In the Media

2015	Salopek, Paul, “Fleeing Terror, Finding Refuge.” National Geographic, March 2015, pp. 48-71 Madeleine Amberger, “Archäologische Spurensuche aus dem All.” Schweitzer Radio und Fernsehen, 6 March 2015. [web] [listen online]
2014	Lawler, Andrew, “Erbil Revealed.” Archaeology Magazine, September-October, 2014. [web] “Satellite Archaeology: Making Discoveries with Remote Sensing Techniques.” Appearance on Indiana Jones: Myth, Reality, and 21st Century Archaeology, radio program hosted by Dr. Joseph Schuldenrein, April 16, 2014. [listen online] Curry, Andrew, “Kurdistan Offers an Open Window on the Ancient Fertile Crescent.” Science 334:18-19, 4 April 2014. [web] Mitter, Siddhartha, “Lost Cities.” Colloquy, Spring 2014. [web]
2013	Petronzio, Matt, “The New Golden Age of Archaeology Is Right Now.” Mashable. [web] Meyer, Sebastian, “Regional Security Boosts Archeology in Northern Iraq.” Voice of America, 30 September 2013. [web]
2012	Reuell, Peter, “Ancient Iraq revealed. Harvard illuminates ‘richest archaeological landscape in the Middle East.’” Harvard Gazette, November 26, 2012. [web] Huseman, Dirk, “Tell Brak—Die älteste Stadt der Welt.” Bild der Wissenschaft, October, 2012. [web] Foe, Aldo, “Automated Site Mapping: Computational Analysis of Satellite Images Detects New Evidence of Previously Overlooked Human Settlements.” Archaeology Magazine, July-August, 2012. [web] Cornelius, Bradley, “Dr. Jason Ur, Harvard University – Satellite Archaeology.” Northeastern Public Radio’s The Academic Minute, aired May 15, 2012. [listen] “Satellites See Ancient Sites.” CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks, aired April 14, 2012. [listen] “Satellite Archaeology.” Public Radio International’s Living on Earth, aired March 30, 2012. [listen] Garber, Megan, “8,000 Years of Earth, From the Sky: New Discoveries of Aerial Archaeology.” The Atlantic, March 27, 2012. [web] Reuell, Peter, “New Frontier in Archaeology: Harvard’s Ur Uses Satellite Images to Search for Ancient Settlements.” Harvard Gazette, March 23, 2012. [web] Choi, Charles, “Eyes in the Sky Look Back in Time.” Discover Magazine’s The Crux blog, March 22, 2012. [web] “Satellite images spot early settlements.” Australian Broadcasting Corporation website, March 20, 2012. [web] “Ancient sites spotted from space, say archaeologists.” BBC News website, March 20, 2012. [web] Flohr, Lee, “Syrian settlements mapped from space.” Science Fare website, March 19, 2012. [web] “Mapping early human settlements in Syria, Iraq.” Light Years blog, CNN, March 19, 2012. [web] Gewin, Virginia, “Satellites expose 8,000 years of civilization.” Nature News, March 19, 2012. [web]
2011	Brumfiel, Geoff, “Shared Intelligence.” Nature 477, September 22, 2011, pp. 388-389. [web] [pdf]
2010	Powell, Alvin, “Getting a Bird’s-Eye View of the Past.” The Harvard Gazette, April 29, 2010, p. 4. [web] [pdf]
2009	Lawler, Andrew, “Out of Eden.” Discover Magazine, December 2009, pp. 64-68. [web]
2008	“Googling Discoveries.” Interview on National Public Radio’s Here and Now, October 23, 2008. [web] “Armchair archaeology.” The Economist, September 4, 2008. [web] Lawler, Andrew, “66. Great Ancient City Unearthed in Syria,” in “Top 100 Science Stories of 2007,” Discover Magazine January 2008. [web] Gleason, Paul, “Outside-In Ur-banism.” Harvard Magazine, May-June 2008, pp. 12-13. [web] [PDF] [web extra] Pringle, Heather, “Tell Brak, Syria,” in “Top Ten Discoveries of 2008.” Archaeology Magazine, January/February 2008, p. 25. [web]
2007	Maugh, Thomas, “Outskirts may have preceded early city.” Los Angeles Times, September 1, 2007, p. A-13. [web] Lavoie, Amy, “New research challenges previous knowledge about the origins of urbanization.” Harvard University Gazette Online, August 31, 2007. [web]
2006	Powell, Alvin, “Investigating Canals Across Time, from Space.” Harvard University Gazette, March16, 2006. [web]
2004	Robbins, Michael, “Cold War Spy Photos Reveal Bronze Age Roads," in "100 Top Science Stories of 2003," Discover Magazine January 2004, p. 65. [web]
2003	Wilford, John Noble, “Satellites Uncover Ancient Mideast Road Networks.” New York Times, January 28, 2003, p. D3. [web] Curry, Andrew, “Spying on the Ancients.” Archaeology March-April 2003, p. 13. [web] Kreiter, Marcella, “Archaeologists Find Ancient Road.” United Press International, January 28, 2003. Moffett, Nancy, “Cold War Spy Photos Detail Ancient Roads.” Chicago Sun-Times, January 28, 2003. “Spy Photos Reveal Ancient Middle East Road Network.” Reuters News Agency, January 27, 2003. Lathrop, Stacy, “Ancient Mideast Road System.” Anthropology News 44(3):27, March 2003. Cecilia, Lorella, “Un satellite per l'antica Mesopotamica.” Archeo 19(3): 12-13, March 2003. Harms, William, “Satellite images lead to ancient 'highways.'” University of Chicago Chronicle Vol. 22 no. 9 (6 February 2003). pp. 1, 8. “Satellite Photos Reveal Ancient Roads.” Archaeology Odyssey, May/June 2003, p. 20. “Un satellite militaire perce des secrets de l'Antiquité.” Science et Vie 1028 (May 2003), p. 18. “Casus Uydular.” Atlas (March 2003), p. 24. [Also appearances on Discovery Channel Canada's "Daily Planet" program, BBC East Asia Service and BBC Radio Four, 29-30 January 2003.]