Outputs (3)

The Invisible Dead Project: A Methodology for "Coping" with the Dead (2016)
Book Chapter
Bradbury, J., & Philip, G. (2017). The Invisible Dead Project: A Methodology for "Coping" with the Dead. In C. Felli (Ed.), How to cope with death : mourning and funerary practices in the Ancient Near East. Edizioni ETS

Despite the multitude of burial, cremation and disposal options now available in modern society, current western attitudes to death often bring with them expectations of ‘normality’. There is a general belief that, despite the distances of time and s... Read More about The Invisible Dead Project: A Methodology for "Coping" with the Dead.

Settlement in the Upper Orontes Valley from the Neolithic to the Islamic Period: an instance of punctuated equilibrium (2016)
Book Chapter
Philip, G., & Bradbury, J. (2016). Settlement in the Upper Orontes Valley from the Neolithic to the Islamic Period: an instance of punctuated equilibrium. In D. Parayre (Ed.), Le fleuve rebelle. Géographie historique du moyen Oronte d'Elba à l'époque médiévale (377-395). Presses de l'Ifpo. https://doi.org/10.4000/syria.4966

This paper seeks to outline the main developments in settlement organization in the Orontes Valley around the modern city of Homs from the Neolithic through to the Islamic period. Data drawn from ten seasons of fieldwork undertaken by the project Set... Read More about Settlement in the Upper Orontes Valley from the Neolithic to the Islamic Period: an instance of punctuated equilibrium.

Long term population, city size and climate trends in the Fertile Crescent: a first approximation (2016)
Journal Article
Lawrence, D., Philip, G., Hunt, H., Snape-Kennedy, L., & Wilkinson, T. (2016). Long term population, city size and climate trends in the Fertile Crescent: a first approximation. PLoS ONE, 11(3), Article e0152563. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152563

Over the last 8000 years the Fertile Crescent of the Near East has seen the emergence of urban agglomerations, small scale polities and large territorial empires, all of which had profound effects on settlement patterns. Computational approaches, inc... Read More about Long term population, city size and climate trends in the Fertile Crescent: a first approximation.