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Sasanian landscapes of the Gorgan Plain: new insights from remote sensing and field survey (2022)
Book Chapter
Hopper, K., Omrani Rekavandi, H., Ricci, A., Welton, L., Lawrence, D., & Philip, G. (2022). Sasanian landscapes of the Gorgan Plain: new insights from remote sensing and field survey. In E. Sauer, J. Nokandeh, & H. Omrani Rekavandi (Eds.), Ancient Arms Race: Antiquity's Largest Fortresses and Sasanian Military Networks of Northern Iran: A joint fieldwork project by the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism and the University of E. Oxbow Books

s h i r ī n: What Place for Archaeology and Archaeologists during Wartime? (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Braemer, F., Kühne, H., Jamieson, A., & Philip, G. (2022). s h i r ī n: What Place for Archaeology and Archaeologists during Wartime?. In M. Silver (Ed.), . https://doi.org/10.1553/978oeaw83747

s h i r ī n is an initiative by the global community of scholars active in the fields of archaeology, art and history of the Ancient Near East. It brings together a significant proportion of the international research groups that were working in Syri... Read More about s h i r ī n: What Place for Archaeology and Archaeologists during Wartime?.

The characterisation of ceramic production from the Central Levant and Egyptian trade in the Pyramid Age (2021)
Journal Article
Badreshany, K., Sowada, K., Ownby, M., Jean, M., De Vreeze, M., McClymont, A., & Philip, G. (2022). The characterisation of ceramic production from the Central Levant and Egyptian trade in the Pyramid Age. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 41, Article 103309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103309

A recent petrographic study of ceramic jars from Giza imported into Egypt during the 4th Dynasty of the Pyramid Age (c. 2613–2494 BC) identified the original production zone as the Lebanese coast generally between Beirut and Tripoli, including the re... Read More about The characterisation of ceramic production from the Central Levant and Egyptian trade in the Pyramid Age.

Cultural Heritage Destruction during the Islamic State's Genocide against the Yazidis (2021)
Book Chapter
Fobbe, S., Navrouzov, N., Hopper, K., Khudida Burjus, A., Philip, G., Nawaf, M. G., …Mishko, F. (2021). Cultural Heritage Destruction during the Islamic State's Genocide against the Yazidis. In J. Rehman, A. Shahid, & S. Foster (Eds.), The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (111-114). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004466180_006

Discussions of the 2014 genocide committed by the Islámic Státe ágáinst the E zidî s (álso known ás 'Yázidis' or 'Yezidis') háve generálly focused on murder, slávery ánd sexuál exploitátion. In this páper we ánályze the destruction of E zidî tángible... Read More about Cultural Heritage Destruction during the Islamic State's Genocide against the Yazidis.

Potential of deep learning segmentation for the extraction of archaeological features from historical map series (2021)
Journal Article
Garcia-Molsosa, A., Orengo, H. A., Lawrence, D., Philip, G., Hopper, K., & Petrie, C. (2021). Potential of deep learning segmentation for the extraction of archaeological features from historical map series. Archaeological Prospection, 28(2), 187-199. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1807

Historical maps present a unique depiction of past landscapes, providing evidence for a wide range of information such as settlement distribution, past land use, natural resources, transport networks, toponymy and other natural and cultural data with... Read More about Potential of deep learning segmentation for the extraction of archaeological features from historical map series.

Conclusion (2020)
Book Chapter
Lawrence, D., Philip, G., & Altaweel, M. (2020). Conclusion. In D. Lawrence, M. Altaweel, & G. Philip (Eds.), New agendas in remote sensing and landscape archaeology in the Near East : studies in honour of Tony J. Wilkinson (321-327). Archaeopress

New Agendas in Remote Sensing and Landscape Archaeology in the Near East: Studies in Honour of Tony J. Wilkinson (2020)
Book
Lawrence, D., Altaweel, M., & Philip, G. (Eds.). (2020). New Agendas in Remote Sensing and Landscape Archaeology in the Near East: Studies in Honour of Tony J. Wilkinson. Archaeopress

New Agendas in Remote Sensing and Landscape Archaeology in the Near East is a collection of papers produced in honour of Tony James Wilkinson, who was Professor of Archaeology at Durham University from 2006 until his death in 2014. Though commemorati... Read More about New Agendas in Remote Sensing and Landscape Archaeology in the Near East: Studies in Honour of Tony J. Wilkinson.

Ceramic Studies and Petrographic Analysis in Levantine Archaeology, the Limitations of Current Approaches (2020)
Journal Article
Badreshany, K., & Philip, G. (2020). Ceramic Studies and Petrographic Analysis in Levantine Archaeology, the Limitations of Current Approaches. Levant, 52(1-2), 5-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2020.1786270

By way of an introduction to this volume, we look to provide a brief review of recent approaches to ceramic studies in Levantine archaeology, and to the way that the results of laboratory-based investigations have been integrated within these. As we... Read More about Ceramic Studies and Petrographic Analysis in Levantine Archaeology, the Limitations of Current Approaches.

Appendix III. Investigations of ancient canal systems in central and eastern Georgia (2020)
Book Chapter
Hopper, K., Lawrence, D., Pitskhelauri, K., & Philip, G. (2020). Appendix III. Investigations of ancient canal systems in central and eastern Georgia. In E. Sauer, L. Chologauri, A. Gabunia, K. Hopper, D. Lawrence, E. MacDonald, …et al. (Eds.), Dariali: the Caspian Gates' in the Caucasus from Antiquity to the Age of the Huns and the Middle Ages. The joint Georgian-British Dariali Gorge excavations & surveys 2013-2016 (937-954). Oxbow Books

Landscape investigations in the Dariali Pass, Georgia (2020)
Book Chapter
Hopper, K., Lawrence, D., Snape-Kennedy, L., Chologauri, L., Priestman, S., Pitskelauri, K., & Philip, G. (2020). Landscape investigations in the Dariali Pass, Georgia. In E. Sauer, L. Chologauri, A. Gabunia, K. Hopper, D. Lawrence, E. MacDonald, …A. E. A. Tiliakou (Eds.), Dariali: the Caspian Gates' in the Caucasus from Antiquity to the Age of the Huns and the Middle Ages. The joint Georgian-British Dariali Gorge excavations & surveys 2013-2016 (303-412). Oxbow Books

The Development of Integrated Regional Economies in the Early Bronze Age Levant: new evidence from "Combed-Ware" jars (2019)
Journal Article
Badreshany, K., Philip, G., & Kennedy, M. (2020). The Development of Integrated Regional Economies in the Early Bronze Age Levant: new evidence from "Combed-Ware" jars. Levant, 52(1-2), 160-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2019.1641009

This paper uses new petrographic and geochemical data (ICP-AES and -MS analyses) taken from samples of ‘Combed Ware’ jars occurring at sites on the Lebanese coast, the Bekaa Valley, the Orontes Valley around Homs and the North Jordan Valley, to inves... Read More about The Development of Integrated Regional Economies in the Early Bronze Age Levant: new evidence from "Combed-Ware" jars.

A tool and methodology for rapid assessment and monitoring of heritage places in a disaster and post-disaster context: Syria as a case study (2019)
Book Chapter
Vafadari, A., Philip, G., & Jennings, R. (2019). A tool and methodology for rapid assessment and monitoring of heritage places in a disaster and post-disaster context: Syria as a case study. In M. Dawson, E. James, & M. Nevell (Eds.), Heritage under pressure – threats and solutions : studies of agency and soft power in the historic environment (87-100). Oxbow

A geo-archaeological approach to the study of hydro-agricultural systems in arid areas of Western Syria (2018)
Journal Article
Geyer, B., Braemer, F., Davtian, G., & Philip, G. (2019). A geo-archaeological approach to the study of hydro-agricultural systems in arid areas of Western Syria. Journal of Arid Environments, 163, 93-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.11.005

Over the last 30 years, geoarchaeological surveys undertaken in the Near East have offered a powerful way of studying, inter alia, water supply systems at a microregional to regional scale. However, efforts to synthesize the results of surveys at a s... Read More about A geo-archaeological approach to the study of hydro-agricultural systems in arid areas of Western Syria.

Drinking on the Periphery: The Tell Nebi Mend Goblets in their Regional and Archaeometric Context (2018)
Journal Article
Kennedy, M., Badreshany, K., & Philip, G. (2020). Drinking on the Periphery: The Tell Nebi Mend Goblets in their Regional and Archaeometric Context. Levant, 52(1-2), 103-135. https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2018.1442076

This paper explores the late 3rd millennium BC goblet corpus from Tell Nebi Mend in the upper Orontes Valley, Syria, by comparing the form, size, petrographic and chemical composition of these drinking vessels. The available evidence suggests that Te... Read More about Drinking on the Periphery: The Tell Nebi Mend Goblets in their Regional and Archaeometric Context.

From Above and on the Ground: Geospatial Methods for Recording Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (2017)
Journal Article
Rayne, L., Bradbury, J., Mattingly, D., Philip, G., Bewley, R., & Wilson, A. (2017). From Above and on the Ground: Geospatial Methods for Recording Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa. Geosciences, 7(4), Article 100. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences7040100

The EAMENA (Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa) project is a collaboration between the Universities of Leicester, Oxford and Durham; it is funded by the Arcadia Fund and the Cultural Protection Fund. This paper explores the de... Read More about From Above and on the Ground: Geospatial Methods for Recording Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa.

Shifting Identities: the human corpse and treatment of the dead in the Levantine Bronze Age (2017)
Book Chapter
Bradbury, J., & Philip, G. (2017). Shifting Identities: the human corpse and treatment of the dead in the Levantine Bronze Age. In J. Bradbury, & C. Scarre (Eds.), Engaging with the dead : exploring changing human beliefs about death, mortality and the human body (87-102). Oxbow Books

Spanning a period of over two thousand years, the Bronze Age of the Levant (c.3600–1200 BC) is characterised by the emergence of urban society, growth of social complexity and, in the latter half of the period, the florescence of citystates and ‘grea... Read More about Shifting Identities: the human corpse and treatment of the dead in the Levantine Bronze Age.

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.

The mortuary facilities and their contents (2015)
Book Chapter
Peltenburg, E., Bolger, D., Campbell, S., Jackson, A., Lunt, D., Parras, Z., …Watt, M. (2015). The mortuary facilities and their contents. In E. Peltenburg (Ed.), Tell Jerablus Tahtani, Syria I: Mortuary Practices at an Early Bronze Age Fort on the Euphrates River (37-97). Council for British Research in the Levant

Climatic changes and social transformations in the Near East and North Africa during the ‘long’ 4th millennium BC: A comparative study of environmental and archaeological evidence (2015)
Journal Article
Clarke, J., Brooks, N., Banning Edward, B., Bar-Matthews, M., Campbell, S., Clare, L., …Zerboni, A. (2016). Climatic changes and social transformations in the Near East and North Africa during the ‘long’ 4th millennium BC: A comparative study of environmental and archaeological evidence. Quaternary Science Reviews, 136, 96-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.003

This paper explores the possible links between rapid climate change (RCC) and social change in the Near East and surrounding regions (Anatolia, central Syria, southern Israel, Mesopotamia, Cyprus and eastern and central Sahara) during the ‘long’ 4th... Read More about Climatic changes and social transformations in the Near East and North Africa during the ‘long’ 4th millennium BC: A comparative study of environmental and archaeological evidence.

Regional Power and Local Ecologies: Accumulated Population Trends and Human Impacts in the Northern Fertile Crescent (2015)
Journal Article
Lawrence, D., Philip, G., Wilkinson, K., Buylaert, J., Murray, A., Thompson, W., & Wilkinson, T. (2017). Regional Power and Local Ecologies: Accumulated Population Trends and Human Impacts in the Northern Fertile Crescent. Quaternary International, 437(Part B), 60-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.06.026

Archaeological data tend to be gathered at the local level: human agency also operates at this scale. By combining data from multiple surveys conducted within a larger area, it is possible to use local datasets to obtain a perspective on regional tre... Read More about Regional Power and Local Ecologies: Accumulated Population Trends and Human Impacts in the Northern Fertile Crescent.

Making the Dead Visible: Problems and solutions for "big" picture approaches to the past, and dealing with large "mortuary" datasets (2015)
Journal Article
Bradbury, J., Davies, D., Jay, M., Philip, G., Roberts, C., & Scarre, C. (2016). Making the Dead Visible: Problems and solutions for "big" picture approaches to the past, and dealing with large "mortuary" datasets. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 23(2), 561-591. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-015-9251-1

There can be few “bigger” questions than the nature and development of human experience and self-awareness and few better ways to study it than through the changing treatment of the dead over time. Funded by the John Templeton Foundation, the ‘Invisi... Read More about Making the Dead Visible: Problems and solutions for "big" picture approaches to the past, and dealing with large "mortuary" datasets.

Settlement in the upper Orontes Valley: a Preliminary Statement (2014)
Book Chapter
Philip, G., & Newson, P. (2014). Settlement in the upper Orontes Valley: a Preliminary Statement. In K. Bartl, & M. al-Maqdissi (Eds.), New Prospecting in the Orontes Region. First Results of Archaeological Fieldwork (33-39). Verlag Marie Leidorf

Contextualizing Early Urbanization: Settlement Cores, Early States and Agro-Pastoral Strategies in the Fertile Crescent during the Fourth and Third Millennia BC (2014)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, T., Philip, G., Bradbury, J., Dunford, R., Donoghue, D., Galiatsatos, N., …Smith, S. (2014). Contextualizing Early Urbanization: Settlement Cores, Early States and Agro-Pastoral Strategies in the Fertile Crescent during the Fourth and Third Millennia BC. Journal of World Prehistory, 27(1), 43-109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-014-9072-2

This paper employs data from selected sample survey areas in the northern Fertile Crescent to demonstrate how initial urbanization developed along several pathways. The first, during the Late Chalcolithic period, was within a dense pattern of rural s... Read More about Contextualizing Early Urbanization: Settlement Cores, Early States and Agro-Pastoral Strategies in the Fertile Crescent during the Fourth and Third Millennia BC.

Pre-classical activity in the basalt landscape of the Homs region, Syria: the implications for the development of “sub-optimal” zones in the Levant during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age (2010)
Journal Article
Philip, G., & Bradbury, J. (2010). Pre-classical activity in the basalt landscape of the Homs region, Syria: the implications for the development of “sub-optimal” zones in the Levant during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age. Levant, 42(2), 136-169. https://doi.org/10.1179/175638010x12797237885659

The article presents new evidence for activity of 4th and 3rd millennium BC date, from the basaltic landscape west of the Orontes River, near modern Homs, which provides an indication of the nature and extent of human activity at this time outside th... Read More about Pre-classical activity in the basalt landscape of the Homs region, Syria: the implications for the development of “sub-optimal” zones in the Levant during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age.

Beyond the Ubaid: Transformation and Integration in the Late Prehistoric Societies of the Middle East (2010)
Book
Carter, R., & Philip, G. (Eds.). (2010). Beyond the Ubaid: Transformation and Integration in the Late Prehistoric Societies of the Middle East. Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

Originally coined to signify a style of pottery in southern Iraq, and by extension an associated people and a chronological period, the term "Ubaid" is now often used loosely to denote a vast Near Eastern interaction zone, characterized by similariti... Read More about Beyond the Ubaid: Transformation and Integration in the Late Prehistoric Societies of the Middle East.

High resolution elevation data derived from stereoscopic CORONA imagery with minimal ground control: an approach using IKONOS and SRTM data (2008)
Journal Article
Galiatsatos, N., Donoghue, D., & Philip, G. (2008). High resolution elevation data derived from stereoscopic CORONA imagery with minimal ground control: an approach using IKONOS and SRTM data. Photogrammetric engineering and remote sensing, 74(9), 1093-1106. https://doi.org/10.14358/pers.74.9.1093

The first space mission to provide stereoscopic imagery of the Earth’s surface was from the American CORONA spy satellite program from which it is possible to generate Digital Elevation Models (DEMs). CORONA imagery and derived DEMs are of most value... Read More about High resolution elevation data derived from stereoscopic CORONA imagery with minimal ground control: an approach using IKONOS and SRTM data.