Research

1. Early humans

2. Origins of agriculture

3. Complex societies

4. Survey projects

5. Regional studies

6. East and West

7. Multiple identities

8. People and environment

4-Survey Projects

Wadi Faynan Survey, Jordan
Professors Graeme Barker, David Mattingly and David Gilbertson, University of Leicester and other UK universities)
Study of the environmental and landscape context of later prehistory and historical periods in Faynan. (Part of CBRL Wadi Faynan flagship project)

Settlement and Landscape Development in the Homs region, Syria (1999-2008)
Dr Graham Philip, Dr Paul Newson University of Durham, Dr Michel Maqdissi DGAM Damascu) & Dr Maamoun Abdulkarim, University of Damascus
Investigation of long-term trends in landscape development and diversity in Homs region using a combination of mapping from remotely sensed and ground data, surface collection, fieldwalking, and geomorphological investigations.

Team members: Dr Anthony Beck, Dr Stephen Bourke, Ms Maryam Bshesh (DGAM, Homs), Dr Anne Pirie, Dr Paul Reynolds, Mr Andy Shaw, Dr Keith Wilkinson

Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey
Dr Michael Given and Professor Bernard Knap
Now funded by AHRB
http://www.taesp.arts.gla.ac.uk/
Blurb: Interdisciplinary investigation of the relationship between people and their landscape in the northern foothills of the Troodos Mountains, Cyprus, from the Neolithic to the present day.
Co-Directors: Dr Michael Given (University of Glasgow), Dr Vasiliki Kassianidou (University of Cyprus), Prof. A. Bernard Knapp (University of Glasgow), Prof. Jay Noller (Oregon State University).

Evaluation of high and low resolution satellite imagery for aerial survey in Syria
Anthony Beck, University of Durham (PhD Research)

Evaluation of Cerona imagery, case study in West Syria
Nikolaos Galiastatos, University of Durham (PhD Research)

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5-Regional Studies

Aqaba Castle, Jordan (2000-2005)
Professor Denys Pringle, Cardiff University, Professor Johnny De Meulemeester, Heritage Dept Walloon Government and Ghent University, and Department of Antiquities, Jordan Post-excavation work forming part of an archaeological assessment to characterize and date the late Mamluk castle’s phases of structural development and investigate the remains of earlier structures beneath it.

Homs Citadel, Syria
Dr Geoffrey King, SOAS
Post-excavation study of finds from Homs excavations in 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001. Completion of registration and study of pottery, glass and other material excavated in preparation for second interim report and final publication.

Ottoman Hajj Forts in Jordan (2002-2005)
Dr Andrew Petersen, UAE University, Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff University
ammanextra@myrealbox.com
Petersena@cardiff.ac.uk
AndrewPetersen@uae.ac.ae
http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-727011-5

Team members: Pierre Brun (UCL), Ahmad Shurma (Dept of Antiquities of Jordan) and Ifan Edwards (Cambrian Archaeological Projects)

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6-East and West

Usamah Ibn Munqidh and the Emergence of the ‘Coastal Frank’
John Harte, former CBRL Research Scholar
Christian-Muslim relations in 12th-Century Northern Syria

Legend, History, Hospitality: Exploring geographical imaginations of the Levant
Dr Jessica Jacobs, CBRL Research Officer (Amman),Research Fellow Open University,
Investigation of the role of contemporary tourism practice in the construction of opinions and attitudes towards the Arab world and its people, involving interviews with tourists and people working in the tourism industry in Jordan and Syria.

Classical art and literature in the early Islamic world
Tim Moore, CBRL Research Scholar (Jerusalem)

Jinnis and Science: Modernising Islam in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Dr Matthew Elliott, former CBRL Research Officer (Jerusalem)

Nationalist Headgear in inter-war Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Palestine (translated into Arabic), in Wughaat Nazar (Cairo: al-Kotob, 2004); Dancing in Arabia: Ibn Saud, Wahhabism and the World Depression 1930-31; A music ‘revolution’ in Turkey (talk to be presented at St. Anthony’s Oxford); Italo-Afghan relations and the Dario Piperno Affair
Dr Matthew Elliott, former CBRL Research Officer (Jerusalem)

Jerusalem between two Empires: The transition between Ottoman and British Rule
Roberto Mazza, SOAS

The role of Bethlehem policewomen in local conflict resolution
Jenny Steel, University of Cambridge

Survey of 13th-Century Crusader cemetery at ‘Atlit
Jennifer Thompson, Cardiff University (part of PhD Research on death and burial in the Frankish East)

Fortification of Cyprus under Lusignans, 1191-1489 AD
James Petre, Cardiff University (MPhil Research)

Investigation of Primary Source Material in Venice related to Medieval Cyprus
Dr Aysu Dincer, University of Birmingham

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