Declassified spy photos in the NYT

January 16, 2021

Great story in the NYT on the use of declassified CORONA satellite photographs in environmental research.

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New EPAS publication: Ur and Giraud, "vers une histoire du peuplement de la plaine d'Erbil"

December 7, 2020

Just appeared: “...

Jason Ur joins the Board of Trustees for ASOR

November 17, 2020

In November, Jason Ur was elected as an institutional member of the ASOR Board of Trustees [more].

New Publication: Space and Structure in Early Mesopotamian Cities (Dumbarton Oaks)

September 28, 2020

Just published: the proceedings from the 2017 conference at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington DC, Landscapes of Pre-Industrial Cities. Prof. Ur's contribution examines three phases of urbanism in Mesopotamia, each with dramatically different structures, and each differing from the expectations of Gordon Childe's classic model of early cities. Click ...

Harvard on the Map Radio Interview

September 10, 2020

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Jason Ur sat down with GSD graduate student...

Drones Over Kurdistan in the new SCA Newsletter

May 12, 2020

The latest issue of In Situ, the newsletter of Harvard's Standing Committee on Archaeology, features a heavily-illustrated piece on the use of drones in the landscape archaeology of Kurdistan (Iraq).

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Harvard Courses for Spring 2020

January 27, 2020

In the Spring term, Prof. Ur will be teaching Anthro 2020 GIS and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology and Anthro 2064 Archaeology of Mesopotamia. Both are intended for graduate students and advanced undergraduate concentrators in archaeology and allied disciplines. Read more about Harvard Courses for Spring 2020

New Publication: Mapping Ancient Landscapes

August 3, 2019

Just appeared in print: "Mapping Ancient Landscapes" in GIS for Science: Applying Mapping and Spatial Analytics, a new book from Esri edited by Dawn Wright and Christian Harder. PDF available at the link above. For the full volume, with many case studies across disciplines, see... Read more about New Publication: Mapping Ancient Landscapes

3D web scene modeling of archaeological sites using ArcGIS Online

August 2, 2019

Esri's ArcGIS Online has the capacity to share 3D web scenes of landscapes generated from drone data. Here's an example at Girdi Abdulaziz, an enormous mound just outside of Erbil, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

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New Publication: Near Eastern Landscapes and Declassified U2 Aerial Imagery

March 15, 2019

Just appeared: Near Eastern Landscapes and Declassified U2 Aerial Imagery by Emily Hammer and Jason Ur. Read it online here (Open Access).

Abstract:

Recently declassified photographs taken by U2 spy planes in the 1950s and 1960s provide an important new source of historical aerial imagery useful for Eurasian archaeology. Like other sources of historical imagery, U2 photos provide a window into...

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