# News Sort & Filters close ## Filters Publish Date expand\_more 2012 (1) 2013 (6) 2014 (7) 2015 (2) 2016 (2) 2017 (4) 2018 (3) 2019 (3) 2020 (6) 2021 (2) 2022 (1) 2023 (1) Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 38 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by NewestOldestAlphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-APublish Date (DESC)Publish Date (ASC) sort list grid\_view ## 38 results [### The 2023 field season of the Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey is underway, follow us on Twitter ](/news/2023-field-season-erbil-plain-archaeological-survey-underway-follow-us-twitter) September 07, 2023 We are underway! Please follow project PI Jason Ur on Twitter for updates. description [### The Legacy of Slavery in Cambridge's Old Burying Ground ](/news/legacy-slavery-cambridges-old-burying-ground) April 06, 2022 PIs Aja Lans and Jason Ur will be studying the presence of enslaved people in Cambridge's Old Burying Ground. This project is within the Presidential Initiative on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery. The project will involve UAV mapping, ground penetrating... description [### Just Published: Report on EPAS, 2012-2020 in the journal Iraq ](/news/just-published-report-epas-2012-2020-journal-iraq) May 22, 2021 Download the PDF here. The article features links to many online interactive maps and scenes, such as this one of Site 45 Girdi Khazna. description [### Declassified spy photos in the NYT ](/news/declassified-spy-photos-nyt) January 16, 2021 Great story in the NYT on the use of declassified CORONA satellite photographs in environmental research. description [### New EPAS publication: Ur and Giraud, "vers une histoire du peuplement de la plaine d'Erbil" ](/news/new-epas-publication-ur-and-giraud-vers-une-histoire-du-peuplement-de-la-plaine-derbil) December 07, 2020 Just appeared: “ Vers une histoire du peuplement de la plaine d'Erbil.” in Arbela Antiqua, edited by Frédéric Alpi, Zidan Bradosty, Jessica Giraud, John MacGinnis, and Raija Mattila, 59-75. This chapter (in French) summarizes our research in the 2012-2013... description [### Jason Ur joins the Board of Trustees for ASOR ](/news/jason-ur-joins-board-trustees-asor) November 17, 2020 In November, Jason Ur was elected as an institutional member of the ASOR Board of Trustees [ more]. description [### New Publication: Space and Structure in Early Mesopotamian Cities (Dumbarton Oaks) ](/news/new-publication-space-and-structure-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... description [### Harvard on the Map Radio Interview ](/news/harvard-map-radio-interview) September 10, 2020 jenny_horowitz.png Jason Ur sat down with GSD graduate student Jenny Horowitz, Host of the Harvard On the Map radio show, to talk about GIS and web mapping. Listen here. description [### Drones Over Kurdistan in the new SCA Newsletter ](/news/drones-over-kurdistan-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). description [### Harvard Courses for Spring 2020 ](/news/harvard-courses-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... description [### New Publication: Mapping Ancient Landscapes ](/news/new-publication-mapping-ancient-landscapes) August 03, 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... ![Mapping Ancient Landscapes](/sites/g/files/omnuum6996/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/jasonur/files/gisforsciencel.jpg?itok=wn8mN7yf) [### 3D web scene modeling of archaeological sites using ArcGIS Online ](/news/3d-web-scene-modeling-archaeological-sites-using-arcgis-online) August 02, 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. description - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [ Last page 4 ](?page=3 "Go to last page") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")