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    Jason Ur is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University, and director of its Center for Geographic Analysis.  He specializes in early urbanism, landscape archaeology, and remote sensing, particularly the use of declassified US intelligence imagery.  He has directed field surveys in Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Iran.  He is the author of  Urbanism and Cultural Landscapes in Northeastern Syria: The Tell Hamoukar Survey, 1999-2001 (2010).  Since 2012, he has directed the Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey, an archaeological survey in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq.  He is also preparing a history of Mesopotamian cities.

    Department of Anthropology
    Harvard University
    11 Divinity Avenue
    Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

    jasonur@fas.harvard.edu

Latest News

  • The 2018 EPAS field season is complete
  • Report on the 2011 field seasons at Qasr Shemamok, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
  • New publication: Water for Assyria
  • The archaeology of the Kurdistan Region in the news
  • Interview with Rudaw Kurdish News Agency
  • 3D Landscapes in the Kurdistan Region on Sketchfab
  • Landscapes of Pre-Industrial Cities at Dumbarton Oaks, May 5-6, 2017
  • Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey is in the field (August-September)
  • EPAS lecture in Toronto (CSMS Annual Grayson Lecture)
  • Spying on Las Vegas
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