# Publications Sort & Filters close ## Filters Projects expand\_more - Tell Brak (16) - CORONA (19) - Erbil Plain (18) - HEXAGON (5) - Hirbemerdon Tepe (5) - Mughan Steppe (5) - Tell Beydar Survey (4) - Hamoukar (17) - U2 (4) Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 94 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by Year of PublicationAlphabetical A-Z sort ## 94 results Download 94 citations download- [BibTeX](/node/766106/export?format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/node/766106/export?format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/node/766106/export?format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/node/766106/export?format=tagged) - [Marc](/node/766106/export?format=marc) - [PubMedId](/node/766106/export?format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/node/766106/export?format=ris) ### In Preparation Jason A. Ur. [The Evolution of Mesopotamian Cities](/publications/evolution-mesopotamian-cities) Jason A. Ur. [The Evolution of Mesopotamian Cities](/publications/evolution-mesopotamian-cities) Jason A. Ur. “[Central Planning and Urban Emergence in Early Bronze Age Cities of Northern Mesopotamia](/publications/central-planning-and-urban-emergence-early-bronze-age-cities-northern)”. In Jason A. Ur. “[Central Planning and Urban Emergence in Early Bronze Age Cities of Northern Mesopotamia](/publications/central-planning-and-urban-emergence-early-bronze-age-cities-northern)”. In - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract The dominant interpretive frameworks for the origins of Early Bronze Age (ca. [2600-2000](tel:///2600-2000) BC) urbanism in northern Mesopotamia all revolve around goal-oriented actions of powerful elites: planned creation of cities, their palaces, temples and walls; and the... ### 2024 Jason Ur, Aja Lans, and Andrew Bair. 2024. “[Cicely, Jane, and Landscape Archaeology in Cambridge’s Old Burying Ground](/publications/cicely-jane-and-landscape-archaeology-cambridges-old-burying-ground)”. In Situ, Spring 2024, Pp. 8-11 Jason Ur, Aja Lans, and Andrew Bair. 2024. “[Cicely, Jane, and Landscape Archaeology in Cambridge’s Old Burying Ground](/publications/cicely-jane-and-landscape-archaeology-cambridges-old-burying-ground)”. In Situ, Spring 2024, Pp. 8-11 - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://archaeology.harvard.edu/sites/projects.iq.harvard.edu/files/in_situ_spring_2024.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfur\_etal\_2024\_old\_burying\_...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6996/files/jasonur/files/ur_etal_2024_old_burying_ground_in_situ.pdf) This newsletter piece introduces the Mapping Postmortem Segregation Project and illustrates some of our first results. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://archaeology.harvard.edu/sites/projects.iq.harvard.edu/files/in_situ_spring_2024.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfur\_etal\_2024\_old\_burying\_...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6996/files/jasonur/files/ur_etal_2024_old_burying_ground_in_situ.pdf) ### 2022 Emily Hammer, Mackinley FitzPatrick, and Jason Ur. 2022. “[Succeeding CORONA: Declassified HEXAGON Intelligence Imagery for Archaeological and Historical Research](/publications/succeeding-corona-declassified-hexagon-intelligence-imagery-archaeological-and)”. Antiquity, 96, 387, Pp. 679-95 Emily Hammer, Mackinley FitzPatrick, and Jason Ur. 2022. “[Succeeding CORONA: Declassified HEXAGON Intelligence Imagery for Archaeological and Historical Research](/publications/succeeding-corona-declassified-hexagon-intelligence-imagery-archaeological-and)”. Antiquity, 96, 387, Pp. 679-95 - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/succeeding-corona-declassified-hexagon-intelligence-imagery-for-archaeological-and-historical-research/A4FD28FA08B98A32D91AEDAB6D878B8E) *Click [here ](https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4a9b3b59888746fa9390f7f1f9c5add9)for an Open Access version of this article.* Over the past 25 years, CORONA satellite imagery has become an integral part of archaeological research, especially for arid, sparsely vegetated regions such as the Middle East. Since 2020, a new... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/succeeding-corona-declassified-hexagon-intelligence-imagery-for-archaeological-and-historical-research/A4FD28FA08B98A32D91AEDAB6D878B8E) Rocco Palermo, Lidewijde Jong, and Jason A. Ur. 2022. “[Hellenistic Landscapes and Seleucid Control in Mesopotamia: The View from the Erbil Plain in Northern Iraq](/publications/hellenistic-landscapes-and-seleucid-control-mesopotamia-view-erbil-plain)”. American Journal of Archaeology, 126, 3, Pp. 425-42 Rocco Palermo, Lidewijde Jong, and Jason A. Ur. 2022. “[Hellenistic Landscapes and Seleucid Control in Mesopotamia: The View from the Erbil Plain in Northern Iraq](/publications/hellenistic-landscapes-and-seleucid-control-mesopotamia-view-erbil-plain)”. American Journal of Archaeology, 126, 3, Pp. 425-42 - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/719754) In this article we discuss the archaeological landscapes of the Erbil plain during the Hellenistic period (late fourth century BCE–mid second century BCE) based on the data collected during the Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey (EPAS) between 2012 and... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/719754) Jason A. Ur. 2022. “[Remote Sensing of Ancient Canal and Irrigation Systems](/publications/remote-sensing-ancient-canal-and-irrigation-systems)”. In Irrigation in Early States: New Directions, edited by Stephanie Rost, Pp. 65-81. Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute Jason A. Ur. 2022. “[Remote Sensing of Ancient Canal and Irrigation Systems](/publications/remote-sensing-ancient-canal-and-irrigation-systems)”. In Irrigation in Early States: New Directions, edited by Stephanie Rost, Pp. 65-81. Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/ois/ois-13-irrigation-early-states-new-directions) - [ picture\_as\_pdfur\_2022\_remote\_sensing\_of...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6996/files/jasonur/files/ur_2022_remote_sensing_of_irrig.pdf) One of the attractions of historical archaeology is the possibility to combine textual data with the archaeological record. In the world of Near Eastern archaeology, however, often the evidence of texts is taken to be the more reliable source, and... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/ois/ois-13-irrigation-early-states-new-directions) - [ picture\_as\_pdfur\_2022\_remote\_sensing\_of...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6996/files/jasonur/files/ur_2022_remote_sensing_of_irrig.pdf) Jason Ur and Karim Alizadeh. 2022. “[The Sasanian Colonisation of the Mughan Steppe, Ardebil Province, North-West Iran.](/publications/sasanian-colonisation-mughan-steppe-ardebil-province-north-west-iran)”. In Sasanian Archaeology: Settlements, Environment and Material Culture, edited by St. John Simpson. Oxford: Archaeopress Jason Ur and Karim Alizadeh. 2022. “[The Sasanian Colonisation of the Mughan Steppe, Ardebil Province, North-West Iran.](/publications/sasanian-colonisation-mughan-steppe-ardebil-province-north-west-iran)”. In Sasanian Archaeology: Settlements, Environment and Material Culture, edited by St. John Simpson. Oxford: Archaeopress ### 2021 Jason Ur, Nader Babakr, Rocco Palermo, Petra Creamer, Mehrnoush Soroush, Shilan Ramand, and Karel Nováček. 2021. “[The Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey: Preliminary Results, 2012-2020](/publications/erbil-plain-archaeological-survey-preliminary-results-2012-2020)”. Iraq, 83 Jason Ur, Nader Babakr, Rocco Palermo, Petra Creamer, Mehrnoush Soroush, Shilan Ramand, and Karel Nováček. 2021. “[The Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey: Preliminary Results, 2012-2020](/publications/erbil-plain-archaeological-survey-preliminary-results-2012-2020)”. Iraq, 83 - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1017/irq.2021.2) - [ picture\_as\_pdfur\_et\_al\_2021\_epas\_iraq.p...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6996/files/jasonur/files/ur_et_al_2021_epas_iraq.pdf) The Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey (EPAS) investigates settlement and land use from the Neolithic to the present in the Erbil Governorate of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which includes a large portion of the core of the Assyrian Empire. In seven... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1017/irq.2021.2) - [ picture\_as\_pdfur\_et\_al\_2021\_epas\_iraq.p...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6996/files/jasonur/files/ur_et_al_2021_epas_iraq.pdf) Jason Ur. 2021. “[Kish and the Spatial Organization of Cities in Third-Millennium BC Southern Iraq](/publications/kish-and-spatial-organization-cities-third-millennium-bc-southern-iraq)”. In From Sherds to Landscapes: Studies on the Ancient Near East in Honor of McGuire Gibson, edited by Mark Altaweel and Carrie Hritz, Pp. 227-39. Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Jason Ur. 2021. “[Kish and the Spatial Organization of Cities in Third-Millennium BC Southern Iraq](/publications/kish-and-spatial-organization-cities-third-millennium-bc-southern-iraq)”. In From Sherds to Landscapes: Studies on the Ancient Near East in Honor of McGuire Gibson, edited by Mark Altaweel and Carrie Hritz, Pp. 227-39. Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/saoc/saoc-71-sherds-landscapes-studies-ancient-ear-east-honor-mcguire-gibson) - [ picture\_as\_pdfur\_2021\_saoc\_71\_sherds\_to...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6996/files/jasonur/files/ur_2021_saoc_71_sherds_to_landscapes_kish.pdf) Despite its social, geopolitical, and historiographical significance, the city of Kish has been largely left out of archaeological discussions of early Mesopotamian urbanism. This study will combine the results of McGuire Gibson’s 1966–67 surface... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/saoc/saoc-71-sherds-landscapes-studies-ancient-ear-east-honor-mcguire-gibson) - [ picture\_as\_pdfur\_2021\_saoc\_71\_sherds\_to...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6996/files/jasonur/files/ur_2021_saoc_71_sherds_to_landscapes_kish.pdf) ### 2020 Jason A. Ur. 2020. “[Space and Structure in Early Mesopotamian Cities](/publications/space-and-structure-early-mesopotamian-cities)”. In Landscapes of Pre-Industrial Cities, edited by Georges Farhat, Pp. 37-59. Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Jason A. Ur. 2020. “[Space and Structure in Early Mesopotamian Cities](/publications/space-and-structure-early-mesopotamian-cities)”. In Landscapes of Pre-Industrial Cities, edited by Georges Farhat, Pp. 37-59. Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ picture\_as\_pdfur\_2020\_space\_and\_structu...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6996/files/jasonur/files/ur_2020_space_and_structure_in_early_mesopotamian_cities.pdf) The study of preindustrial cities is in a phase of great dynamism. For a long time, early cities were viewed narrowly through the lenses of Classical and ancient Near Eastern urbanism. In archaeology, this situation emerged largely as a result of the... - [ picture\_as\_pdfur\_2020\_space\_and\_structu...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6996/files/jasonur/files/ur_2020_space_and_structure_in_early_mesopotamian_cities.pdf) Jason Ur. 2020. “[Drones Over Kurdistan](/publications/drones-over-kurdistan)”. In Situ, Spring 2020 Jason Ur. 2020. “[Drones Over Kurdistan](/publications/drones-over-kurdistan)”. In Situ, Spring 2020 - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://archaeology.harvard.edu/news/seventh-issue-sca-newsletter-published-situ-spring-2020) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://archaeology.harvard.edu/news/seventh-issue-sca-newsletter-published-situ-spring-2020) Jason A. Ur and Jessica Giraud. 2020. “[Vers une Histoire du Peuplement de la Plaine D’Erbil](/publications/vers-une-histoire-du-peuplement-de-la-plaine-derbil)”. In Arbela Antiqua, edited by Frédéric Alpi, Zidan Bradosty, Jessica Giraud, John MacGinnis, and Raija Mattila, Pp. 59-75. Beirut: Institut Français du Proche-Orient Jason A. Ur and Jessica Giraud. 2020. “[Vers une Histoire du Peuplement de la Plaine D’Erbil](/publications/vers-une-histoire-du-peuplement-de-la-plaine-derbil)”. In Arbela Antiqua, edited by Frédéric Alpi, Zidan Bradosty, Jessica Giraud, John MacGinnis, and Raija Mattila, Pp. 59-75. Beirut: Institut Français du Proche-Orient - [ picture\_as\_pdfUr and Giraud 2020 Arbela...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6996/files/jasonur/files/ur_giraud_2020_arbela_antiqua.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfUr and Giraud 2020 Arbela...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6996/files/jasonur/files/ur_giraud_2020_arbela_antiqua.pdf) - 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 8 ](?page=7 "Go to last page") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")