collins, Assyrian Palace Sculptures].

In Press:

Trevor Bryce, The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A Political and Military History. Oxford:Oxford University Press, 2012 in Ancient Near Eastern Studies.

Harriet Crawford, Ur: The City of the Moon God. Archaeological Histories. Bloomsbury, 2015,in Times Literary Supplement.

Encyclopedia articles s. v. "Boghazköy" (p.124), "Hittites" (pp. 455-57), "Hurrians" (pp. 471-72) and "Yazilikaya"

(p.1142) for The Harper Collins Dictionary of Religion, Jonathan Z. Smith, generaleditor. San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1995.

s. v. "Karmir Blur" for The Dictionary of Art, Jane Shoaf Turner, editor. London: MacmillanPublishers, Vol. 17, 1996, pp. 822-23.

s.v. "Urartu" for The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East, Eric Meyers,editor. Vol. 5, pp. 291-94. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.

s.v. “Rusahinili” for the Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archaeologie Band11-5./6, 2007, pp. 466-468.

In Presss.v. “Teishebai URU” for the Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archaeologie

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s.v. “Urartu: archäologishe” for the Reallexikon der Assyriologie und VorderasiatischenArchaeologie

PAPERS

“Urartian Royal Bullae from Bastam," Annual Meetings of the Archaeological Institute ofAmerica, Atlanta, December, 1977.

“Bones, Bullae, and Urartian Inscriptions: Discoveries along the Inner Citadel Wall at Bastam,"Annual Meetings of the American Oriental Society, St. Louis, April, 1979.

“Historiography and the Economic History of the Ancient Near East," Annual Meetings of theAmerican Oriental Society, Boston, March, 1981.

“Excavations on the Lower Mound at Tell 'Ain Dara, Syria, 1982," Annual Meetings of theArchaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, December, 1982 (with Elizabeth C.Stone).

"Hieroglyphic Luwian Graffiti from the Temple at 'Ain Dara, Syria," Annual Meetings of theArchaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, December, 1982.

“Urartian Geography and Sargon's Eighth Campaign," Annual Meetings of the AmericanOriental Society, Baltimore, March, 1983.

“Aspects of 'Ain Dara in Syria," Columbia Seminar on the Archaeology of the Near East, EasternEurope and the Mediterranean, April, 1984 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

“The Dark Age Transformation: 'Ain Dara and the Hittite Legacy," Annual Meetings of theAmerican Schools of Oriental Research, Chicago, December, 1984 (with Elizabeth C.Stone).

“The Chronology of Settlement at 'Ain Dara," Annual Meetings of the American OrientalSociety, Ann Arbor, April, 1985 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

“The Urartian Monarchy and Pastoralist Populations in Iron-Age Anatolia," Annual Meetings ofthe Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, April, 1986.

“The Hittites in Southern Perspective," Annual Meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature,Atlanta, November, 1986.

"Excavations at Tell Hamida, Iraq," Annual Meetings of the American Oriental Society, Chicago,March, 1988.

“The Rediscovery of the Urartian Language," 35e Rencontre Assyriologique International,Philadelphia, July, 1988.

“Tell Hamida and the Origins of Nuzi Ware," Annual Meetings of the American OrientalSociety, New Orleans, March, 1989.

“Archaeological Reconnaissance of Mashkan-shapir,” 36e Rencontre AssyriologiqueInternationale, Ghent, July, 1989 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

“Excavations at Mashkan-shapir,” Annual Meetings of the American Oriental Society, Berkeley,March, 1991.

“Excavations at Mashkan-shapir,” 38e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Paris, July 1991.“The Urartian Frontier as an Archaeological Problem," International Conference on Neo-

Assyrian Geography, organized by Mario Liverani, Rome, November, 1993.“Survey at Mashkan-Shapir, Iraq,” Annual Meetings of the American Schools of Oriental

Research, Chicago, November, 1994 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

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“Urartu and the Archaeology of Government,” Annual Meetings of the American Schools ofOriental Research, Chicago, November, 1994 .

“Xenophon and the Urartian Legacy,” International Conference on Xenophon's Anabasis, Dansle Pas des Dix-Mille, organized by Pierre Briant, Toulouse, February, 1995.

“The Cultural Heritage of the Temple at 'Ain Dara, Syria,” Annual Meetings of the AmericanSchools of Oriental Research, New Orleans, November, 1996.

“Anatolian Elements at 'Ain Dara,” Annual Meetings of the American Oriental Society, Miami,March, 1997.

“The Environs of an Urartian Fortress: The Ayanis Settlement Survey 1997,” Annual Meetingsof the American Schools of Oriental Research, Napa, November, 1997 (with Elizabeth C.Stone).

“The Building Program of Rusa II and the End of the Kingdom of Van,” Annual Meetings of theAmerican Orient Society, New Orleans, April, 1998.

“The Environs of an Urartian Fortress: Survey and Soundings in the Outer Town of Ayanis,Turkey,” First International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient of Near East,Rome, May 1998 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

“Excavations in the Outer Town of the Urartian Fortress at Ayanis,” Annual Meetings of theAmerican Schools of Oriental Research, Orlando, November, 1998

“The Impact of the Urartian State Assemblage in Transcaucasia,” Annual Meetings of theAmerican Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, December, 1998.

“The Urartian State Assemblage and the Inhabitants of the Outer Town at Ayanis,” AnnualMeetings of the Archaeological Institute of America, Washington D.C., December, 1998.

“Society and Settlement in the Heartland of Urartu: Survey and Excavations in the Outer Town atAyanis, 1999,” Annual Meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Boston,November, 1999. (with Elizabeth C. Stone)

“Archaeological Investigations into Ethno-Linguistic Diversity in Urartu,” Conference on Indo-European Migrations in Anatolia at the University of Richmond, organized by RobertDrews, March, 2000.

“The Investigation of the Outer Town at Ayanis,” Annual Symposium on Archaeology in Turkey,Izmir, May, 2000.

“The Cities of Rusa II and the End of Urartu,” 5th Anatolian Iron Ages Symposium, Van, August,2001.

“Society and Settlement in the Heartland of Urartu: Survey Excavations in the Outer Town atAyanis, 2001-2002,” Annual Meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research,Toronto, November, 2002. (with Elizabeth C. Stone).

“Urartu’s Conquest of Assyria? The Outer Town at Ayanis,” 49e Rencontre AssyriologiqueInternationale, London, July, 2003.

“The Structure of the Urartian City at Ayanis,”Annual Meetings of the American Schools ofOriental Research, Atlanta, November, 2003. (With Elizabeth C. Stone).

“Hamida and Brak,” Annual Meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Atlanta,November, 2003.

“Assur in Urartu,” Annual Meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research, San Antonio,November, 2004.

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“House Forms and Urban Diversity in Urartu,” Annual Meetings of the American Schools ofOriental Research, Washington DC, November, 2006.

“The Anatomy of an Urartian City: Excavations in the Outer Town of Ayanis,” Annual Meetingsof the Archaeological Institute of America, San Diego, January 2007.

“Urartu as Empire,” Symposium on Biainili-Urartu at Luwigs Maximillians Universität, Munich,October, 2007.

“Urartian Ethnicity and its Modern Communicants,” Annual Meetings of the American Schoolsof Oriental Research, San Diego, November 2007.

“Recent Work in the Urartian Outer Town at Ayanis,” Annual Meetings of the AmericanSchools of Oriental Research, New Orleans, November 2009.

“Who lived in an Urartian City?” 56e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Barcelona, July2010.

“Rearranging Rusas: Archaeological Implications of a New Urartian Chronology,” AnnualMeetings of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Antonio, January 2011.

“Cultural Assimilation and Imperial Control in an Urartian City,” Annual Meetings of theSociety for American Archaeology, Sacramento, April 2011.

“A July Visit to Southern Iraq,” Annual Meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research,San Francisco, November 2011. (With Elizabeth C. Stone)

“Excavations at Tell Sakhariya: A Sealand Site near Ur.,” 58e Rencontre AssyriologiqueInternationale, Leiden, July 2012. (With Elizabeth C. Stone).

“Archaeological Investigation of Tell Sakhariya, Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq, 2011-2012),”Annual Meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Chicago, November2012. (With Elizabeth C. Stone)

“Sakhariya and GA.EŠ,” Ninth International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient NearEast, Basel, Switzerland, June 2014.

COMMITTEES, BOARDS AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Damascus Advisory Committee, American Schools of Oriental Research, February, 1984-87Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Archaeology, Boston University, Fall,

1984-Fall, 1989Humanities Curriculum Committee, Boston University, 1984-87Committee on Archaeological Policy, American Schools of Oriental Reseach, Fall, 1985-1993Editorial Board, Journal of Field Archaeology, 1986-95Editorial Board, Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology, Spring, 1987-2003Baghdad Committee, American Schools of Oriental Research, Spring, 1987-93Secretary, East Coast Archaeological Marching and Chowder Society, Fall, 1987-Fall, 1988Editor, Mār Šipri, Newsletter of the Baghdad Committee of the American Schools of Oriental

Research, Spring 1988-1995Dean's ad hoc Committee on Curriculum, College of Liberal Arts, Boston University, 1991-92Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Archaeology, Boston University, Fall,

1992-Spring, 1997Editorial Board, The Biblical Archaeologist [renamed Near Eastern Archaeology in 1998],

Spring, 1993—1999

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Social Science Curriculum Committee, College of Liberal Arts, Boston University, 1993-96[Chairman, 1995-96]

Boston University Faculty Council Nominating Committee, 1995Chairman, Baghdad Committee of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Spring 1996-

2001Academic Policy Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University, 1996-1999

[Chairman, 1996-97]Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Archaeology, Boston University, Fall, 1998-Spring,

2001Committee on Appointments, Promotion and Tenure, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston

University, 1999Representative on the Faculty Council, Boston University, 2000-2002University Committee on Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure, Boston University, 2001-2002.Acting Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Archaeology, Boston University,

Spring, 2003.Provost’s ad hoc Committee for review of tenure application, December 2003-February 2004.Academic Trustee, Archaeological Institute of America, April 2005-April 2008.Member of the Program of the Annual Meeting Committee of the Archaeological Institute of

America, 2005-2011.Acting Director of Graduate Studies, Department of History, Stony Brook University, January-

July 2008.Graduate Program Director, Department of History, Stony Brook University, August 2010-

August 2012.Nominating Committee, Archaeological Institute of America, 2013-

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS(*elected)

American Schools of Oriental ResearchArchaeological Institute of America*Society of Antiquaries, London (Resigned, January 2008)Society for American Archaeology

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Documents

PAUL E. ZIMANSKY E. Zimansky American Schools of Oriental Research grant for excavations at Tell ... of the American contingent Syrian 'Ain Dara Expedition; May-August, 1982