Long-Term Research Fellowships in Jordan at the American Center of Oriental Research

FAIN: RA-50137-14

American Center of Research (Alexandria, VA 22314-2909)
Barbara A. Porter (Project Director: August 2013 to December 2019)

6 months of stipend support (1 to 2 fellowships) per year for three years and a contribution to defray costs associated with the selection of fellows.

The project will award three (3) six-month and three (3) four-month fellowships to established senior scholars during the grant period. There will be one (1) six-month and one (1) four-month award given during each of the three years of the grant period. The project will take place at the institute in Amman, Jordan and will support senior scholars with new research initiatives or those with ongoing research and/or publication projects in the humanities relating to Jordan and the Middle East. The combined cost of the proposed two (2) annual awards each will be $47,600, which includes stipend, travel, accommodations, and research funds.

Associated Products

The Evolution of Identity and Social Conflict in Networked Jordan (Blog Post)
Title: The Evolution of Identity and Social Conflict in Networked Jordan
Author: Hughes, Geoffrey
Abstract: abstract unavailable
Date: 6/19/2017
Primary URL: https://www.acorjordan.org/2017/06/19/evolution-identity-social-conflict-networked-jordan/

Light from the East (Blog Post)
Title: Light from the East
Author: Rollefson, Gary
Abstract: abstract unavailable
Date: 12/14/2017
Primary URL: https://www.acorjordan.org/2017/12/14/light-from-the-east/

Gender, art, and the reshaping of the urban in Amman, Jordan (Book Section)
Title: Gender, art, and the reshaping of the urban in Amman, Jordan
Author: Aseel Sawalha
Editor: Setha Law
Abstract: n/a
Year: 2018
Publisher: Routledge
Book Title: The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and the City

Excavation of Structure W-80, a Complex Late Neolithic Building at Wisad Pools, Black Desert (Article)
Title: Excavation of Structure W-80, a Complex Late Neolithic Building at Wisad Pools, Black Desert
Author: Gary Rollefson
Author: Jones M
Author: Rowan Y
Author: Wasse A
Author: Kersel M
Author: Hill, A.C.
Author: Lorentzen B
Author: Ramsay J
Abstract: n/a
Year: 2018
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 59

Eastern Badia Archaeological Project (Article)
Title: Eastern Badia Archaeological Project
Author: Rollefson G
Author: Rowan Y
Author: Wasse A
Author: Kersel M.
Abstract: n/a
Year: 2018
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Archaeology in Jordan Newsletter: 2016-17 Seasons

The 2016 Excavation Season at the Late Neolithic Structure SS-1 on Mesa 7, Black Desert (Article)
Title: The 2016 Excavation Season at the Late Neolithic Structure SS-1 on Mesa 7, Black Desert
Author: Ramsay J
Author: Rollefson G
Author: Wasse A
Author: Rowan Y
Author: Kersel M
Author: Jones M
Author: Lorentzen B
Author: Hill A.C
Abstract: n/a
Year: 2017
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Neo-Lithics 2/17

Tumultuous Times in the Eighth and Seventh Millennia BC in the Southern Levant (Book Section)
Title: Tumultuous Times in the Eighth and Seventh Millennia BC in the Southern Levant
Author: Gary Rollefson
Editor: A. Marcianiak
Abstract: n/a
Year: 2019
Publisher: Lockwood Press
Book Title: Concluding the Neolithic. The Near East in the Second Half of the Seventh Millennium BC

At the Core of the Matter: Aspects of Late Neolithic Lithic Production at Wisad Pools, Black Desert, Jordan (Book Section)
Title: At the Core of the Matter: Aspects of Late Neolithic Lithic Production at Wisad Pools, Black Desert, Jordan
Author: Gary Rollefson
Editor: M. Abe
Editor: S. Nakamura
Editor: T. Adachi
Abstract: n/a
Year: 2019
Publisher: Rokuichi Shobou
Book Title: Decades in Deserts: Essays on Western Asia Archaeology in Honor of Sumio Fujji

The Lower and Middle Paleolithic of the Southern Levant (Book Section)
Title: The Lower and Middle Paleolithic of the Southern Levant
Author: Gary Rollefson
Editor: A. Yasur-Landau
Editor: Y. Rowan
Editor: E. Cline
Abstract: n/a
Year: 2019
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Title: The Social Archaeology of the Levant: From Prehistory to the Present

“I am We”: The Display of Socioeconomic Politics of Neolithic Commodification (Book Section)
Title: “I am We”: The Display of Socioeconomic Politics of Neolithic Commodification
Author: Gary Rollefson
Editor: H.G.K. Gebel
Editor: M. Benz
Editor: T. Watkins
Abstract: n/a
Year: 2018
Publisher: ex oriente
Book Title: The Construction of Neolithic Corporate Identities

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