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CURRICULUM VITAE I. Name: Gary O. Rollefson II. EDUCATION Years Major A. Institution: Attended Degree Field University of California, Berkeley 1960-1965 B.A. Anthropology University of Arizona, Tucson 1969-1972 M.A. Anthropology University of Arizona, Tucson 1972-1978 Ph.D. Anthropology B. Title of Dissertation: ‘A Quantitative and Qualitative Typological Analysis of Bifaces from the Tabun Excavations, 1967-1972.’ III. TEACHING POSITIONS AND RANKS HELD Institution Position Dates Major Field University of Arizona Teaching Assistant 1970-71 Anthropology Cornell University Lecturer 1976-77 Anthropology Arizona State University Lecturer Spr 1978 Anthropology American Center of Oriental Research

Lecturer Fall 1978 Archaeology

University of Oregon Visiting Professor Wtr 1980 Anthropology Yarmouk University, Jordan Visiting Professor Fall 1981 Anthropology American Center of Oriental Research

Annual Professor 1982-1983 Anthropology

University of Jordan Visiting Professor Spr 1982 Archaeology Yarmouk University Assistant Professor 1982-1984 Anthropology San Diego State University Associate Professor 1984-1987 Anthropology San Diego State University Professor 1987-1992 Anthropology Professor emeritus 1992 Anthropology University of Heidelberg Lehrauftrag 1993-1994 Archaeology University of Heidelberg Gastprofessor Spr 1994 Archaeology University of Heidelberg Lehraufträge (4) Spr 1995 Archaeology Whitman College Visiting Professor 1998-1999 Anthropology Whitman College Arnold Professor Fall 1999 Anthropology Whitman College Visiting Professor 1999-2003 Anthropology Walla Walla College Contract Instructor Fall 2000 Anthropology Whitman College Lecturer 2003-2005 Anthropology

& Gen. Studies Whitman College Associate Professor 2005-2008 Anthropology Whitman College Professor 2008-2015 Anthropology Whitman College Department Chair 2008-2011 Anthropology Whitman College Emeritus Professor & 2016- Anthropology Adjunct Professor


III. TEACHING POSITIONS AND RANKS HELD (continued) Walla Walla Community College Lecturer 2016- Cont. Ed. Other Teaching Positions NEH Seminar, Archaeology of Syro- Principal Lecturer Sum 1986 Archaeology Palestine, U. Pennsylvania Fulbright Scholarship, Deccan College, Visiting Lecturer 1990-91 Archaeology Pune, India IV. RESEARCH POSITIONS 1971-76 Graduate Research Associate, University of Arizona, Tabun Project. (A. Jelinek, PD) 1978-79 William Foxwell Albright Fellowship, American Center of Oriental Research, Amman, Jordan. 1980 NEH Research Fellowship, American Center of Oriental Research, Amman. 1982-84 Annual Professor, American Center of Oriental Research, Amman. 1992-96 Research Associate, Peabody Museum, Harvard University 1997-2006 Assistant Research Anthropologist, University of California-Riverside 1999 NEH Research Fellow, American Center of Oriental Research, Amman. 2002 Council of American Overseas Research Center Senior Fellowship, Jordan 2007 NEH Research Fellow, American Center of Oriental Research, Amman, Jordan. 2010 Council of American Overseas Research Centers Senior Fellowship, Jordan. 2013 Council of American Overseas Research Centers Senior Fellowship, Jordan. 2016 Graduate School Visiting Scholar, Kiel University, Germany, Sept-December. V. FIELD PROJECTS 1970-72 Excavator (‘70), Lab Director (’71), Lithics Analyst (’72), Tabun Project, Israel. (Director: A. Jelinek, U. of Arizona). 1976,78 Square Supervisor, Tell Jemmeh Project, Israel. (Director: Dr. G. Van Beek, Smithsonian Institution). 1979-80 Contract archaeology in New Mexico and Montana, various staff positions. 1980-81 Principal Investigator, two excavation seasons at Neolithic and Acheulian ‘Ain el-Assad, eastern Jordan. 1981 Portugal, analysis of paleolithic collections, Museum of Geological Services, Lisbon. 1981-82 Lithics analyst and survey member, Wadi el-Hasa Survey Project, Jordan. (Director: Dr. B. MacDonald, San Xavier University, Nova Scotia). 1981-82 Lithics analyst and survey member, Wadi Bayir Paleoanthropological Survey, Jordan. (Director: S. Rolston, ACOR-Amman). 1986 Excavator, WHS-634, Wadi el-Hasa, Jordan. (Director: G. Clark, Arizona State University).


V. FIELD PROJECTS (continued) 1988-89 Co-Director, Wadi Shu’eib Excavations, Jordan. (With Dr. A. Simmons, Desert Research Institute, Principal Investigator.) 1982-85, 1988-89, 1993-96, 1998 Principal Investigator, ‘Ain Ghazal Excavations, Jordan. 1997 Co-Principal Investigator, Azraq Wetlands Prehistory and Paleoenvironment Project, Jordan (with R. Watson, D. Schnurrenberger and R. Low). 1998 Co-Principal Investigator, Bawwab al-Ghazal Project (Eastern Jordan) (With P. Wilke and L. Quintero). 2000 Director, Azraq Wetlands Archaeological Survey (Eastern Jordan). 2001 Analysis of Lower Paleolithic and Neolithic Artifacts, ACOR, Jordan. 2001 Field Survey and Probes, Neolithic Basît, Wadi Musa, Jordan (Director) 2001- Neolithic ‘Ain Jammam, Near Aqaba, Southern Jordan (Director) 2002 Co-Director, Wadi Sirhan Survey, Eastern Jordan (with Alex Wasse) 2002 AWS-102 Excavation Project (Director)

2002 Analysis of Lithics from al-Basît and ‘Ain Jammam, ACOR, Jordan. 2003 Prehistoric research projects: ‘Ain Ghazal, ‘Ayn Jamam, Abu Huhdhud, & Bawwab al-Ghazal, Jordan 2004 Lower Paleolithic Research at ‘Ain Soda and the Jafr Basin, Jordan. 2006 Al-Jafr Archaeological Survey, Southeastern, Jordan. 2007a Investigation of Late Prehistoric Ritual Structures in Wadi Ramm, Jordan. 2007b Paleoenvironmental and Paleclimatological Sample Recovery, ‘Ain Soda, Eastern Jordan. (Co-Director with Dr. C. Cordova, Oklahoma State University). 2007c Initial Site Survey at Jurash, Southern Saudi Arabia (D. Graf, director), July. 2007d Test Excavations at Jabal ath-Tharwa, Site 1d, Eastern Jordan. (With Alex Wasse) (October). 2008a Late Prehistoric Ritual Structures in Wadi Ramm, Jordan. (June) 2008b Survey of the Wisad Pools Necropolis, East Jordan. (Co-director with Alex Wasse & Yorke Rowan, May). 2008c Excavations at Jurash, SW Saudi Arabia. Co-director with D. Graf, S. Sidebotham, and T. Leisten. (August). 2008a Survey of the Wisad Pools Necropolis, East Jordan. (Co-director with Alex Wasse & Yorke Rowan, May). 2008b Excavations at Jurash, SW Saudi Arabia. Co-director with D. Graf, S. Sidebotham, and T. Leisten. (August). 2009a Co-Director, Eastern Jordan Badia Archaeological Project (Wisad Pools), June 4-22, with Alexander Wasse and Yorke Rowan. 2009b Director, Jurash Regional Survey, Asir Province, Saudi Arabia, July 15-August 14. 2009c Co-Director, ‘Ain Ghazal (Jordan) Paleoclimate and Radiocarbon Sampling, August 15-August 24. With Bernhard Weninger (Feldforschungen in Jordanien (F1-Projekt - SFB 806). 2010 Co-Director, Eastern Jordan Badia Project: Mapping of Maitland’s Mesa Structures. With Yorke Rowan, June 2010. 2011 Co-Director, Eastern Badia Project: Mapping and Testing of Wisad Pools, Eastern Jordan. With Yorke Rowan, May-June 2010.


V. FIELD PROJECTS (continued) 2011 Lithics analyst, Brown University Petra Archaeological Project, Wadi Slaysel, Southern Jordan. With Yorke Rowan, May, July 2011. 2011- Emergency Excavations at ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan, December 26, 2011 through 2012 January 13, 2012. 2012 Co-Director, Excavations at Ghura al-Qattafi, Eastern Badia, Jordan, May-June. 2012 Senior lithics analyst, Brown University Petra Archaeological Project, Wadi Slaysel, Southern Jordan, June-July. 2013 Co-Director, Survey and Excavations at Wisad Pools, Eastern Badia, Jordan, June (with Y. Rowan and A. Wasse). 2014a Field consultant, Feature sampling, ‘Ain Ghazal, May. 2014b Co-Director, Survey and Excavations at Wisad Pools, Eastern Badia, Jordan, April, June-July (with Y. Rowan and A. Wasse). 2015 Co-Director, Excavation and Survey, Wadi al-Qattafi, Jordan. 2016 Co-Director, Excavation and Survey, Wadi al-Qattafi, Jordan. 2016 Co-Director, Wadi Rum OSL Project. VI. PUBLICATIONS A. Books

1997 The Prehistory of Jordan II. Perspectives from 1997. Studies in Early Near Eastern Production, Subsistence and Environment 4. Berlin: ex oriente. (Co- editor with H. Gebel and Z. Kafafi). 2001 Managing Editor with H.G.K. Gebel and H. Wada, Jebel Abu Thawwab (Er-

Rumman), Central Jordan. The Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age I

Occupations, by Z. Kafafi. bibliotheca neolithica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis. Berlin: ex oriente. 2004 Co-Editor-in-Chief with H.G.K. Gebel, H.J. Nissen, M. Muheisen and H.G.K. Gebel (eds.), Basta I. The Human Ecology. bibliotheca neolitica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis. Berlin: ex oriente. 2007a Co-Editor-in-Chief with H.G.K. Gebel, H.G.K. Gebel, H.J. Nissen and Z. Zaid, Basta II. The Architecture and Stratigraphy. bibliotheca neolitica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis. Berlin: ex oriente. 2007b Co-Editor-in-Chief with H.G.K. Gebel, Y. Garfinkel and D. Dag, Gesher, A Pre-

Pottery Neolithic A Site in the Central Jordan Valley, Israel. bibliotheca neolitica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis. Berlin: ex oriente. 2007c Co-Editor-in-Chief with H.G.K. Gebel, D. Schyle, Ramat Tamar and Metzal Mazal.

The Early Neolithic Economy of Flint Mining and Production of Bifacials Southwest

of the Dead Sea. bibliotheca neolitica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis. Berlin: ex oriente. 2010 Co-Editor-in-Chief with H.G.K. Gebel, Leslie A. Quintero, Evolution of Lithic

Economies in the Levantine Neolithic: Development and Demise of Naviform

Core Technology, as Seen at ‘Ain Ghazal. ‘Ain Ghazal Excavation Reports Vol. 2. bibliotheca neolithica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis Berlin: ex oriente.


A. Books (continued) 2013 Co-Editor-in-Chief with H.G.K. Gebel, Symbols at ‘Ain Ghazal (D. Schmandt- Besserat, Ed.). ‘Ain Ghazal Excavation Reports Volume 3. bibliotheca neolithica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis Berlin: ex oriente. Berlin: ex oriente. 2014 Rollefson G. and Finlayson B. (eds.), Prehistoric Jordan: Recent and Future

Research. Amman: Department of Antiquities. B. Articles in Refereed Journals and Books 1980 Late Acheulian Artifacts from Ain el-Assad (Lion’s Spring), Near Azraq, Eastern Jordan. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 240: 1-20. 1981 The Late Acheulian Site at Fjaje, Wadi el-Bustan, Southern Jordan. Paléorient 7/1. 1983a Paleolithic and Neolithic Ain el-Assad. Archiv für Orientforschung 29: 243. 1983b The Neolithic Village of ‘Ain Ghazal. Archiv für Orientforschung 29: 243-244. 1983c Two Seasons of Excavation at Ain el-Assad, Eastern Jordan, 1980-1981. Bulletin of

the American Schools of Oriental Research 252: 25-34. 1983d Ritual and Ceremony at Neolithic Ain Ghazal (Jordan). Paléorient 9/2: 29-38. 1983e Le village d’Ain Ghazal (Jordanie), 1982-1983. L’Anthropologie 60/3-4: 302-303. (Senior author, with A. Simmons). 1984a Early Neolithic Statuary from ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Mitteilungen der Deutschen

Orient Gesellschaft 116: 185-192. 1984b ‘Ain Ghazal: An Early Neolithic Community in Highland Jordan, Near Amman. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 255: 3-14. 1984c Excavations at the PPNB Village of ‘Ain Ghazal (Jordan) 1982. Mitteilungen der

Deutschen Orient Gesellschaft 116: 139-183. (Senior author with seven others). 1984d A Middle Acheulian Surface Site in the Wadi Uweinid, Eastern Jordan. Paléorient 10/1: 127-133. 1984e Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal (Jordan): Interim Report on the First Two Seasons (1982- 1983). Journal of Field Archaeology 11: 387-395. (Contributing author with A. Simmons). 1985a The 1983 Season at the Early Neolithic Site of Ain Ghazal. National Geographic

Research 1(1): 44-62. 1985b The Early Neolithic Village of ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan: Preliminary Report on the 1983 Season. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research Supplement 23: 35-52. (Senior author with A. Simmons). 1985c Khirbet Hammam: A PPNB Village in the Wadi el-Hasa, Southern Jordan. Bulletin of

the American Schools of Oriental Research 258: 63-69. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi). 1985d Fouilles du site néolithique de Ain Ghazal (Jordanie). L’Anthropologie 89/2: 93-95. (Contributing author with A. Simmons). 1985e Lithic Artifacts from the Umm ad-Dananir Region of the Baq’ah Valley (Jordan). Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 259: 71-80. 1985f Excavation at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) Village of ‘Ain Ghazal (Jordan) 1983. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orient Gesellschaft 117: 69-116. (Senior author with seven others).


B. Articles in Refereed Journals and Books (Continued). 1985g Wadi Uweinid, Ain el-Assad, Kharaneh Flint Site, and ‘Ain Ghazal. In D. Homes- Fredericq and H. Franken (eds.), Argile, Source de Vie: Sept Millénaires de

Céramiques en Jordanie, pp. 39-43, 52-53. Bruxelles: Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire. (Reprinted in Pottery and Potters: 35-39, 44-48. Tübingen: A. Hemplo Verlag). 1985h Description of Chipped Stone Artifacts from the Moab Survey (Worschech), 1983. In U. Worschech (ed.), Northwest Ard el-Kerak 1983 and 1984. A Preliminary Report, pp. 78-85. Biblische Beiheft 2. München: Manfred Görg. 1985i Late Pleistocene Environment and Seasonal Hunting Strategies: A Case Study from Fjaje, Near Shobak, Southern Jordan. Studies in the History and Archaeology of

Jordan 2: 103-107. Amman: Department of Antiquities. 1986a The Neolithic Village of ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan: Preliminary Report on the 1984 Season. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research Supplement 24: 147- 164. (Senior author with A. Simmons). 1986b Chipped Stone Artifacts from Two Prehistoric Sites from the Moab Survey (Worschech) 1984. Zeitschrift des Deutsche Palästina Vereins 102: 53-67. 1986c Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal (Jordan): Ritual and Ceremony II. Paléorient 12/1: 45-52. 1986d ‘Ain Ghazal 1983-1985. Archiv für Orientforschung 33: 149-152. 1987a The Life and Death of ‘Ain Ghazal. Archaeology 40(6): 38-45. (Senior author with A. Simmons). 1987b The Neolithic Village of ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan: Preliminary Report on the 1985 Season. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research Supplement 25: 93- 106. (Senior author with A. Simmons). 1987c Chipped Stone Artifacts from the Limes Arabicus Surveys. Chapter 24 in S. Parker (ed.), The Roman Frontier in Central Jordan. British Archaeo. Reports, Int. Series, 340: 757-792. 1987d Local and Regional Relations in the Levantine PPN Period: ‘Ain Ghazal Jordan as a Regional Center. Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan 3: 29-32. 1987e Statuettes de ‘Ain Ghazal. Dossiers Histoire et Archaeologie 118: 21-22. 1988a ‘Ain Ghazal: A Major Neolithic Settlement in Central Jordan. Science 240: 35-39. (Contributing author with A. Simmons and three others). 1988b The Neolithic Settlement at ‘Ain Ghazal. In A. Garrard & H. Gebel (eds.), The

Prehistory of Jordan. British Archaeological Reports, Int. Series 396: 393-421. (Senior author with A. Simmons). 1988c Stratified Burin Classes at ‘Ain Ghazal: Implications for the “Desert Neolithic” of Jordan. In A. Garrard & H. Gebel (eds.), The Prehistory of Jordan. British Archaeological Reports, Int. Series 396: 437-449. 1989a The Late Aceramic Neolithic of the Levant: A Synthesis. Paléorient 15/1: 168-173. 1989b The Aceramic Neolithic of the Southern Levant: The View from ‘Ain Ghazal. Paléorient 15/1: 135-140. 1989c Burial Practices at Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal. Bulletin de la Société d’Anthropologie de

Sud-ouest 24/2: 115-122. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi and A. Simmons). 1989d ‘Ain Ghazal. In D. Hômes-Fredericq & B. Hennessey (eds.), Archaeology of

Jordan II(1): Field Reports. Akkadica Supplementum 7: 131-140.


B. Articles in Refereed Journals and Books (Continued). 1989e The Collapse of Early Neolithic Settlements in the Southern Levant. In I. Hershkovitz (ed.), People and Culture in Change. British Archaeological Reports, Int. Series 508: 73-89. (Senior author with I. Köhler-Rollefson). 1989f Two Late Quaternary Pollen Profiles from Ain el-Assad, Azraq, Jordan. In L. Copeland and F. Hours (eds.), The Hammer on the Rock. British Archaeological Reports, Int. Series 540: 259-276. (Contributing author with G. Kelso). 1990a A Plastered Human Skull from Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Journal of Field

Archaeology 17(1): 107-110. (Contributing author with A. Simmons and three others). 1990b Neolithic Chipped Stone Technology at ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan: The Status of the PPNC. Paléorient 16/1: 119-124. 1990c The Uses of Plaster at Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Archaeomaterials 41: 33-54. 1990d The Neolithic Village of ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan: Preliminary Report on the 1988 Season. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research Supplement 27: 95- 116. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi and A. Simmons). 1990e The Impact of Neolithic Subsistence Strategies on the Environment: The Case of ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. In S. Bottema et al. (eds.), Man’s Role in the Shaping of the Eastern

Mediterranean Landscape, pp. 3-14. Rotterdam: A. Balkema. (Contributing author with I. Köhler-Rollefson). 1991a The Critical Role of Technological Analysis for Prehistoric Anthropological Inference. In P. Vandiver et al. (eds.), Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology II: 365-374. Pittsburgh: Materials Research Society. 1991b ‘Ain Ghazal. Pp. 259-260 in B. DeVries, Archaeology in Jordan. American Journal of

Archaeology 95(2): 253-280. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi and A. Simmons). 1991c Wadi Shu’eib. P. 261 in B. DeVries, Archaeology in Jordan. American Journal

of Archaeology 95(2): 253-280. 1992a A Neolithic Game Board from ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Bulletin of the American Schools

of Oriental Research 286: 1-5. 1992b Neolithic Cultures at ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Journal of Field Archaeology 19(4):443- 470. (Senior author with A. Simmons & Z. Kafafi). 1992c Early Neolithic Exploitation Patterns in the Levant: Cultural Impact on the Environment. Population and Environment 13(4): 243-253. (Senior author with I. Köhler-Rollefson). 1992d Neolithic Settlement Patterns in Northern Jordan and Palestine. Studies in the History

and Archaeology of Jordan 4: pp. 123-127. 1992e ‘Ain Ghazal. Anchor Bible Dictionary II: 132-133. New York: Doubleday. 1992f The Prehistoric Periods of Jordan. Anchor Bible Dictionary VI: 961-966. New York: Doubleday. 1992g Appendix 5. Chipped Stone Tools from Pella. Pp. 233-241 in McNicoll et al. (eds.), Pella in Jordan 2. Sydney: Mediterranean Archaeology Supplement 2. 1993a The Neolithic Village of ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan: Preliminary Report on the 1989 Season. Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 51: 107-126. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi & A. Simmons). 1993b Excavations at Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal, 1988-1989 Seasons. Syria 70: 225-230. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi & A. Simmons).


B. Articles in Refereed Journals and Books (Continued). 1993c Test Excavations at the Neolithic Community of Wadi Shu’eib, Central Jordan. Syria 70: 235-239. (Contributing author with A. Simmons & Z. Kafafi). 1993d Chapter 2. Prehistoric Time. In G. Ahlström, The History of Ancient Palestine, pp. 72- 111. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press. 1993e PPNC Adaptations in the Early 6th Millennium BC. Paléorient 19/1: 31-40. (Senior author with I. Köhler-Rollefson). 1993f The Origins of the Yarmoukian at ‘Ain Ghazal. Paléorient 19/1: 89-98. 1993g Reply to Comments by Hans Nissen and Jean Perrot. Paléorient 19/1: 183-185. (Senior author with I. Köhler-Rollefson). 1993h Life and Death at ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Oriente 8: 23-30. (In Japanese). 1993i ‘Ain Ghazal: Largest Known Neolithic Site. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Humankind 2: 22-23. Sydney: Weldon-Owen. 1993j A Brief Note on the Fauna from Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Paléorient 19/2: 95- 97. (Contributing author with I. Köhler-Rollefson and L. Quintero). 1994a Le Néolithique de la Vallée du Jourdain. La Recherche 271: 1254-1259. 1994b A Preliminary Typology of Scrapers, Knives and Borers from ‘Ain Ghazal. Pp. 445- 466 in H. Gebel & S. Kozlowski (eds.), Neolithic Chipped Stone Industries in the

Fertile Crescent. (Senior author with M. Forstadt & R. Beck). 1994c ‘Ain Ghazal 1993-1994. Biblical Archaeologist 57(4): 239-241. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi). 1994d ‘Ain Ghazal. American Journal of Archaeology 98(3): 529-531. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi). 1994e Weltberühmte archäologische Fundstätte Jordaniens in gefahr. Antike Welt 94/1: 101. 1995a Burin Variability at Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal. Studies in the History and Archaeology of

Jordan 5: 515-518. 1995b The Neolithic Settlement of ‘Ain Ghazal. Qadmoniot 28(2): 67-76. (In Hebrew). 1995c ‘Ain Ghazal. pp. 46-48 in E. Stern (ed.), The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological

Excavations in the Holy Land, Vol. 1. New York: Simon and Schuster. (Reprinted in Vol. 3: 1204-1207 in the Hebrew version). 1996a The Neolithic Devolution: Ecological Impact and Cultural Compensation at ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Pp. 219-230 in J. Seger (ed.), Retrieving the Past: Essays on

Archaeological Research and Methodology in Honor of Gus W. Van Beek. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. 1996b ‘Ain Ghazal. Oxford Encyclopedia of Near Eastern Archaeology 1: 36-38. New York: Oxford University Press. 1996c Transjordan: Prehistoric Transjordan. Oxford Encyclopedia of Near East Archaeology 5: 226- 231. New York: Oxford University Press. 1996d Abu Hudhud (WHS 1008): An EPPNB Settlement in the Wadi el-Hasa, Central Jordan. In S. Kozlowski & H. Gebel (eds.), Neolithic Chipped Stone Industries of the

Fertile Crescent II. Berlin: ex oriente. 1996e Paleolithic Hunters in the Azraq Oasis. Biblical Archaeologist 59(4): 239-240. (Senior author with four others). 1996f Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal in Its Landscape. Studies in the History and Archaeology of

Jordan 6: 241-244. Amman: Department of Antiquities.


B. Articles in Refereed Journals and Books (Continued). 1996g Land Use at ‘Ain Ghazal: Evidence from the 1993-1994 Excavation Season. Studies

in the History and Archaeology of Jordan 6: 235-240. (Contributing author with Z. Kafafi). Amman: Department of Antiquities. 1996h ‘Ain Ghazal Excavations 1996. Biblical Archaeologist 54/4: 238. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi). 1997a Les croyances religieuses chez les agriculteurs primitifs du village d’Ain Ghazal. Nouvelles Scientifiques (March): 54-58. (With Z. Kafafi, contributing author). 1997b Le village néolithique d’Ain Ghazal. Pp. 34-39 in E. Delpont (ed.), Jordanie: Sur les

Pas des Archéologues. Paris: Institut du Monde Arabe. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi). 1997c Editors’ Foreword. Pp. 3-6 in H. Gebel, Z. Kafafi and G. Rollefson (eds.), The

Prehistory of Jordan II. Berlin: ex oriente. 1997d Changes in Architecture and Social Organization at ‘Ain Ghazal. Pp. 287-307 in H. Gebel, Z. Kafafi and G. Rollefson (eds.), The Prehistory of Jordan II. Berlin: ex oriente. 1997e ‘Ain Soda and ‘Ain Qasiya: New Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Sites in the Azraq Shishan Area, Eastern Jordan. Pp. 45-58 in H. Gebel, Z. Kafafi and G. Rollefson (eds.), The Prehistory of Jordan II. Berlin: ex oriente. (Senior author with four others). 1998a The Aceramic Neolithic of Jordan. Pp. 99-123 in D. Henry (ed.), The Prehistoric

Archaeology of Jordan. British Archaeology Reports, Int. Series 705: 102-126. Oxford: B.A.R. 1998b ‘Ain Ghazal: Ritual and Ceremony III. Paléorient 24(1): 43-58. 1998c Three Late Eighth Millennium Plastered Faces from ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Paléorient 24(1): 59-70. (Contributing author with P. Griffin and C. Grissom). 1998d A Decorated Skull from MPPNB ‘Ain Ghazal. Paléorient 24/2: 99-104. (Senior author with D. Schmandt-Besserat and J. Rose). 1998e Settlement Patterns in Southern Jordan: Evidence from the Wadi el-Hasa Survey, 1981. MERA Forum 5(2): 19-21, in N. Coinman (ed.), The Archaeology of the Wadi

al-Hasa, West-Central Jordan, Volume 1: Surveys, Settlement Patterns and

Paleoenvironments: 60-61. Anthropological Research Papers No. 50. Tempe: Arizona State University. (Senior author with B. MacDonald. Reprint of 1981c in Other Articles). 1998f Wadi el-Hasa Survey 1981: Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department of

Antiquities of Jordan 26: 117-131, in N. Coinman (ed.), The Archaeology of the Wadi


Paleoenvironments: 47-60. Anthropological Research Papers No. 50. Tempe: Arizona State University. (Contributing author with B. MacDonald et al., Reprint of 1982c in Other Articles). 1998g Wadi el-Hasa Survey 1982: Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department of

Antiquities of Jordan 27: 311-323, in N. Coinman (ed.), The Archaeology of the Wadi


Paleoenvironments: 63-76. Anthropological Research Papers No. 50. Tempe: Arizona State University. (Contributor, Reprint of 1983c in Other Articles). 1999a La Religion Néolithique en Jordanie. Dossiers de l’Archéologie 244: 4-11.


B. Articles in Refereed Journals and Books (Continued). 1999b ‘Ain Ghazal. Pp. 491-492 in V. Egan & P.M. Bikai (eds.), ‘Archaeology in Jordan.’ American Journal of Archaeology 103(3): 485-520. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi). 1999c Bawwab al-Ghazal. P. 492 in V. Egan & P.M. Bikai (eds.), ‘Archaeology in Jordan’. American Journal of Archaeology 103(3): 485-520. Contributing author with P. Wilke and L. Quintero. 1999d Brooding About Breeding: Social Implications for the Process of Animal Domestication. Pp. 177-181 in R. Cappers and S. Bottema (eds.), The Dawn of Farming in the Near East. Berlin: ex oriente. (Contributor with I. Köhler- Rollefson). 1999e ‘Ain Ġazal – Leben in der Jungsteinzeit. Jahrbuch des Deutschen Evangelischen

Instituts für Altertumswissenschaft des Heiligen Landes 6: 86-91. (Contributing author with H.-D. Bienert). 2000a Ritual and Social Structure at Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal. In I. Kuijt (ed.), Life in

Neolithic Farming Communities: 165-190. New York: Kluwer/Plenum. 2000b ‘Ain el-Assad (Lion Spring) Revisited, 1996: The Azraq Acheulian in situ. In L. Stager, J. Greene, and M. Coogan (eds.), The Archaeology of Jordan and Beyond:

Essays in Honor of James A. Sauer: 418-428. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. 2001a Jordan in the 7th and 6th Millennia BC. Studies in the History and Archaeology of

Jordan 7: 95-100. Amman: Department of Antiquities. 2001b Wadi Shu’eib: A Large Neolithic Community in Central Jordan – Final Report of Test Investigations. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 321: 1-39. (Contributing author with 8 others). 2001c The Neolithic Period. In B. MacDonald. R. Adams & P. Bienkowski (eds.), Archaeology of Jordan: 67-105. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press. 2001d The Town of ‘Ain Ghazal. In D. Schmandt-Besserat (ed.), Symbols at 'Ain Ghazal. On the web at http://menic.utexas.edu/ghazal/Also reproduced [2008] on the web at http://daahl.ucsd.edu/DAAHL/SitesRecordView.php?SiteNo=353100107. 2002a From Flint Mine to Fan Scraper: The Late Prehistoric Jafr Industrial Complex, Southeastern Jordan. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 327: 17- 48. (Contributing author with L.A. Quintero and P.J. Wilke). 2002b A brief Note on Some Chipped Stone Artifacts from the Balua Area. In U. Worschech, Cromlechs, Dolmen und Menhire: 76-79. Beiträge zur Erforschung der Antiken Moabitis (Ard al-Kerak), Band 2. Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag. 2003a The Neolithic Period. Pp. 238-247 in S. Richard (ed.), Near Eastern Archaeology: A

Reader. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. 2003b Prehistoric Chipped-Stone Technology. Pp. 248-256 in S. Richard (ed.), Near

Eastern Archaeology: A Reader. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. 2003c Moab Archaeological Resource Survey. Pp. 450-453 in S. Savage et al., Archaeology in Jordan, 2002 Season. American Journal of Archaeology 107: 449-475. (With S. Savage, contrib. author) 2003d Umm Meshrat I and II: Two New Late Neolithic Sites Along the Wadi ath-Thamad, Jordan. Pp. 15-32 in F. Ninow (ed.), Wort und Stein. Festschrift für Udo Worschech. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.(Contributing author with C. Foley and D. Cropper). 2004a The Character of LPPNB Social Organization. In H.-D. Bienert, H.G. Gebel and R. Neef (eds.), Central Settlements in Neolithic Jordan: 145-155. Berlin: ex oriente.


B. Articles in Refereed Journals and Books (Continued). 2004b Highland Towns and Desert Settlements: Origins of Nomadic Pastoralism in the Jordanian Neolithic. In H.-D. Bienert, H.G.K. Gebel and R. Neef (eds.), Central

Settlements in Neolithic Jordan: 201-213. Berlin: ex oriente. (Contributing author with L. Quintero and P. Wilke). 2004c Where Are the Dead? Some Points to Consider. In H.-D. Bienert, H.G.K. Gebel and R. Neef (eds.), Central Settlements in Neolithic Jordan: 169-175. Berlin: ex oriente. 2005a The Acheulian Industry in the al-Jafr Basin of Southeastern Jordan. Journal of the

Israel Prehistoric Society 35: 53-68. (Senior author with L. Quintero and P. Wilke). 2005b The Wadi Sirhan Project: Report on the 2002 Archaeological Reconnaissance of Wadi Hudruj and Jabal Thawra, Jordan. Levant 37: 1-20. (Contributing author with A. Wasse). 2005c Early Neolithic Ritual Centers in the Southern Levant. Neo-Lithics 2/05: 3-13. 2005d Reply to Commentators. Neo-Lithics 2/05: 50-52. 2005e Die Neolithisieruung von Südosteuropa als Folge des abrupten Klimawandels um 8200 calBP. In D. Gronenborn (ed.), Klimaveränderung und Kulturwandel in

neolithischen Gesellschaften Mitteleuropas 6700-2200 v.Chr. Römisch Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz Tagungen Vol. 1: 75-117. (Contributing author with 8 others). 2006a Climate forcing due to the 8200 calBP event observed at early Neolithic sites in the eastern Mediterranean. Refereed poster, 5th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Madrid, May. (Contributor with B. Weninger and nine others). 2006b Late Acheulian Variability in the Southern Levant: A Contrast of the Western and Eastern Wings of the Levantine Corridor. Near Eastern Archaeology 69(2): 61-72. (Senior author with L. Quintero and P. Wilke). 2006c Holocene Climate and Cultural Evolution in Late Prehistoric-Early Historic West Asia. Quaternary Research 66(3): 401-420. (Contributing author with nine others). 2007a Purple-Pink Flint Sources in Jordan. In C. Delage (ed.), Chert Availability and

Prehistoric Exploitation in the Near East: 55-67. British Archaeological Reports, International Series S1615. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports. (Senior author with L. Quintero and P. Wilke). 2007b Prehistoric Exploitation of Eocene Flint in the al-Jafr Basin of Southeastern Jordan. Chert Availability and Prehistoric Exploitation in the Near East: 228-239. British Archaeological Reports, International Series S1615. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports. (Contributing author with L. Quintero and P. Wilke). 2007c An Eastern Jordanian Perspective on the Lower Paleolithic of the “Levantine Corridor.” Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan 9: 157-166. (Contributing author with L. Quintero and P. Wilke). 2007d The Rediscovery of the Neolithic Period in Jordan. In T. Levy, P.M.M. Daviau, R. Younker and M. Shaer (eds.), Crossing Jordan. North American Contributions to the

Archaeology of Jordan: 211-218. London: Equinox. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi). 2007e The Naviform Core-and-Blade Industry in Orthoquartzite at ‘Ain Jammam, Jordan. In L. Astruc, D. Binder and F. Briois (eds.), Technical Systems and Near Eastern PPN

Communities: 193-201. Quetigny, France: Librairie Archéologique. (Contributing author with three others).


B. Articles in Refereed Journals and Books (Continued). 2007f Abrupt Climate Forcing Observed at Early Neolithic Sites in South-East Europe and the Near East. In H. Todorova, M. Stefanovich and G. Ivaoc (eds.), In the Steps of

James Harvey Gaul, 2. The Strums/Strymon River Valley in Prehistory: 7-28. Proceedings of the International Symposium “Strymon Praehistoricus”, Kjustendil- Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria) and Seres-Amphipolis (Greece) (2004). (Co-author, nine others). 2008a Charming Lives: Human and Animal Figurines in the Late Epipaleolithic and Early Neolithic Periods in the Greater Levant and Eastern Anatolia. In J.-P. Bocquet-Appel and O. Bar-Yosef (eds.), The Neolithic Demographic Transition and Its

Consequences: 387-417. New York: Springer. 2008b The Neolithic Period. In R. Adams (ed.), Jordan: An Archaeological Reader: 71-108. London: Equinox. 2008c Wissad, Eastern Badia. In S. Savage, D. Keller and C. Tuttle (eds.), “Archaeology in Jordan.” American Journal of Archaeology 112(3): 514-516. (Senior author with A. Wasse). 2008d Wadi Ramm, Southern Jordan. In S. Savage, D. Keller and C. Tuttle (eds.), “Archaeology in Jordan.” American Journal of Archaeology 112(3): 526-528. 2009a Measuring the Impact of LPPNB Immigration into Highland Jordan. Studies in the

History and Archaeology of Jordan 10: 473-481. (Senior author with K.J. Pine). 2009b The Impact of Rapid Climate Change on Prehistoric Societies During the Holocene in the Eastern Mediterranean. Documenta Praehistorica 26: 1-53. (Contributing author with 18 others). 2009c Slippery Slope: The Late Neolithic Rubble Layer in the Southern Levant. Neo-Lithics 1/09: 12-18. 2009d-q Fourteen contributions of varying length (volume: page #s): Abu Ghosh (2: 564-565); ‘Ain Ghazal (2: 564); Desert (2:101-103); ‘Ein el-Jarba (3:199-200); Har Harif (2: 736); Iraq el-Emir (2:253-254); Jebel Abu Thawwab (5:548); Prehistory in the Ancient Near East (4: 592-595); Ramat Matred (3: 836-837); Sefunim Caves (5: 156);Tell Abu Hamid (2: 726); Tell Ali (1: 100); Tuleilat al-Batashi (1: 408); Wadi el- Mughara (4: 163); and Wadi Rabah (4: 715-716). New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the

Bible. Nashville: Abingdon Press. 2010 Blood Loss: Demographic Stress and Religious Revolution in Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. In M. Benz (ed.), The Principle of Sharing. Segregation and Construction of

Social Identities at the Transition from Foraging to Farming: 183-202. Studies in Early Near Eastern Production, Subsistence and Environment14. Berlin: ex oriente. 2011a Maitland’s Mesa Reassessed: A Late Prehistoric Cemetery in the Eastern Badia, Jordan. http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/rowan327/index.html. (Contributing author with Yorke Rowan and Morag Kersel). 2011b The Greening of the Badlands: Pastoral Nomads and the “Conclusion” of Neolithization in the Southern Levant. Paléorient 37/1: 101-109. 2011c Praising the Almighty: Late Prehistoric Desert Sanctuaries in Wadi Ramm. In T. Steimer-Herbet (ed.), Standing Stones, Anthropomorphic Stelae and Dolmens: 133- 143. BAR Int. Series 2317. Oxford: Archaeopress.


B. Articles in Refereed Journals and Books (Continued). 2012a The Decline of the Early Neolithic Population Centre of 'Ain Ghazal and corresponding earth surface processes, Jordan Rift Valley. Quaternary Research 78: 427-441. (Contributing author with 10 others). 2012b ‘Ain Ghazal. American Journal of Archaeology 116: 708-709. (Lead author with three others). 2012c Maitland’s Mesa. American Journal of Archaeology 116: 711-713. (Contributing author with two others). 2012d Wisad Pools. American Journal of Archaeology 116: 711-713. (Lead author with two others). 2012e La préhistoire des jeux. Histoire Antique et Médiévale 33 : 18-21. 2013a The Town of ‘Ain Ghazal. In D. Schmandt-Besserat (ed.), Symbols at ‘Ain Ghazal. ‘Ain Ghazal Final Reports, Vol. 3: 3-29. bibliotheca neolithica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis. Berlin: ex oriente. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi; revised version of 2001d above). 2013b Late Prehistoric Aggregation Patterns in Jordan’s Eastern Badia. Syria 90:209-228. 2013c Analysis and Interpretation of Lithic Artifacts from Excavation and Survey in Wadi Ramm. In S. Farès (ed.), Des Déserts et des Hommes: Wadi Ramm (Jordanie):149- 162. Nancy : A.D.R.A. 2013d Enigmas in the Desert: Late Prehistoric and Nabataean Structures at Turayf al- Maragh, Wadi Ramm. In Saba Farès (ed.), Des Déserts et des Hommes: Wadi Ramm

(Jordanie):177-216. Nancy : A.D.R.A. 2014a Recalibrating ‘Ain Ghazal. In Z. Kafafi and M. Maraqten (eds.), A Pioneer of Arabia: Studies in the Archaeology and Epigraphy of the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula: 133-146. Rome: La Sapienza. 2014b The Late Neolithic Colonization of the Eastern Badia of Jordan. Levant 46(2): 1-17. Senior author with Y. Rowan and A. Wasse). 2014c A Permanent Late Neolithic Residential Structure in the Eastern Desert of Jordan. In P. Bienkowski et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on the

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East 8(2): 259-270. (Senior author with Y. Rowan and M. Perry). 2014d Wisad Pools. American Journal of Archaeology 118(4): 630-631. (Lead author with four others). 2014e Maitland’s Mesa. American Journal of Archaeology 118(4): 631-632. (Contributing author with four others). 2014f The Fat of the Land: Neolithic Origins of “Wealth” in the Southern Levant. In I.M. Swinnen and E. Gubel (eds.), From Gilead to Edom. Studies in the Archaeology and

History of Jordan. Supplementum ad Akkadica 12: 19-26. 2014g Rowan Y., Wasse A. and Rollefson G. Survey of Maitland’s Mesa: A Basalt Prominence in the Eastern Badia of Jordan. For G. Rollefson and B. Finlayson (eds.), Prehistoric Jordan: Past and Future Research: 277-284. Amman: Department of Antiquities.


B. Articles in Refereed Journals and Books (Continued). 2014h In Loving Memory: A Preliminary Assessment of the Architecture at the Late Prehistoric Necropolis at Wisad Pools, Eastern Badia, Jordan. In G. Rollefson and B. Finlayson (eds.), Jordan’s Prehistory: Past and Future Research: 285-295. Amman: Department of Antiquities of Jordan. Senior author with A. Wasse and Y. Rowan. 2014i Report on the 1998 Test Excavations at Bawwabah al-Ghazal, Azraq Oasis, Eastern Jordan. In G. Rollefson and B. Finlayson (eds.), Jordan’s Prehistory: Past and Future Research: 169-181. Amman: Department of Antiquities of Jordan. Senior author with P. Wilke and L. Quintero. 2015a ‘Ain Ghazal (Jordan): A Neolithic Town prima inter pares. In. G. Barker and C. Goucher (eds.), Cambridge History of the World Vol. II.A World With Agriculture

12,000 BCE-500 CE: 243-260. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2015b The “Land of Conjecture:” New Late Prehistoric Discoveries at Maitland’s Mesa and Wisad Pools, Jordan. Journal of Field Archaeology 40(2): 175-188. 2015c Optimal Ancient DNA Yields from the Inner Ear Part of the Human Petrous Bone. PLOS One DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0129102 June 18, 2015. Contributing author with 18 others. 2015d Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating and spatial analysis of geometric lines in the Northern Arabian Desert. Journal of Archaeological Science 64: 1-11. (Contributor with 6 others). 2016a Chapter 10. Biface production at Tabun: Manufacture, Maintenance, and Morphological Variability. In A. Sullivan III and D. Olszewski (eds.), Archaeological Variability and Interpretation in Global Perspective: 327-345. Boulder: U. Press of Colorado. 2016b First Chronometric Dates for ‘Works of Old Men’: Late Prehistoric “Wheels” near Wisad Pools, Black Desert, Jordan. Antiquity (Senior author with 3 others). C. Book Reviews 1988 Das Akeramische Neolithikum Vorderasiens: Subsistenzformen und Siedlungsweisen, by H. Gebel. In Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 271: 87-88. 1993 Excavations at Beidha. Vol. I: The Natufian Encampment, by B. Byrd. Bulletin of the

American Schools of Oriental Research 290-291: 135-136. 1996a Cahiers de l’Euphrate 5-6, ed. by J. Cauvin. Bibliotheca Orientalis 53 (1-2): 195-199. 1996b Prehistoric Cultural Ecology and Evolution: Insights from Southern Jordan, by D. Henry. American Antiquity 61(4): 819. 1998 Tell Sabi Abyad: The Late Neolithic Settlement, Vols. I and II, P.M.M.G. Akkermans (ed.). American Journal of Archaeology 102: 191-192. 2001 2001: An Archaeological Odyssey. Contribution to the “Review Feature” of J. Cauvin, The Birth of the Gods and the Origins of Agriculture. Cambridge

Archaeological Journal 11(1): 112-114. 2002a Book review of The Birth of the Gods and the Origins of Agriculture, by Jacques Cauvin. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 326: 83-87. 2002b Book review of Neolithic in Turkey: the Cradle of Civilization, M. Özdoğan and N. Başgelen (eds.). Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 327: 75-76.


C. Book Reviews (continued)

2003 Book review of Multiple Approaches to the Study of Bifacial Technologies, M. Soressie and H. Dibble (eds.). Paleoanthropology 1 www.pennpress.org/journals/pa/). 2005 Book review of The Long Summer. How Climate Changed Civilization, by Brian Fagan. The Holocene 15(7): 1102-1103. 2007 Book review of Territories, Boundaries and Cultures in the Neolithic Near East, by S.K. Kozlowski and O. Aurenche. Paléorient 32.1: 154-156. 2008a Book review of Neolithic by S.F. McCarter. Biblical Archaeology Review 34(2): 76. 2008b Book review of The Neolithic Revolution in the Near East. Transforming the Human

Landscape, by Alan H. Simmons. Biblical Archaeology Review 34(2): 76. 2011 Book review of Sha’ar Hagolan 3: Symbolic Dimensions of the Yarmukian Culture:

Canonization in Neolithic Art, by Yosef Garfinkel, David Ben-Shlomo, and Naomi Korn. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 364: 87-90. 2013 Book review of An Investigation into Early Desert Pastoralism: Excavations at the

Camel Site, Negev, by Steven A. Rosen. Monograph 69. Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, 2011. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 369: 232- 234.

D. Other Articles

1980a Report of the Albright Fellow, ACOR, Amman, Jordan, 1978-79. American Schools

of Oriental Research Newsletter 7: 12-22. 1980b The Paleolithic Industries of Ain el-Assad (Lion’s Spring), Near Azraq, Eastern Jordan. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 24: 129-144. 1981a A Lower Paleolithic Surface Site Near Shobak, Wadi el-Bustan, Southern Jordan. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 25: 151-168; 395-409. 1981b ACOR NEH Fellow Report, July-Dec. 1980. ASOR Newsletter 6: 5-8. 1981c Settlement Patterns in Southern Jordan: Evidence from the Wadi el-Hasa Survey, 1981. MERA Forum 5(2): 19-21. (Senior author with B. MacDonald). 1981d Ain el-Assad. Pp. 332-333 in M. Piccirillo (ed.), Ricercia Storico-Archaeologico in Giordania I. (1980-1981). Liber Annus 31: 323-358. 1982a Preliminary Report on the Excavations at Ain el-Assad, 1980. Annual of the

Department of Antiquities of Jordan 26: 5-35. 1982b Excavations At PPNB ‘Ain Ghazal. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of

Jordan 26: 411-413. (Senior author with A. Leonard, Jr.). 1982c Wadi el-Hasa Survey 1981: Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department of

Antiquities of Jordan 26: 117-131. (Contributing author with B. MacDonald et al.). 1982d A PPNB Burin Site on Jabal Uweinid, Eastern Jordan. Annual of the Department of

Antiquities of Jordan 26: 189-198. (Senior author with B. Frohlich). 1982e A Burin Site in the Umm Utheina District, Jebel Amman. Annual of the Department

of Antiquities of Jordan 26: 243-247. (Senior author with Z. and J. Kaechele). 1982f The Wadi Bayir Paleoanthropological Survey: First Season Report. Annual of the

Department of Antiquities of Jordan 26: 211-219. (Contributing author with S. Rolston). 1983a 8,000 Year Old Statues Discovered at ‘Ain Ghazal. American Schools of Oriental

Research Newsletter 35(2): 1-3.


D. Other Articles (Continued)

1983b Wadi el-Hasa Survey 1982: Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department of

Antiquities of Jordan 27: 311-323. (Contributing author with B. MacDonald et al.). 1983c The 1982 Season at ‘Ain Ghazal: Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department of

Antiquities of Jordan 27: 1-15. 1983d Technological Analysis of Blades and Flakes from ‘Ain Ghazal. Annual of the

Department of Antiquities of Jordan 27: 461-469. (Senior author with K. Abu Ghunima). 1983e Survey of Exposed Neolithic Structures at ‘Ain Ghazal. Annual of the Department of

Antiquities of Jordan 27: 471-479. (Senior author with E. Suleiman.). 1983f Part III: Preliminary Report on the Chipped Stone Artifacts from Certain Sites of the 1981 Northern Jordan Survey. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 27: 431-433. 1984a The 1983 Season at ‘Ain Ghazal: Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department of

Antiquities of Jordan 28: 13-30. (Senior author with A. Simmons). 1984b Natufian Occupation in the Wadi el-Hasa, Southern Jordan. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 28: 143-150. (Contributing author with B. Byrd). 1984c PPNB ‘Ain Ghazal: Excavations in 1982 and1983. Liber Annus 34: 428-430. (Senior author with A. Simmons). 1984d Neolithic Art from ‘Ain Ghazal (Jordan). Arts and the Islamic World 2(2): 61-62, 74. 1984e ‘Ain Ghazal: Jordanian “History” 8,000 Years Ago. Yarmouk Magazine 4(4): 43-45. 1984f Prehistoric Archaeology at ‘Ain Ghazal. Yarmouk University Annual 5: 203-204. 1984g The Lithics Collections from the 1983 Sahab Area Survey. Pp. 192-234 in M. Ibrahim, C. Gaube, H. Gaube and Z. Kafafi (eds.), Archaeological Survey in the Area

Sahab, Southeast of Amman. Irbid, Jordan: Yarmouk University. 1985a The 1984 Season at ‘Ain Ghazal: Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department of

Antiquities of Jordan 29: 11-30. (Senior author with A. Simmons). 1985b Chipped Stone Artifacts from a Specialized Camp near Kharaneh Castle, Eastern Jordan. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 29: 141-150. (Contributing author with M. Muheisen). 1986a Il y a 8000 ans, un village grand comme trois fois Jéricho: ‘Ain Ghazal. Le Monde de

la Bible 46: 4. 1986b The 1985 Season at ‘Ain Ghazal: Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department of

Antiquities of Jordan 30: 41-56; 431-432. (Senior author with A. Simmons). 1987 Observations on the Neolithic Village in Wadi Shu’eib. Annual of the Department of

Antiquities of Jordan 31: 521-524. 1989a The 1988 Season at ‘Ain Ghazal: Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department of

Antiquities of Jordan 33: 9-26. (Senior author with A. Simmons and Z. Kafafi). 1989b Test Excavations at Wadi Shu’eib, a Major Neolithic Settlement in Central Jordan. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 33: 27-42. (Contributing author with A. Simmons, Z. Kafafi, and K. Moyer). 1989c Notes on the Flints from the Third Season (1982): The Southern Ghawr and the Wadi Arabah. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 33: 213-215. 1990 The 1989 Season at ‘Ain Ghazal: Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department of

Antiquities of Jordan 34: 11-25. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi and A. Simmons).



1993a ‘Ain Ghazal. Pp. 38-39 in P. Bikai (ed.), ACOR: The First 25 Years. Amman: American Center of Oriental Research. 1993b Bedrohtes ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordanien. Das Altertum 39: 141-142. 1993c The Crisis at ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Newsletter of the Japanese Association for Arid

Land Studies 6: 18. (In Japanese). 1993d ‘Ain Ghazal is now for Sale! Orient Express 93/1: 31. 1994a Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt ‘Ain Ghazal. Bild der Wissenschaft 1994/4: 18-22. (Senior author with H. Bienert). 1994b The 1993 Excavations at ‘Ain Ghazal: Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department

of Antiquities of Jordan 38. 11-32. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi). 1994c Non-Formal Tool (NFT) Working Group Report. Neo-Lithics 2/94: 5-6. 1994d ‘Ain Ghazal 1993-1994. Pp. 621-623 in M. Piccirillo (ed.), Ricerca storico- archeologica in Giordania. Liber Annus 44:620-662. (With Z. Kafafi). 1994e ‘Ain Ghazal 1993-1994. Biblical Archaeologist 57(4): 239-241. (Contributing author with Z. Kafafi). 1995a Non-Formal Tool (NFT) Working Group Report # 2: The Wembach Module for Non- Formal Tool Analysis. Neo-Lithics 2/95: 1-3. (Contrib. author with D. Baird et al.). 1995b ‘Ain Ghazal Excavations 1995. Neo-Lithics 2/95: 7-8. 1995c The 1994 Excavations at ‘Ain Ghazal: Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department

of Antiquities of Jordan 39: 13-29. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi). 1996a Blade: Flake and Blade: Blade Ratios as Phase Discriminators. Neo-Lithics 1/96: 6-7. 1996b ‘Ain Ghazal: Ten Seasons of Discovery. ACOR Newsletter 8(1): 1-3. (With Z. Kafafi). 1996c Documenting Tools of Old Stone Age Hunters of the Azraq Oasis. Occident and

Orient 1(2): 3. (With R. Low, D Schnurrenberger, R. Watson & L. Quintero). 1996d ‘Ain Ghazal Excavations (1996) Unearth Neolithic ‘Temples’. Occident and Orient 1(2): 4-5. (Lead author with Zeidan Kafafi). 1996e A Neolithic Game Board from ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. (A reprint of Rollefson 1992a). Fachdienst Spiel 5/96: 22-27. 1996f A Brief Note on Another Neolithic Mancala Game Board from ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Fachdienst Spiel 5/96: 27-28. 1996g The 1995 Excavations at ‘Ain Ghazal: Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department

of Antiquities of Jordan 40: 11-28. (Senior Author with Z. Kafafi). 1997a A Further Note on the Use of the Blade: Blade Ratio as a Neolithic Phase Discriminator. Neo-Lithics 1/97:20. 1997b ‘Ain Ghazal. American Journal of Archaeology 101: 505-506. (With Z. Kafafi). 1997c The 1996 Excavations at ‘Ain Ghazal: Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department

of Antiquities of Jordan 41: 27-48. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi). 1997d Architectural Evidence at Neolithic Wadi Shu’eib. Occident & Orient 2(1): 4. 1997e Highly Successful Symposium on Jordanian Neolithic Settlements Held in Petra – Wadi Musa. Occident and Orient 2/2: 10-11. 1998a Invoking the Spirit. Archaeological Odyssey 1(1): 54-63. 1998b Bawwab al-Ghazal: Prehistoric Hunting and Herding at the Azraq Qa. Occident and

Orient 3(2): 20-21. (With P. Wilke & L. Quintero, contributing author). 1998c Expanded Radiocarbon Chronology from ‘Ain Ghazal. Neo-Lithics 2/98: 8-10.



1998d Prehistoric Hunters and Herders at the Azraq Oasis. Al-Reem 63: 18-19. (Contributing author with L. Quintero & P. Wilke). 1998e The Impact of ‘Ain Ghazal. ACOR Newsletter 10(2): 8-9. 1998f Bawwab al-Ghazal. ACOR Newsletter 10(2): 6-7. (With P. Wilke and L. Quintero). 1998g The 1998 Excavation Season at ‘Ain Ghazal Neolithic Village. Occident and Orient 3(2): 15. (With Z. Kafafi; senior author). 1999a Bawwab al-Ghazal: Preliminary Report on the Testing Season 1998. Neo-Lithics 1/99: 2-4. (Senior author with L. Quintero and P. Wilke). 1999b ‘Ain Ghazal: Leben in der Jungsteinzeit. Jahrbuch des Deutschen Evangelischen

Instituts für Altertumswissenschaft des Heiligen Landes 6: 86-91. (Co-author with H.- D- Bienert). 1999c El-Hemmeh: A Late PPNB - PPNC Village in the Wadi el-Hasa, Southern Jordan. Neo-Lithics 2/99: 6-8. 2000a The Statuary from ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. In A. Weyer (ed.), Saving Cultural Heritage. Projects Around the Mediterranean. Hornemann Institute Series 3: 101-110. Hamburg: Glöss Verlag. (Also appearing as “Die Figuren aus ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordanien,” in German translation and “Les Statues de ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordanie” in French). 2000b The 1998 Season at ‘Ayn Ghazal: A Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department of

Antiquities of Jordan 44: 1-8. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi). 2000c Azraq Wetlands Survey. ACOR Newsletter 12(1): 11-12. (With P. Wilke and L. Quintero). 2001a Paleoenvironmental and Archaeological Studies in the Khanasari Region, Northern Jordan. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 45: 119-134. (Contributing author with five others). 2001b The Azraq Wetlands Reserve Survey 2000: Preliminary Report. Annual of the

Department of Antiquities of Jordan 45: 71-81. (Senior author with L. Quintero and P. Wilke). 2001c The Moab Archaeological Resources Survey: Some Results from the 2000 Field Season. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 45: 217-236. (Contributing author with Steven Savage). 2002a Craft Specialization: The Drill Locus at Basît, Wadi Musa, Southern Jordan. Neo-

Lithics 1/02: 21-23. (Senior author with M.C. Parker). 2002b Additional Information and Observations of Neolithic al-Basît, Wadi Musa, Southern Jordan. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 46: 93-106. 2002c Rescue Archaeology of Neolithic Sites. American Center of Oriental Research

Newsletter 14(1): 5-6. 2002d Bead-Making Tools from LPPNB al-Basît, Jordan. Neo-Lithics 2/02: 5-7. 2002e A Short Note on Radiocarbon Dates from Bawwab al-Ghazal, Jordan. Neo-Lithics 2/02: 7. (Senior author with L. Quintero and P. Wilke). 2002f Neolithic Rescue Archaeology in Jordan. American Schools of Oriental Research

Newsletter 52(4): 16. 2002g Excavations in the Azraq Wetlands. Munjazat 3: 21.



2003a Lithic Studies at the Lithic Technology Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, UC-Riverside. Neo-Lithics 1/03: 29-33. (Contributor with L. Quintero & P. Wilke). 2003b A Brief Note on the Tabulation of Debitage. Neo-Lithics 1/03: 27-29. 2003c A New Series Devoted to Final Publications of Neolithic Excavations in Southwest Asia. Neo-Lithics 1/03: 34-35. 2003d A Note on the Burials from AWS-102, Azraq. Annual of the Department of

Antiquities of Jordan 47: 19-23. (Senior author with J. Davey and J. Maricich). 2003e Late Acheulian Butchering Stations at Pleistocene Lakeshore Settings in Jordan. Occident and Orient 8(2): 8-9. (Senior author with L. Quintero & P. Wilke). 2004a Ein Bauerndorf Entwickelt Sich: Die Archäologischen Schätze der Neolitischen Siedlung ‘Ain Ghazal. (“The Emergence of the Farm Town: The Treasures of Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal”). In Gesichter des Orients: 10 000 Jahre Kunst und Kultur

aus Jordanien: 37-43. Berlin: Vorderasiatische Museum, Staatliche Museum. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi). 2004b A Reconsideration of the PPN koine: Cultural Diversity and Centralities. Neo-Lithics 1/04: 46-48. 2004c Cultural Genealogies: Cyprus and Its Relationship to the PPN Mainland. Neo-Lithics

2/04: 12-13. 2004d Short Note on a 4ICAANE Workshop Held in Berlin, 1-2 April 2004: Towards New Frameworks: Supra-Regional Concepts in Near Eastern Neolithization. Neo-Lithics 1/04: 21-22. (Senior author with H.G.K. Gebel). 2004e The Eastern Levant, the Pleistocene, and Paleoanthropology. ACOR Newsletter 16(1): 1-3. (Contributing author with L. Quintero and P. Wilke). 2004f Al-Jafr Archaeological Project, Phase III. Munjazat 5: 54. (Contributing author with L. Quintero and P. Wilke). 2005 Stone Tools from ‘Ayn Jammam, Near Ras en-Naqb, Southern Jordan. Neo-Lithics 1/05: 17-23.

2006a The Wadi es-Sirhan Project: Notes on the 2002 Archaeological Reconnaissance of Wadi Hudruj and Jebel adh-Dharwa, Jordan. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 50: 69-82. (Contributing author with A. Wasse). 2006b Jafr Basin Survey, 2006 Season. Munjazat 7: 94-95. 2007a Enigma Variations: Ritual Structures from Late Prehistory and Early Antiquity at Tref al-Marrar, Wadi Ramm. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan. 51: 211- 222. (Senior author with W. Matlock). 2007b Enigmatic Variations: Ritual Structures from Late Prehistory and Early Antiquity in Southern Wadi Ramm. ACOR Newsletter 19(2): 4-5. (Senior author with W. Matlock). 2007c Trayf al-Maragh, Wadi Ramm. Munjazat 8: 153-155. 2008a Natural and Cultural Stratigraphy of ‘Ayn as-Sawda, al-Azraq Wetland Reserve: 2007 Excavation Report and Discussion of Finds. Annual of the Department of Antiquities

of Jordan 52: 417-425. (Contributing author with four others). 2008b Images of the Environment: Rock Art and the Exploitation of the Jordanian Badiah. Journal of Epigraphy and Rock Drawings 2: 17-51. (Senior author with A.M.R. Wasse and Y.M. Rowan).



2008c Late Prehistoric Wadi Ramm Project: Turayf al-Maragh. Munjazat 9: 132-135. 2008d Eastern badia Archaeological Project. Munjazat 9: 66-68. (Senior Author with Y. Rowan and A. Wasse). 2009a Nabil Qadi : A Gentle Man and a Great Archaeologist. In H.G.K. Gebel, Z. Kafafi and O. Ghul (eds.), Modesty and Patience: Archaeological Studies and Memories in

Honor of Nabil Qady “Abu Salim”: 151-152. Berlin: ex oriente. 2009b Enduring Enigmas: Late Prehistoric Pastoralist Ritual Structures in Wadi Ramm. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 53: 83-93. (Senior author with Kerry Pine). 2009c Commentary. Neo-Lithics 1/09: 2010a Violence in Eden: Comments on Bar-Yosef’s Neolithic Warfare Hypothesis. Neo-Lithics 10/1: 62-65. 2010b Desert Monuments to the Dead: Views of the Early Pastoral Lifeways in Jordan’s Eastern Desert. ACOR Newsletter 22.1: 1-5. (Senior author with Yorke Rowan and Alex Wasse). 2010c Foreword. For L.A. Quintero, Evolution of Lithic Economies in the Levantine

Neolithic: Development and Demise of Naviform Core Technology, as Seen at ‘Ain

Ghazal. ‘Ain Ghazal Final Reports, Vol. 2. bibliotheca neolithica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis. Berlin: ex oriente. 2011a A Late Neolithic Dwelling at Wisad Pools, Black Desert. Neo-Lithics 1/11: 35-43. (Senior author with Y. Rowan and M. Perry). 2011b The Deep-Time Necropolis at Wisad Pools, Eastern Badia, Jordan. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 55: 267-286. (Senior author with A. Wasse and Y. Rowan). 2011c Preliminary Report on the Rescue Operations at ‘Ayn Ghazal. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 55: 7-26. (In Arabic; contributing author with four others). 2012a A Seventh Millennium BC Late Neolithic Village at Mesa 4 in Wadi al-Qattafi, Eastern Jordan. Neo-Lithics 12/1: 15-24. (Contributing author with Wasse and Rowan). 2012b ‘Ain Ghazal Revisited: Rescue Excavations October and December-January, 2011- 2012. Neo-Lithics 12/2: 21-29. (Senior author with three others). 2012b The 2011 Season at Wisad Pools, Black Desert: Preliminary Report. Annual of the

Department of Antiquities of Jordan 56: 29-44. (Senior author with Y. Rowan, M. Perry and W. Abu-Azizeh). 2013a Neolithic Settlement at Wisad Pools, Black Desert, Jordan. Neo-Lithics 1/13: 11-23. (Senior author with Y. Rowan and A. Wasse). 2013b Editors’ Foreword. In D. Schmandt-Besserat (ed.), Symbols at ‘Ain Ghazal. ‘Ain Ghazal Excavation Reports Volume 3. bibliotheca neolithica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis Berlin: ex oriente. Berlin: ex oriente. (Senior author with Z. Kafafi and A. Simmons). 2014a Paleoenvironments of the Late Glacial Transition in the Eastern Desert of Jordan. Bulletin of the Council for British Research in the Levant 9: 63-64. (Contributor with M. Jones and T. Richter)



2014b Report on the International Symposium “Bridging Continents. Earliest Neolithic Communities Across Anatolia. Recent Research, Future Challenges.” Commemorating Klaus Schmidt. 21-23 September 2014, Şanlıurfa, Turkey. Neo-Lithics 2/14: 53-56. 2015a Late Neolithic Architectural Complexity at Wisad Pools, Black Desert. Neo-Lithics 1/15: 3-10.Contributor with Y. Rowan and four others. 2015b Paleoenvironments of the Late Glacial Transition in the Eastern Desert of Jordan. CBRL Bulletin 10: 69-71. (Contributor with M. Jones and T. Richter). E. Publications in Process In press 1. The Lower Paleolithic of Jordan. In Y. Enzel and O. Bar-Yosef (eds.), Quaternary Environments, Climate Change and Humans in the Levant. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Submitted December 2014). 2. Tumultuous Times in the Eighth and Seventh Millennia BC in the Southern Levant. For A. Marcianiak (ed.), Concluding the Neolithic. The Near East in the Second Half

of the Seventh Millennium BC. London: Lockwood Press. 3. First Chronometric Dates for ‘Works of Old Men’: Late Prehistoric “Wheels” near Wisad Pools, Black Desert, Jordan. Antiquity (Senior author with three others). 4. “I am We”: The Display of Socioeconomic Politics of Neolithic Commodification. In M. Benz, T. Watkins and H.G.K. Gebel (eds.), The Construction of Neolithic

Corporate Identities. Berlin: ex oriente. 5. Kafafi Z. Rollefson G., Douglas K., Lash A. and Kraysat B. Preliminary Report on the AG Rescue Excavations October and December 2011/January 2012. Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan 12. Amman: Department of Antiquities. 6. Greener Pastures: 7th and 6th Millennia Grasslands in Jordan’s Eastern Badia. Submitted to K. Bartl, M. Reindel, and F. Lüth (eds.), The Development of Early

Settlement in Arid Regions. Berlin: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. 7. Ron Pinhasi, David Reich, Gary Rollefson (and 24 others). The Genetic Structure of the World’s First Farmers. Nature (in press). 8. Rollefson G., Rowan Y. Wasse A., Kersel M., Hill, A.C. and Lorenzen B. Excavation of Structure W-80, a Complex Late Neolithic Building at Wisad Pools, Black Desert. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan. 9. Investigations of a Late Neolithic Structure at Mesa 7, Wadi al-Qattafi, Black Desert, 2015. Neo-Lithics 2/16. (Senior author with 7 others). 10. The Lower and Middle Paleolithic of the Southern Levant. The Social Archaeology of

the Levant: From Prehistory to the Present. New York: Cambridge University Press. Submitted 1. Preliminary Report of the Excavations at Jurash, Saudi Arabia, First Season, 2008. Atlal. (Contributing author with 7 others).


In Progress 1. Rollefson G. and Kafafi Z. Excavations at ‘Ain Ghazal, Vol. 1: Stratigraphy, Chronology, and Geology. ‘Ain Ghazal Final Reports. bibliotheca neolithica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis. Berlin: ex oriente. 2. Rollefson G. and Wasse A. Test Excavations at Jebel adh-Dharwa, Eastern Badia, Jordan. Annual of the

Department of Antiquities of Jordan. 3. Rollefson G. Late Neolithic Variability in Lithic Technology and Typology from Two areas of the Black Desert of Jordan. For Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan 13. 4. Rowan Y. Rollefson G., Wasse A. and Hill A.C. Investigations of Prehistoric Exploitation in Jordan's Black Desert. For Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan 13. F. Other Publication Activity 1. Editorial Positions: 1985- present Member, Paléorient Scientific Committee 1991-1994 Associate Editor, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental

Research 1993-2015 Co-Editor, NEO-LITHICS, Newsletter of Southwest Asian Neolithic

Research.

1998-present Editorial Board, ex oriente e.V. Publishers 1999-present Co-Editor-in-Chief (with H.G.K. Gebel), biblioteca neolitica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis. ex oriente Publications. 2004-2007 Editorial Board, American Schools of Oriental Research 2009-present Member, European Research Council Peer Review Panel (Brussels) 2. Reviewer: Funding Agencies National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Geographic Society, Smithsonian Institution Fellowships and Grants, Wenner-Gren Foundation, L.S.B. Leakey Foundation, American Center of Oriental Research, Israel Science Foundation. 3. Reviewer: Journals, Publishers American Antiquity, National Geographic Research, Paléorient, Current

Anthropology, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Journal of Field

Archaeology, The Kiva, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology; Holocene, Journal of

Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge Press, British Academy Monographs in Archaeology; U. Texas Press, Peabody Museum Press (Harvard), commercial book publishers.


VII. OTHER ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES AND ACHIEVEMENTS A. Scholarly Awards and Honors

1982-83 Faculty Scientific Research Medal, Yarmouk University, Jordan. 1985-90 Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, San Diego State University. (Three awards). 1987 San Diego State University Faculty Research Fellow. 1990-91 Fulbright Lecturing/Research Scholarship, India. 2003 University of California Regent’s Lecturer, UC-Riverside, Winter quarter. 2003 Selection of ‘Ain Ghazal to the World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites 2004 P.E. McCallister Award for Accomplishments in Field Archaeology, American Schools of Oriental Research. 2009-10 Kershaw Lecturer, Archaeological Institute of America. 2014 Guest of Honor, “Evening with a Visiting Scholar”, Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, April 29. 2014 University of Jordan Award for Service to Education and the Country, May 18. 2014 Presented a festschrift titled Settlement, Survey, and Stone. Essays on Near

Eastern Archaeology in Honour of Gary Rollefson, B. Finlayson and C. Makarewicz (eds.). Berlin: ex oriente. B. Research Grants

National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowships, 1980, 1999, 2007 $ 50,000 National Geographic Society Grants, 1983, ‘84, ‘85, ‘88, ‘89. 112,646 National Endowment for the Humanities, Basic Research, Outright Grant, 1988 20,000 National Endowment for the Humanities, Matching Funds, 1988, 1989 60,000 U.S. Agency for International Development Research Grant, 1993 22,000 A. Haury Foundation Research Grants, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1996 43,000 Yarmouk University Research Grants 1983, 1984 50,500 Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University, 1983, 1984, 1988 15,000 Department of Antiquities of Jordan Research Grant, 1982 15,000 Friends of ‘Ain Ghazal, 1995, 1998, 1999 17,110 San Diego State University Research Grants,


1985, 1986, 1987 5,900 ASOR Endowment for Biblical Research travel grant, 1998 1,296 Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (Jordan), 2000 3,000 Louis B. Perry Summer Research Award (Whitman College), 2001, ‘02, ‘04, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10, ‘11, ‘12, ’13, ’14, ‘15 118,863 Whitman College Aid to Faculty Scholarship and Instructional Development grant Whitman 2001, ‘02, ‘03,’05, ‘06 ‘07, ‘08, ‘09,’10, 11,12, 13 24,935 Council of American Overseas Research Centers Senior Research Fellowship 2002, 2010, 2013 58,400 United States Embassy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2,374 National Science Foundation, Co-PI with nine others, 2009 416,526 ExxonMobil Saudi Arabia Corp, Co-PI with 3 others, 2008, 2009, 2010 225,000 Whitman College – Saudi Arabia research 2009 5,000 Princeton U., U. Miami, U. Delaware, 2008-2009, Co-PI with 3 others 85,000 American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) , Amman, Jordan, 2011 5,000 Whitman College publication subvention grants 2010, 2013 4,000 Grants awarded but not accepted American Philosophical Society, 1998 $ 2,800 Louis B. Perry Summer Research Award (Whitman College), 2003 8,000 C. Participation in Professional Associations American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) ASOR Committee on Archaeological Policy 1985-1989, 1998-2011 ASOR NEH Committee, 1998- 2000 Prehistory Section Chair, 2000-2007, 2008-2009, 2011-2015 Society for American Archaeology (1978-2011) American Anthropological Association (Fellow) (Withdrew 2004) Council for British Research in the Levant, 2006 – present European Association of Archaeologists 2015 - present American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) NEH Committee, 2012, 2015 D. Other Activities

Archaeology Exhibits 1983 “Prehistoric Jordan: The Past Half-Million Years”. United States Information Service, Amman, Jordan. (12 April - 30 September 1983). (Designer, assembler, catalog author). 1996 “Preserving Ancient Statues from Jordan.” Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. (July 26 1996 to April 6 1997). (Consultant). 2000 “Statuary from ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan.” Part of the Jordan Exposition, Hildesheim Museum, Hannover-Hildesheim, Germany, June (Consultant). Archaeological Tour Leader 2000 “Splendors of Syria”. Two-week archaeological tour of Syria for Far Horizons, Inc May 20-June 3.


2001 “The Grandeur of Jordan”. Two-week archaeological tour of Jordan for Brown University and Far Horizons, Inc, June 3-15. 2002 “The Grandeur of Petra and the Splendors of Jordan”. Two-week archaeological tour of Jordan for Far Horizons, Inc., May 31-June 13. 2004 “The Grandeur of Jordan”. Two-week archaeological tour of Jordan for Far Horizons, Inc., early June. 2006 “The Wonders of Jordan”. Two-week archaeological tour of Jordan for the Archaeological Institute of America and Far Horizons, Inc., May 27-June 9. 2007 “Splendors of Syria.” Two-week archaeological tour in March for Far Horizons, Inc., March 9-26. 2007 “The Grandeur of Petra and the Splendors of Jordan”. Two-week archaeological tour of Jordan for Far Horizons, Inc., May 28-June 9. 2008 “Splendors of Syria.” Two-week archaeological tour in March for Far Horizons, Inc., March 28-April 12. 2008 “The Grandeur of Petra and the Splendors of Jordan”. Two-week archaeological tour of Jordan for Archaeological Institute of America, April 13-28. 2009-2010 “Egypt and Jordan.” Whitman College Alumni Trip, December 29, 2009 to January 13, 2010. 2011 “The Grandeur of Petra and the Splendors of Jordan”. Two-week archaeological tour for Far Horizons, May. 2013 “The Grandeur of Petra and the Splendors of Jordan”. Two-week archaeological tour for Far Horizons, March. 2014 “The Grandeur of Petra and the Splendors of Jordan”. Two-week archaeological tour for Far Horizons, April. 2015 “The Grandeur of Petra and the Splendors of Jordan”. Two-week archaeological tour for Far Horizons, March. Professional Conferences and Seminars 1973 Comparative Dimensional Analysis of Middle Paleolithic Assemblages from North Africa, the Levant and SW Europe. Paper presented to the 3rd Bi-Annual

Meeting of African Archaeologists, Boston. (With D. Graybill). 1980 Early Athabaskan Occupation in Northwestern New Mexico: New Archaeological Evidence. Paper presented to the 45th Annual Meeting of the

Society for American Archaeology (SAA), Philadelphia. (With A. Simmons). 1982 The Neolithic Village of ‘Ain Ghazal (Jordan). Paper presented to the Annual

Meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR), New York. 1983a The Environment of the Shobak Area During the Late Pleistocene. Invited paper presented, 2nd International Conference on the History and Archaeology of

Jordan, Amman. 1983b Second Season of Excavations at PPNB ‘Ain Ghazal (Jordan). Paper presented to the Annual Meetings of ASOR, Dallas. 1984a Man, Nature and the Supernatural: Sociocultural Evidence from 7th Millennium Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal. Invited paper presented to the Symposium on

Anthropology in Jordan: The State of the Art, Amman.


Professional Conferences and Seminars (Continued) 1984b New Light on Early Neolithic Adaptations in the Near East: Excavations at ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Paper presented to the 49th Annual Meetings of the SAA, Washington. (With A. Simmons and I. Köhler-Rollefson). 1984c The Third Campaign of Excavations at ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Paper presented to the Annual Meetings of ASOR, Chicago. (With A. Simmons). 1984d The Early Neolithic Community of ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Invited paper for the Plenary Session of the Annual Meetings of ASOR, Chicago. 1984e Architecture at Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal: Innovation and Renovation in a 7th Millennium Village. Invited paper for the Annual Meeting of the American

Anthropological Association, Chicago (with A. Simmons). 1985a ‘Ain Ghazal, an Early Neolithic Community in Jordan. Paper presented to the

50th Annual Meeting of the SAA, St. Louis (with A. Simmons). 1985b New Cache of Early Neolithic Plaster Statuary from ‘Ain Ghazal (1985). Paper presented to the Annual Meetings of ASOR, Anaheim. 1986a Neolithic Adaptive Strategies and Economy in the Levant: Re-Evaluating Some Common Assumptions. Paper presented to the 51st Annual Meeting of the

SAA, New Orleans (with A. Simmons and I. Köhler-Rollefson). 1986b Local and Regional Relations in the Levantine PPN Period. Invited paper presented to the 3rd International Conference on the History and

Archaeology of Jordan, Tübingen. 1986c The Neolithic Community of ‘Ain Ghazal. Invited paper presented to the Prehistory of Jordan Workshop, Tübingen (with A. Simmons). 1986d Chipped Stone Industries from ‘Ain Ghazal: Implications for the “Desert Neolithic” of Jordan. Invited paper for the Prehistory of Jordan Workshop, Tübingen. 1986e The Plaster Statuary from Early Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal. Invited paper for the Special Session on Jordanian Archaeology, Annual Meetings of ASOR, Atlanta. 1987a Cultural Degradation of the Environment During the Neolithic (9,000-7,000 BP): Faunal Evidence from ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Paper presented to the XIIth

INQUA Conference, Ottawa (with I. Köhler-Rollefson). 1987b ‘Ain Ghazal: Emergence and Consequences of Early Neolithic Population Aggregation. Invited paper for the 9th Symposium of Man, California State University, Fullerton. 1988 The Aceramic Neolithic of ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. C.N.R.S. Colloquium on the

Prehistory of the Levant, Lyon, France. 1989a Human Impact on the Neolithic Environment: Evidence from ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Invited paper, Symposium on the Impact of Ancient Man on the

Landscape of the Eastern Mediterranean Region and the Near East, Groningen, Netherlands. (With I. Köhler-Rollefson). 1989b Aceramic Neolithic Settlement Patterns in Northern Jordan and Palestine. Invited paper presented to the 4th International Conference on the History

and Archaeology of Jordan, Lyon, France.


Professional Conferences and Seminars (Continued) 1989c The Changing Function of the ‘Ain Ghazal Settlement in the Neolithic Period. Paper presented to the 4th International Symposium on the History and

Archaeology of Jordan, Lyon, France. 1989e Excavations at Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal: Results of the 1988 and 1989 Seasons. Paper presented to the Annual Meetings of ASOR, Anaheim. 1990a Early Neolithic Exploitation Patterns in the Levant: Cultural Impact on the Environment. Invited paper for the American Association for the

Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, New Orleans (with I. Köhler- Rollefson). 1990b Analytical Excellence, Interpretive Mediocrity: The Gap Between Technologists and Archaeologists. Invited paper presented to the Society for Materials

Analysis Meetings, San Francisco. 1990c Discussant, Zagros Prehistory Symposium, Annual Meeting of the SAA, Las Vegas. 1990d The Early 6th Millennium Neolithic at ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan: Documentation of the PPNC Cultural Phase. Paper presented to the 3rd International

Symposium on Upper Paleolithic, Epipaleolithic and Neolithic Populations of Europe and the Mediterranean Basin, Budapest, Hungary. 1990e Cultural Adaptation and Environmental Response: Neolithic Effects on the Ecology of the Levant. Invited paper presented to the International Seminar

on Environmental Change and Human Response: The Last Two Million Years, Pune, India. 1991 The Dilemma of Interpreting Prehistoric Social Phenomena: A Case Study from Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Invited paper for the 78th Indian Science

Congress, Indore, India. 1992a Neolithic Development in the Southern Levant: The View from ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Department of Anthropology Colloquium series, UCSD. 1992b Burin Variability at Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Invited paper presented to the 5th International Conference on the History and Archaeology of

Jordan, Irbid, Jordan. 1992c Stylistic Variation Among the Plaster Statues from Jericho and ‘Ain Ghazal. Invited paper presented to the 5th International Conference on the History

and Archaeology of Jordan, Irbid, Jordan. 1992d Burin Technotypology: A Comparative Analysis. Paper presented to the Workshop on Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Early Pottery Neolithic Research in Jordan, Irbid, Jordan. 1993 Preliminary Scraper, Knife and Drill Typology at ‘Ain Ghazal. Invited paper presented to the Workshops on PPN Lithic Industries, Free University, Berlin. 1995a Early PPNB Abu Hudhud, Jordan. Invited paper, Workshops on PPN Lithics

Industries, University of Warsaw. 1995b Ritual and Social Structure at Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal. Invited paper, Annual

Meeting of the SAA, Minneapolis. 1995c Landscape and Land Use at Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal. Invited paper, Sixth Int’l Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan, Turin, Italy.


Professional Conferences and Seminars (Continued) 1995d Changing Resource Utilization at ‘Ain Ghazal: Evidence from the 1993-1994 Excavations. Paper presented at the 6th Int’l Conference on the History and

Archaeology of Jordan, Turin, Italy. (with Z. Kafafi). 1996 Jordan: Early Neolithic Experiments in Proto-Urban Life. Poster session for British Association for Near East Archaeology meetings, Oxford, Dec 12-14. (With H.-D. Bienert and H.G. Gebel). 1997a Economic, Social and Religious Organization at ‘Ain Ghazal. Colloquium held at Tel Aviv University, March 1997. 1997b Central Settlements: Proto-Urban Tribal Centers? Keynote address (with H-D. Bienert and H.G. Gebel), Symposium on Central Settlements in Neolithic

Jordan, Petra, Jordan, July. 1997c Proto-Urbanism: A New Concept of Social Organization in the Early Neolithic. Invited paper for the Symposium on Central Settlements in Neolithic Jordan, Petra, Jordan, July. 1997d “Temples and Cult at ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan.” Cohodas Lecture, Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem, August. 1997e Paleolithic Excavations at ‘Ain Soda, Azraq, Jordan. Invited lecture for the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Lecture Series, Berlin, October. 1997f The Excavations at ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Invited lecture for the Deutsches

Archäologisches Institut Lecture Series, Berlin, October. 1997g Prehistoric Site Preservation: The Problems with Megasites Such as ‘Ain Ghazal. Invited paper for “Jordan Forum” at the Annual Meetings of the

American Schools of Oriental Research, Napa, November. 1997h The 1997 Excavations in Azraq Shishan: Preliminary Results of the Stone Tool Analysis. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Schools of

Oriental Research, Napa, November. 1997i Discussant, "Theorie des sozialen Wandels: Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft in Jäger-und-Sammler Gruppen" and "Ursachen und Folgen der Neolithisierung für die Gesellschaft." Zentrum für Interdiziplinäre Forschung, Universität Bielefeld (Germany), December. 1998a Organizer and Principal Lecturer, Workshop on Lithic Technology and

Typology. Jericho, March 1998. 1998b Jordan in the 7th and 6th Millennia B.C. Principal presentation, Seventh

International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan, Copenhagen, June. 1998c Brooding About Breeding: Herding at the Beginning of the Animal Domestication Process. Invited paper for the international workshop The

Transition from Foraging to Farming, Groningen, Netherlands, September. (With Ilse Köhler-Rollefson). 1999 Early Holocene Oasis Exploitation at Azraq (Jordan). Society for American

Archaeology Meetings, Chicago, March. (With L. Quintero and P. Wilke). 2000a Tents in the Desert: The Emergence of Pastoral Nomads. Society for Biblical

Literature Meetings, Gonzaga University, April. 2000b Acheulian Technology: A View from Jordan. Society for American

Archaeology Meetings, Philadelphia, April. (With L. Quintero and P. Wilke).


Professional Conferences and Seminars (Continued) 2000c Early Neolithic Hunting and Herding in the Azraq Wetlands, Eastern Jordan. American Schools of Oriental Research Meetings, Nashville, November. (With P. Wilke and L. Quintero). 2001a Grave Consequences: A Reconsideration of Demographic Statistics Based on the ‘Ain Ghazal Data. American Schools of Oriental Research Meetings, Boulder, November. 2001b The Acheulian of Fossil Springs Canyon, el-Jafr Basin, Southeastern Jordan. American Schools of Oriental Research Meetings, Boulder, November. (With L. Quintero and P. Wilke). 2001c Evidence of an Enormous Industry for the Production of Tabular Scraper Blanks in the el-Jafr Basin of Southeastern Jordan.. American Schools of Oriental

Research Meetings, Boulder, November (with P. Wilke & L. Quintero). 2002a Neolithic ‘Ayn Ghazal: Considerations of Site Preservation and Site Presentation. International Conference on Science & Technology in

Archaeology and Conservation, Hashemite University, Zarqa (Jordan), August 12-18. 2002b Holy Smoke and Hallowed Ground: Neolithic Architecture, Features and Ritual at ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Paper presented to the Domesticating Space:

Landscapes and Site Structure in the Prehistoric Near East conference, Toronto, 19-20 November 2002. 2002c The Jafr Acheulian Assemblages and Pleistocene Lakeshore Levels. American

Schools of Oriental Research Meetings, Toronto, November (with P. Wilke & L. Quintero). 2003a Neolithic Religion and Society: Evolution at ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Pacific

Northwest Annual Meetings, American Schools of Oriental Research, Moscow ID, April. 2003b Chair, Prehistoric Archaeology I session, American Schools of Oriental

Research Meetings, Atlanta, November. 2003c The Percussion Blade Industry of the Late Prehistoric al-Jafr Industrial Complex. American Schools of Oriental Research Meetings, Atlanta, November (with L. Quintero and P. Wilke). 2004a The Piercing Tools from LPPNB al-Basît and ‘Ain al-Jammam, Southern Jordan. Paper presented to the 5th International Workshop on PPN Chipped

Stone Industries, Fréjus (Nice), March. 2004b The Naviform Core-and-Blade Industry in Orthoquartzite at ‘Ain Jammam, Jordan. Paper presented to the 5th International Workshop on PPN Chipped

Stone Industries, Fréjus (Nice, France), March. (With L. Quintero, P. Wilke, and H.G.K. Gebel). 2004c “Rethinking Lower Paleolithic Biface Techno-Typology in the Levant”. Colloquium at the Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, March 26. 2004d “A Reconsideration of the PPN koine: Cultural Diversity and Centralities”. Paper delivered to the 4th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Berlin, April.


Professional Conferences and Seminars (Continued) 2004e Co-Organizer, Co-Chair, and Synthesizer of the Session “Towards New Frameworks: Supra-Regional Concepts in Near Eastern Neolithization”. 4th

International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Berlin, April. (With H.G.K. Gebel , M. Özdogan, and Klaus Schmidt). 2004f “Paleoclimatology with Radiocarbon Dates: Case Studies to Identify the 8.2 ka calBP Event on Archaeological Sites in the Near East, Anatolia, and Southern Europe”. 4th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient

Near East, Berlin, April. (With B. Weninger and O. Jöris). 2004g Chair, Session on “Late Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Pottery Issues”. 4th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near

East, Berlin, April. 2004h The Rise and Fall of Towns in Neolithic Jordan: The Case of ‘Ain Ghazal. Invited paper for the symposium Jordanien: Neue Archäologische Forschung

am Kreuzungsweg alter Hochkulturen”, sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Berlin, October. 2004i Organizer, Prehistory Sessions I and II, Annual Meetings of the American

Schools of Oriental Research, San Antonio. 2004j “A Lower/Middle Paleolithic Blade Facies from ‘Ayn Soda, Eastern Jordan: A Southern Example of the Hummalian Industry?” Paper presented at the American Schools of Oriental Research Meetings, November. With L. Quintero and P. Wilke. 2004k Friend, Foe or Family: Who Provided the PPNB Skulls? Paper presented to the conference on den Totenkult im neolithischen Palästina (The Cult of the

Dead in Neolithic Palestine), the German Society for Palestine Research, Gießen, November. 2004l “East Jordan Perspectives on the “Levantine Corridor”. Paper presented to the 8th International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan. Petra, Jordan, May. (With L. Quintero and P. Wilke). 2005a From al-Jafr to el-Kowm: the Lacustrine Corridor and the Acheulian in the Eastern Levant. Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake, April. (with Philip J. Wilke and Leslie A. Quintero). 2005b The Acheulian of ‘Ain Soda and the al-Jafr Basin, Jordan. Annual

Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake, April. (with Leslie A. Quintero and Philip J. Wilke). 2005c Technology, Use-Life History and Typology of Acheulian Bifaces from ‘Ain Soda, Jordan. Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake, April. (with Philip J. Wilke and Leslie A. Quintero). 2005d Late Acheulian Variability in the Southern Levant: A Contrast of the Western and Eastern Wings of the Levantine Corridor.” Paper delivered to the Annual

Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Philadelphia, November 18, 2005. 2006a Late Prehistoric Desert Sanctuaries in Southern Jordan. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Washington, DC, November 15-19.


Professional Conferences and Seminars (Continued) 2006b Charming Lives: Birth, Mortality, and Figurines in the Early Neolithic of the Southern Levant. Invited paper for The Neolithic Demographic Transition

and Its Consequences conference, Harvard University, December 8-10. 2006c Climate Forcing Due to the 8200 calBP Event Observed at Early Neolithic Sites in the Eastern Mediterranean.” Poster for the 5th International Congress on

the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Madrid, April (contributor with B. Weninger and eight others). 2007a Ahlan wa Sahlan: Measuring the Impact of Early LPPNB Immigration into Highland Jordan. 10th International Conference on the History and

Archaeology of Jordan, Washington, DC, May 23-28 (with Kerry Pine). 2007b “Praising the Almighty: Late Prehistoric Desert Sanctuaries in Wadi Ramm, Southern Jordan.” Paper presented to the conference Standing Stones,

Anthropomorphic Stelae: Cultic aspects of the Fourth and Third Millennia BC in Arabia and the Southern Levant, University of Jordan, Amman, June 15-17. 2007c Chair, Discussion Section, Standing Stones, Anthropomorphic Stelae: Cultic

aspects of the Fourth and Third Millennia BC in Arabia and the Southern Levant, University of Jordan, Amman, June 15-17. 2007d Later Prehistory in the Wadi Ramm. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, San Diego, November 14-17. 2008a “Leave No Stone Unturned: ACOR’s Expansion into Prehistory.” Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental

Research, Boston, November 19-22. 2008b “The Late Prehistoric Wissad Necropolis in the Eastern Badia of Jordan.” Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental

Research, Boston, November 19-22, with Alex Wasse. 2009a “Blood Loss: Realignments in Community Social Structures During the LPPNB of Highland Jordan.” Invited paper for the International Conference on the

Segregation and Construction of Social Identities at the Transition from Foraging to Farming, University of Freiburg, Germany, January 29-31, 2009. 2009b Session co-chair, International Conference on the Segregation and

Construction of Social Identities at the Transition from Foraging to Farming, University of Freiburg, Germany, January 29-31, 2009. 2009c Rapid Climate Change in the eastern Mediterranean during the Holocene, with Special Emphasis on the Archaeology of the 8600-8000 calBP Interval. Bernhard Weninger, Lee Clare, Olaf Jöris, Eelco Rohling, Gary Rollefson. Paper presented to the German Archaeological Institute, Istanbul, April 9. 2009d Co-Organizer and chair, Prehistoric Jordan: Recent and Future Research. Amman, Jordan, May 25-28, 2009 (with Bill Finlayson). 2009e “The Neolithic/Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Settlement at Maitland’s Mesa, Eastern Jordan.” Contributing author with Yorke Rowan and Alexander Wasse. Prehistoric Jordan: Recent and Future Research. Amman, Jordan, May.


Professional Conferences and Seminars (Continued) 2009f “In Loving and Lasting Memory: The 6th to 4th Millennia BC Necropolis at Wissad Pools, Eastern Jordan.” Contributing author with Alexander Wasse and Yorke Rowan. Prehistoric Jordan: Recent and Future Research. Amman, Jordan, May 25-28, 2009. 2009g “The Lower and Middle Paleolithic Industries of ‘Ain Soda, Azraq Oasis.” Senior author with L. Quintero and P. Wilke. Prehistoric Jordan: Recent and

Future Research. Amman, Jordan, May 25-28. 2009h “Bawwabah al-Ghazal: A Neolithic Pastoralist Hunting Camp in the South Azraq Marshland.” Prehistoric Jordan: Recent and Future Research. Amman, Jordan, May24-28. Senior author with P. Wilke and L. Quintero. 2009i Conference organizer and Session Chair, Prehistoric Jordan: Past and Future

Research. Amman, Jordan, May 25-28. 2009i “The Regional Survey of the Jurash Project, Asir Province, Saudi Arabia, 2009.” Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of

Oriental Research, New Orleans, November. 2009j Discussant, “The Archaeology of Prehistoric Communities: Theoretical Concerns. The Placing and Spacing of Prehistoric Communities.” Annual

Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, New Orleans, November. 2009k The Glory Belongs to Our Ancestors: The Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal Statues and Plastered Skulls. Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental

Research, New Orleans, November 2009. 2009l Co-Organizer, the Prehistoric Session, American Schools of Oriental

Research, New Orleans, November. 2010a Pastoral Triumph over Challenge: Late Neolithic Social Restructuring and the Opportunities in the Badia. Paper presented to the 11th International

Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan, Paris, June 7-14. 2010b Religion, Power and Social Order in the MPPNB and LPPNB at ‘Ain Ghazal.

Invited paper presented to the Conference on the Neolithic of

Anatolia and Adjacent Regions, Çatal Höyük, Turkey, July 27-28. 2010c Discussant of papers presented in the session titled “Community-Based Practice and Collaboration in Near Eastern Archaeology,” Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Atlanta, November 2010.

2010d Mr. Big: Honoring Leaders of Late Prehistoric Pastoral Societies in Jordan’s Eastern Badia. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

Schools of Oriental Research, Atlanta, November 2010. 2010e Living with the Dead -Mortuary Landscapes in the Badlands of Jordan. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental

Research, Atlanta, November. (Contributor with Morag Kersel and Yorke Rowan).

2010f Co-Organizer, Prehistory Session, Annual Meetings of the Annual Meeting of

the American Schools of Oriental Research, Atlanta, November 2010.


Professional Conferences and Seminars (Continued)

2011a Earth surface processes and the decline of the early Neolithic site of Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Poster presentation, Annual Meeting of the Arbeitskreis

Geoarchäologie, Universität Heidelberg, May 6-8. (Contributor with 8 others: Christoph Zielhofer, Lee Claire, Gary Rollefson, Stefan Wächter,

Christopher Roettig, Heike Bullmann, Birgit Schneider, Hubert Berke, Bernhard Weninger.

2011b Late Prehistoric Seasonal Pastoral Aggregation Patterns in the Eastern Badia of Jordan. Invited paper for Present Research on Protohistoric Settlement in the

Desert Areas of Jordan, l’Institut Français du Proche-Orient, French embassy- Amman, and Hussein bin Talal University, Wadi Musa, July 12-13. 2011c Session chair, Present Research on Protohistoric Settlement in the

Desert Areas of Jordan, Wadi Musa, Jordan, July 12. 2011d Architectural and Functional Variability at Trayf al-Maragh, Wadi Ramm. Invited paper, Université Nancy II First Multidisciplinary Conference on the

Natural and Cultural History of Wadi Ramm. Wadi Ramm, Jordan, November 11-13.

2011e Co-Organizer, the Prehistoric Session, American Schools of Oriental

Research, San Francisco, November. 2011f Mortals in the Land of Conjecture. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of

the American School of Oriental Research, San Francisco, November, with Yorke Rowan and Megan Perry. 2012a But It’s a Dry Heat. Really? Recent Research into the Late Neolithic Exploitation of the Badia in Eastern Jordan. Paper presented to the 8th

International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Warsaw, April 30-May 4 (with Y. Rowan and M. Perry). 2012b Session Chair, 8th International Conference on the Archaeology of the

Ancient Near East, Warsaw, April 30-May 4. 2012c Maitland’s Mesa: A Seasonal Pastoral and Ritual Site. Annual Meeting of the

American Schools of Oriental Research, Chicago, November 16. 2012d Session Chair, Prehistoric Archaeology, Annual Meeting of the

American Schools of Oriental Research, Chicago, November 16. 2013a Little Houses on the Prairie: Jordan’s Eastern Badia in the Late 7th Millennium BC. World Archaeological Congress-7, Amman, Jordan, January 14. 2013b ‘Ain Ghazal: A Neolithic Town prima inter pares. Invited seminar presentation, Université Lyon 2, Lyon, France, January. 2013c Late Prehistoric Pastoral Groups in Jordan’s Black Desert. Invited seminar

presentation, Université Lyon 2, Lyon, France, January. 2013d Late Neolithic Colonization of the Badia in Eastern Jordan. 12th International

Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan, Berlin, May 5-8. 2013e Greener Pastures: Settling into a Hospitable Badia during the 7th Millennium BC. Keynote presentation for the conference From sedentism to complex

society: settlement, economy, environment, and cult, hosted by the Deutsches Archäologishes Institut, Aqaba, Jordan, November 12-15.


Professional Conferences and Seminars (Continued) 2013f Excavations at Late Prehistoric Wisad Pools, Eastern Jordan. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, November 22, Baltimore. (Senior author with Yorke Rowan and Alex Wasse). 2014a A Broader and Narrower View of “Community Archaeology” in Jordan. Invited paper delivered to Jordan Science Conference, University of Jordan, May 8. 2014b Challenges: New and Not-So-New. Invited paper for the symposium Together Ahead in Safeguarding Jordan’s Culture and Heritage. Madaba (Jordan), June 2. 2014c I Am ‘We’: The Display of Socioeconomic Politics of Neolithic Commodification. Invited paper for the 9th International Congress on the

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Basel, Switzerland, June 10. 2014d Late 8th and 7th Millennium Turmoil in Neolithic Jordan. Invited paper for the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Basel, Switzerland, June 10. 2014e Discussant and rapporteur. Bridging Continents: Earliest Neolithic

Communities Across Anatolia, Şanliurfa, Turkey, September 21-23. 2014f Green Hues in the Black Desert: Implied Mid-Holocene Grasslands in Eastern Jordan. Invited paper for “Levantine Paleoenvironments, Paleoclimates, and Human Populations – Pleistocene-Holocene” session of the 8th International

Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology, Muǧla University, Turkey. 2014g Chair, Prehistoric Archaeology session, Annual Meeting of the American

Schools of Oriental Research, November, San Diego. 2014h Late Neolithic Architectural Complexity in Jordan’s Black Desert. Annual

Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, November, San Diego (with Y. Rowan, A. Wasse, and M. Kersel). 2015a Excavation and Survey in the Wadi al-Qattafi, Jordan: Results of the 2015 Season. Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, November, Atlanta. (with Y. Rowan, A. Wasse, A. Hill, and M. Kersel). 2015b Late Neolithic Paleolandscapes in the Black Desert of Jordan. Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeology, Glasgow, Scotland, Sept 2-5. 2016a Late Neolithic Variability in Lithic Technology and Typology from Two areas of the Black Desert of Jordan. 13th

International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan, May 22-26. 2016b Investigations of Prehistoric Exploitation in Jordan’s Black Desert. 13th

International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan, May 22-26. (With Y. Rowan, A. Wasse and A.C. Hill). E. Professional Consultancies 1993 Consultant, Greater Amman Archaeology and Tourism Development, Amman, USAID, June-August. 1994 Consultant, Establishment of an Archaeological Field School for the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Cairo, American Research Center in Egypt and USAID, December.


E. Professional Consultancies (continued)

1997- Consultant and Advisor, Ba’ja (Jordan) Archaeological Project, H.G.K. Gebel 2001 (Director), Free University of Berlin, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 seasons. 2001 Consultant, Department of Antiquities of Jordan, Amman, “Recommendations for Conservation Treatment of the ‘Ain Ghazal Statues”. 2004 Consultant, Department of Antiquities of Jordan and the Municipality of Amman, development of the ‘Ain Ghazal Archaeological Park. 2004 Consultant, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the National Museum of Jordan, prehistoric exhibits in Jordanian museums. 2006 Evaluation of the “Evolution of Grasslands” Research Group at Tübingen University, Tübingen, Germany, April 17-20, 2006, sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, the equivalent of the US National Science Foundation). 2011 Assessment of Damage to Kharaneh IV and Measures to Reduce Future Threats to the Site. Department of Antiquities of Jordan, April 28-May 3. 2014 Field consultant, Department of Antiquities of Jordan, Highway Construction Archaeological Survey, South Azraq Harra, July.

F. Other Academic Activity

1. University of Edinburgh, External Examiner (1995) for Ph.D. thesis submitted by Carole McCartney, Department of Archaeology. 2. University of California-Riverside, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee for Leslie Quintero, oral defense January, 1997, dissertation submission January 1998. 3. La Trobe University (Australia), External Examiner (2003) for Ph.D. dissertation by Ghattas Sayej, Archaeology program. 4. External member, Ph.D. committee, Nathan Goodale, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University 2003- 2009. 5. External member, Ph.D. committee, Taryn Rampley, Department of Anthropology, University of California-Riverside, 2004 - 2008. 6. External member, Ph.D. committee, Marc W. Hintzman, Department of Anthropology, University of California-Riverside, 2005-2007. 7. External member, Ph.D. committee, Wael Abu-Azizeh, Université Paris, 2008-2010. 8. External member, Promotion Committee, Dr. Susan Cohen, Department of History and Philosophy, Montana State University, 2012-13. 9. External Member, Doctoral thesis defense, Janine Major, Department of Archaeology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia, 2012-13. 10. External member, doctoral thesis defense, Rania Ayyoubi, ‘Université de Lyon 2, Lyon, France, 2012-2013. 11. External member, doctoral defense, Theresa Barket, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California, 2016.

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