Recent ucb_melc_papers items

Emergent Networks in Iron Age Southern Jordan: A View from Ancient Busayra

Sat, 1 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Authors’ Note: This manuscript was submitted for publication in Summer 2026 for a forthcoming edited volume. Please cite the manuscript as follows:

McGeough, Kevin, Benjamin W. Porter, Shawn Bubel, and Jordan Weitzel. Forthcoming. Emergent Networks in Iron Age Southern Jordan: A View from Ancient Busayra. In A. Danielson and B. Routledge, The Seat of Kingship? Royal Cities and Political Communities in Iron Age Jordan. University Press of Colorado

The Busayra Cultural Heritage Project’s 2025 Season

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This manuscript describes the results of the Busayra Cultural Heritage Project's research in the Area A building during Summer, 2025. This manuscript was submitted for publication in the Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan in Summer, 2026.

The Busayra Cultural Heritage Project’s 2013 Site Assessment Season

Sun, 4 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This manuscript was submitted for publication to the Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan in 2014. For whatever reason, it never appeared in print. While not the most exciting piece of scholarship, the manuscript nonetheless contains valuable updated information about the site’s condition in 2013 prior to site development activities that occurred between 2015 and 2020. The manuscript also contains updated information about the size of the site that was gained through a comprehensive topographic survey. Please contact Benjamin W. Porter at bwporter@berkeley.edu with any questions.

The Nachlass of Walter B. Henning: An Annotated Inventory

Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

After Walter Bruno Henning’s untimely death in Berkeley (CA, USA) in 1967, his work materials, correspondence, and personal library seem to have remained in his home for some years. Contemporaries of Henning’s were convinced that his estate contained unpublished work of great value, and complained, sometimes bitterly, that they were prevented from making use of them. Yet some materials were in fact sent to colleagues, for at least several years after his death. But after this time, it does not appear that Henning’s unpublished work or other materials continued to be used by other scholars. His Nachlass re-surfaces in 1992 in the Guide to the Archival Materials of the German-speaking Emigration to the United States after 1933, where it is listed as still in Berkeley in the possession of his son-in-law Theodor B. Kahle. By 2008, the Nachlass (including unpublished working materials, correspondence, and personal library) was accessioned by the Deutsches Exilarchiv 1933-1945, part...

The Climate Crisis, Cultural Heritage, and the Future of Middle Eastern Archaeology

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Climate scientists project that rising global temperatures will substantially transform the Middle East during the remaining decades of the century. These changes will also impact the region’s cultural heritage, particularly its documentation and management. This article reflects on how archaeologists can respond to these changes now and in the near future.

Peter B. Cornwall Collection Assessment

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

In 2008-2009, the authors performed a collections assessment on the Peter B. Cornwall Collection at the P.A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. The document describes the collection's history, its contents, and avenues for future research.