Publications

Nicola Laneri, Mark Schwartz, Jason A Ur, Stefano Valentini, Anacleto D'Agostino, Rémi Berthon, and Mette Marie Hald. 2008. “The Hirbemerdon Tepe Archaeological Project 2006-2007: A Preliminary Report on the Middle Bronze Age ‘architectural complex’ and the Survey of the Site Catchment Area.” Anatolica, 34, Pp. 177-240.Abstract

Jason A Ur. 2008. “The Origins and Development of the First Cities in the Near East.” Symbols, Spring 2008, Pp. 9-10, 21.Abstract

Jason A Ur and TJ Wilkinson. 2008. “Settlement and Economic Landscapes of Tell Beydar and its Hinterland.” In Beydar Studies I, edited by Marc Lebeau and Antoine Suleiman, Pp. 305-327. Turnhout: Brepols.Abstract

Bjoern H Menze and Jason A Ur. 2007. “Classification of multispectral ASTER imagery in archaeological settlement survey in the Near East.” Edited by M Schaepman. Proc 10th ISPMSRS (Intl. Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing). Davos, Switzerland.Abstract

Joan Oates, Augusta McMahon, Philip Karsgaard, Salam al-Quntar, and Jason A Ur. 2007. “Early Mesopotamian Urbanism: A New View from the North.” Antiquity, 81, Pp. 585-600.Abstract

Karim Alizadeh and Jason A Ur. 2007. “Formation and Destruction of Pastoral and Irrigation Landscapes on the Mughan Steppe, North-Western Iran.” Antiquity, 81, Pp. 148-160.Abstract

TJ Wilkinson, McGuire Gibson, John Christiansen, Magnus Widell, David Schloen, Nicholas Kouchoukos, Christopher Woods, John C Sanders, Kathy-Lee Simunich, Mark Altaweel, Jason A Ur, Carrie Hritz, Jacob Lauinger, Tate Paulette, and Jonathan Tenney. 2007. “Modeling Settlement Systems in a Dynamic Environment: Case Studies from Mesopotamia.” In The Model-Based Archaeology of Socionatural Systems, edited by Timothy A Kohler and Sander van der Leeuw, Pp. 175-208. Santa Fe: School of American Research.Abstract

Jason A Ur, Philip Karsgaard, and Joan Oates. 2007. “Urban Development in the Ancient Near East.” Science, 317, Pp. 1188.Abstract

TJ Wilkinson, John Christiansen, Jason A Ur, Magnus Widell, and Mark Altaweel. 2007. “Urbanization within a Dynamic Environment: Modelling Bronze Age Communities in Upper Mesopotamia.” American Anthropologist, 109, Pp. 52-68.Abstract

Bjoern H Menze, Jason A Ur, and Andrew G Sherratt. 2006. “Detection of Ancient Settlement Mounds: Archaeological Survey Based on the SRTM Terrain Model.” Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 72, Pp. 321-327.Abstract

Jason A Ur. 2006. “Google Earth and Archaeology.” The SAA Archaeological Record, 6, Pp. 35-38.Abstract

Karim Alizadeh and Jason Ur. 2006. “Mughan Steppe Archaeological Survey.” Iranian Center for Archaeological Research Archaeological Reports, 4, Pp. 49-56 (In Farsi).Abstract

Henry T Wright, Eric SA Rupley, Jason A Ur, Joan Oates, and Eyad Ganem. 2006. “Preliminary Report on the 2002 and 2003 Seasons of the Tell Brak Sustaining Area Survey.” Les Annales Archéologiques Arabes Syriennes, 49-50, Pp. 7-21.Abstract

TJ Wilkinson, Eleanor Wilkinson, Jason A Ur, and Mark Altaweel. 2005. “Landscape and Settlement in the Neo-Assyrian Empire.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 340, Pp. 23-56.Abstract

Jason A Ur. 2005. “Les imatges per satèllit i l’estructura dels paisatges antics: exemples del Pròxim Orient.” Cota Zero, 20, Pp. 129-138.Abstract

Jason A Ur. 2005. “Sennacherib's Northern Assyrian Canals: New Insights from Satellite Imagery and Aerial Photography.” Iraq, 67, Pp. 317-345.Abstract

Jason A Ur. 2004. “CAMEL Laboratory Investigates the Landscape of Assyria from Space.” Oriental Institute News & Notes, 2004, Pp. 6-7.Abstract

T.J. Wilkinson, Jason A. Ur, and Jesse Casana. 2004. “From Nucleation to Dispersal: Trends in Settlement Pattern in the Northern Fertile Crescent.” In Side-by-Side Survey: Comparative Regional Studies in the Mediterranean World, edited by John Cherry and Susan Alcock, Pp. 198-205. Oxford: Oxbow Books.Abstract

Walther Sallaberger and Jason A Ur. 2004. “Tell Beydar/Nabada in its Regional Setting.” In Third Millennium Cuneiform Texts from Tell Beydar (Seasons 1996-2002), edited by Lucio Milano, Walther Sallaberger, Philippe Talon, and Karel Van Lerberghe, Pp. 51-71. Turnhout: Brepols.Abstract

Jason A Ur. 2004. “Urbanism and Society in the Third Millennium Upper Khabur Basin.” Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations.Abstract