Faculty and Staff

Major Advisors

Graduate Advisor

Faculty

Jennie Bradbury

Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
On Leave
Areas of Focus

Social complexity in the ancient Near East; the role of "non-optimal" zones; burial traditions and mortuary practices; landscape archaeology, GIS and archaeological survey techniques; and cultural heritage.

Contact
Location Old Library 214 - Office
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Henry Preater Colburn

Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
Areas of Focus

Art and archaeology of ancient Iran; ancient imperialism; seals and coins; history of archaeology; museum studies.
 

Contact
Location Old Library 233 - Office
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Astrid Lindenlauf

Associate Professor and Chair of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, and Director of the Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics and History of Art
Director of Graduate Studies, Major Advisor (K-Z)
Areas of Focus

Classical art and archaeology, practices of disposal and recycling, fortifications and urban development; intellectual history of archaeology

Contact
Location Old Library 228 - Office
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Rocco Palermo

Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
Major Advisor (A-J)
Areas of Focus

Ancient Empires, Archaeology of South-West Asia from the Iron Age to the Roman Period, Landscape Archaeology, GIS and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology, Pottery Studies, Fieldwork Methodologies and Techniques.
 

Contact
Location Old Library 221 - Office
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Robyn S. Price

Visiting Assistant Professor of Archaeology
Areas of Focus

Ancient Egyptian archaeology and language; Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean; sensory studies; body politics in the past and present; historiography of Egyptology and Egyptomania; experimental and interdisciplinary approaches to teaching and research.

Contact
Location Old Library 144 - Office
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Wu Xin

Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
On Leave
Areas of Focus

Achaemenid Empire; Central Asian Art and Archaeology; Cultural interactions between the East and West

Contact
Location Old Library 233 - Office
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Research Associates

JJ Shirley

Research Associate
Areas of Focus

Late Second Intermediate Period and New Kingdom socio-political history and administration; manifestations of social status in art and architecture; Theban tombs; landscape archaeology; archaeological recording methodologies; site management and accessibility; historiography of Egyptology

Contact
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Affiliated Faculty

Affiliated Staff

Camilla MacKay

Director of Library Research, Instruction, and Patron Services and Scholarly Communications Librarian
Subject Matter Expertise

Archaeology, Classics, History of Art, Philosophy, Open Access, Copyright, Scholarly Communications

Contact
Location Rhys Carpenter A17 - Office
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Contact Us

Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology

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Phone: 610-526-5053 or 610-526-5334
Fax: 610-526-7955