paul e. zimansky

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CURRICULUM VITAE
P E. Z
AUL IMANSKY
ADDRESSES
Home: 12 Houghton Blvd. Office: Department of History
Stony Brook, NY 11790 Social & Behavior Sciences N317
Tel. [phone] 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.
EDUCATION
Degrees
BA (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, 1964-1968
Woodrow Wilson Fellow Designate, 1968
NDEA Title IV Fellowship at the University of Chicago, 1968 and 1971-3
Ryerson Traveling Fellowship, awarded by the Committee on Archaeological Studies, University
of Chicago, 1975-6
Fulbright Lectureship in the Faculty of Arts, University of Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic,
1981-82
National 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, 1987-88
American 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 excavated
at Tell Abu Duwari, 1991 ($5000) (with Elizabeth C. Stone)
American Research Institute in Turkey/National Endowment for the Humanities grant for
research 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 materials
from 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 of
political situation with regard to Iraq War.
Teaching Award, Boston University Honors Program, Spring, 2003
Subcontractor 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 at
Ayanis, Turkey, 2007 ($15,510). PI (with Elizabeth Stone and Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu).
National Geographic Society grant (NG 8480-08) for excavation and ethnoarchaeology at
Ayanis, 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 APPOINTMENTS
Full time
University of California, Berkeley: Department of Near Eastern Studies
Lecturer in Mesopotamian and Anatolian Archaeology, September, 1979-March, 1980
University of Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic: Faculty of Arts
Visiting Professor of Ancient Semitic Languages, September, 1981-August, 1982
Boston University: Department of Archaeology
Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology, September, 1983-June, 1990
Associate Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology, July 1990-August 2001
Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology, September 2001- August 2006
State University of New York at Stony Brook: Department of History
Visiting Professor of Archaeology and Ancient History, September 2004-December 2005
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State University of New York at Stony Brook: Department of History
Professor of Archaeology and Ancient History, September 2006-
Part-time appointments and adjunctships
Northeastern 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 Anthropology
Lecturer, September-December, 1980
Research Associate, January 2003-2006
Department of Linguistics: Lecturer, January-June, 1983
Hunter 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 Valley
as a student in the University of Iowa field archaeology program under the direction of
Marshall McKusick, Iowa State Archaeologist, June-August, 1968
Nippur (Iraq): Area supervisor on expedition of the University of Chicago under the direction of
McGuire Gibson; September-December, 1973
Bastam (Iran): Area supervisor on expedition of the German Archaeological Institute, Teheran
Division, directed by Wolfram Kleiss; June-August, 1975
Nippur: Area supervisor and photographer on expedition of the University of Chicago under the
direction of McGuire Gibson; September-December,1975
Bastam: Area supervisor and photographer on expedition of the German Archaeological Institute
under 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 an
independently funded and supervised sub-operation under the aegis of the Syrian 'Ain
Dara 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 expedition
of 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 of
Ege 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 of
Ege University under the direction of Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu; June-August 1998.
Ayanis (Turkey): Co-Director (with Elizabeth C. Stone) of outer town project on expedition of
Ege University under the direction of Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu; June-August 1999.
Ayanis (Turkey): Co-Director (with Elizabeth C. Stone) of outer town project on expedition of
Ege University under the direction of Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu; June-August 2000.
Ayanis (Turkey): Co-Director (with Elizabeth C. Stone) of outer town project on expedition of
Ege 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 of
Ege University under the direction of Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu; June-August 2002.
Ayanis (Turkey): Co-Director (with Elizabeth C. Stone) of outer town project on expedition of
Ege 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 of
Ege University under the direction of Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu; June-August 2005.
Ayanis (Turkey): Co-Director (with Elizabeth C. Stone) of outer town project on expedition of
Ege University under the direction of Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu; July 2006.
Ayanis (Turkey): Co-Director (with Elizabeth C. Stone) of outer town project on expedition of
Ege University under the direction of Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu; June-August 2007.
Ayanis (Turkey): Co-Director (with Elizabeth C. Stone) of outer town project on expedition of
Ege University under the direction of Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu; June-August 2008.
Ayanis (Turkey): Co-Director (with Elizabeth C. Stone) of outer town project on expedition of
Ege University under the direction of Altan A. Çilingiroǧlu; June-August 2009.
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; Ancient
Mediterranean [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 of
Mesopotamia; Assyrians, Babylonians and Hittites; Classical Mythology; *Comparative Archaeology of Complex
Societies; *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 to
Linguistics; Lost Languages and Decipherments; Mesopotamian Religion; Origins of Civilization; #Problems in the
Archaeology 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 programs
University 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, and
Istanbul
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 for
the Humanities, June 3 to July 12, 1985
Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Kansas, Central Missouri, St. Louis and Cental Illinois
societies, April 13-16, 1986
The Johns Hopkins University, lecturer at the Alumni College on "Archaeology and the World of the Bible," July
20-26, 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, 1991
Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Houston, New Orleans, and Dallas societies, April 1993
Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Southern Pennsylvania, Washington D.C. and Ohio
Valley societies, March 1994
Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Iowa, Western Illinois, and Valparaiso societies, October
1994
Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Pittsburgh, Oxford, and Springfield societies, November,
1995
Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Appleton (Wisconsin), Winnipeg, and Milwaukee
societies, November, 1996
Archaeological Institute of America, touring lecturer to the Central Pennsylvania, Williamsburg, and Richmond
societies, November, 1997
Archaeological 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, 1999
Archaeological 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, Dura
Europas, 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 East
Lansing chapters, October, 2008; Portland, Salem OR, and North Coast CA (Santa Rosa) chapters, Oct-Nov
2008; 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 employment
Data Analyst, Division of Satellite Analysis, Dept. of Physics, University of Iowa, summers 1962-64
Administrative Specialist, United States Army:
Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, April-August, 1969
HQ, U.S. Forces, Japan, Fuchu, Japan, August, 1969-December, 1970
Photo-technician, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, April, 1974-March, 1975
Research Assistant, Nippur Project, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, February-March, 1975
Photographer, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, January-August, 1976
Cataloger, Hittite Dictionary Project, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, May-June 1976
Research Assistant, Guidebook Project, Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago, October, 1976-March,
1977
Language competence
French (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)
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Ecology 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 Series
786. 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 (with
Antonio 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 Mediterranean
Archaeology 6/2 (December, 1993): 239-245. Review article on Walter Burkert, The
Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic
Age, 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: Princeton
University Press, 1992).
“The Tell Abu Duwari Project, 1988-1990 Seasons at Mashkan-shapir, Iraq.” Journal of Field
Archaeology 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 and
Culture 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, edited
by 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/November
1995): 103-115.
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“The Urartian Frontier as an Archaeological Problem.” In Neo-Assyrian Geography, edited by
Mario 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 Anatolia
and the Indo-Hittite Language Family, edited by Robert Drews. Journal of Indo-European
Studies 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: Papers
in 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 of
Ancient Turkey, edited by David Hopkins. Annual of the American Schools of Oriental
Research, Vol 57 (2000). Boston: ASOR, 2002. Pp. 149-156. [Reprint of 1995 article
with minor corrections]
“Urartu Krallıǧı ve Topografya/Urartian Kingdom and Topography.” In Urartu: Savaş ve
Estetik/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. Los
Angeles: Cotsen Institute, 2004. Pp. 213-228 (with Elizabeth C. Stone).
“Urartian City Planning at Ayanis.” In A View from the Highlands: Archaeological Studies in
Honour of Charles Burney, edited by Antonio Sagona. Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Supplement 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. “Neutron
Activation Analysis of Urartian Pottery from Eastern Anatolia.” Journal of
Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 262/1 (2004): 119-127.
“Archaeology and Texts in the Ancient Near East.” In Archaeologies of the Middle East: Critical
Perspectives, edited by Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck. Blackwell Studies in
Global Archaeology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. Pp. 308-326.
“Urartu Devleti’nin Gelişiminde Çevresel Etkiler.” Arkeo Atlas: Yaşayan Geçmişin Dergisi. Sayı
4/ 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 at
Ankara, 2005. Pp. 235-240.
“Writing, Writers and Reading in the Kingdom of Van.” In Margins of Writing, Origins of
Cultures, edited by Seth L. Sanders. Oriental Institute Seminars No.2. Chicago: Oriental
Institute Press, 2006. Pp. 257-276.
“The Lattimore Model and Hatti’s Kaska Frontier.” In Settlement and Society: Essays Dedicated
to Robert McCormick Adams, edited by Elizabeth C. Stone. Los Angeles/Chicago: Cotsen
Institute 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'na
Amarğan: Yukarı Denizin Kıyısında: Urartu Krallığı'na Adanmiı bir Hayat - Studies in
Honour of Altan Çilingiroğlu: A Life Dedicated to Urartu on the Shores of the Upper
Sea, 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 Hayata
Dönen Bir Krallık: Urartu Çalişmaları ve Literatürü.” In Urartu: Doǧu’da
Deǧişim/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’da
Deǧişim/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 Sharon
Steadman 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 und
Altes 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 the
Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE), Basel (Switzerland). Mainz: Otto
Harrassowitz, 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 contributions
s.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.
Reviews
Winfried Orthmann. Halawa 1977 bis 1979: Vorlaüfiger Bericht über die 1. bis 3.
Grabungskampagne, Saarbrücker Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, Band 31 in Journal of
Near 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: Otto
Harrassowitz, 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 at
Kurban Höyük and Other Sites in the Lower Karababa Basin. Oriental Institute
Publications 109. Chicago: Oriental Institute Press, 1990, in Journal of Field
Archaeology, 19/1 (Spring, 1992): 98-100. [Reviewed with Vol. II.]
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