Previous Research Projects
CBRL-sponsored projects with recent publications:
The Invisible Cage: Syrian Migrant Workers in Lebanon (2009)
Dr John Chalcraft (London School of Economics)
Poetry and Politics in Contemporary Bedouin Society (2009)
Prof Clive Holes (University of Oxford) and Dr Said Salman Abu Athera
Previous CBRL-funded and affiliated archaeological projects in the area include:
Archaeological exploration of Aredhiou-Vouppes
Dr Louise Steel (University of Wales, Lampeter)
The Architecture of Petra (1990, reprinted 2005)
Dr Judith McKenzie (University of Oxford)
‘Aqaba
Prof Johnny de Meulemeester and Prof Denys Pringle (University of Cardiff)
The Azraq Basin Project
Dr Andrew Garrard (University College London)
Badia Excavations and Surveys
Dr Alison Betts (University of Sydney)
Volume 1: The Harra and the Hamad: Excavations and Explorations in Eastern Jordan (1998) (Sheffield Archaeological Monographs, 9)
Volume 2: The Later Prehistory of the Badia: Excavations and Surveys in Eastern Jordan (currently in production in the Levant Supplementary Series)
Khirbat Faris
Alison McQuitty and Prof Jeremy Johns (University of Oxford)
Jerablus Tahtani
Prof Eddie Peltenburg (University of Edinburgh)
Medieval and Ottoman Hajj Forts of Jordan
Dr Andrew Petersen (University of Wales Lampeter)
(publication currently in production in the Levant Supplementary Series)
Dhra’ Excavation
Prof Bill Finlayson (CBRL) and Dr Ian Kuijt (University of Notre Dame)
Shuna Dr Douglas Baird (University of Liverpool) and Prof Graham Philip (University of Durham)
South Jordan Iron Age Project
Dr Charlotte Whiting (CBRL)
Tell Iktanu
Dr Kay Prag (University of Manchester)
Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project, Cyprus (TAESP)
Dr Michael Given (University of Glasgow), Dr Vasiliki Kassianidou (University of Cyprus), Prof A. Bernard Knapp (University of Glasgow), and Dr Jay Noller (Oregon State University)
The Wadi Faynan Project:
Archaeology and Desertification: The Wadi Faynan Landscape Survey, Southern Jordan
Prof Graeme Barker (University of Cambridge), Prof David Gilbertson (University of Plymouth) and Prof David Mattingly (University of Leicester)
The Early Prehistory of Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan: Excavations at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Site of WF16 and Archaeological Survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr and Al Bustan
Prof Bill Finlayson (CBRL) and Prof Steven Mithen (University of Reading)
Excavations by Crystal-M. Bennett:
Busayra– Excavations by Crystal-M. Bennett 1971-1980 (2002)
Dr Piotr Bienkowski and contributors
Excavations at Tawilan in Southern Jordan (1995)
Bennett, C.M. and Dr P. Bienkowski, with contributors
Studies on Roman and Islamic ‘Amman: The Excavations of Mrs C.-M. Bennett and Other Investigations, Volume I: History, Site and Architecture (1992)
Northedge, A. with contributions by J. Bowsher et al.
Umm al Biyarra
Piotr Bienkowski and contributors
(publication currently in production for the Levant Supplementary Series)