Maysoon al-Nahar
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Maysoon Al-Nahar is a faculty member of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Jordan whose published research spans the Paleolithic, Early Epipaleolithic and Neolithic periods.[1] She has excavated at Tell Abu es-Suwaan, Jerash, Jordan, and on the left bank of the Jordan Valley, researching the first human settlements found there.[2] [3] Al Nahar has served as the Assistant Dean for Archaeological and Heritage Museums, the Head of the Department of Archaeology and the Museum Director at the University of Jordan.[4]
Al-Nahar studied Anthropology and Prehistory at Arizona State University between 1995 and 2005. Al-Nahar has experience in the use of new technologies within the archaeological field, including archaeometry and Radiocarbon dating, as well as paleoenvironmental reconstruction.
Published Works
2016 "Human hunting and site occupation intensity in the Early Epipaleolithic of the Jordanian western highlands", Natalie D. Munro, Michael Kennerty , Jacqueline S. Meier, Siavash Samei, Maysoon al-Nahar, Deborah I. Olszewski, Quarterly International, 396 (2016) 31-39.
2016 "Late Pleistocene eastern Levant: Landscape strategies in open spaces", Deborah I. Olszewski and Maysoon al-Nahar, Quarterly International, 396 (2016) 1-4.
2016 "Persistent and ephemeral places in the Early Epipaleolithic in the Wadi al-Hasa region of the western highlands of Jordan", Deborah I. Olszewski and Maysoon al-Nahar, Quarterly International, 396 (2016) 20-30.
2016 "Differential bone preservation and human foraging at the Early Epipaleolithic site of Tor at-Tareeq (WHS1065) in the western highlands of Jordan" Siavash Samei a, Natalie D. Munro, Maysoon al-Nahar, Deborah I. Olszewski, Quarterly International, 396 & 52-61.
2016 "Early Epipaleolithic lithics, time-averaging, and site interpretations: Wadi al-Hasa region, Western Highlands of Jordan" Maysoon al-Nahar, Deborah I. Olszewski, Quarterly International, 396 (2016) 40-51.
2015 "Early Epipaleolithic sites in the Southern and Central Jordan: Site Function Implications", Maysoon Al Nahar and Deborah Olszewski, Mediterranean Archeology and Archaeometry (MAA), Vol.15, No.2, pp. 215-227.
2015 "The Yarmoukian Pottery Assemblage from Tell Abu Suwwan, Jordan", Maysoon Al Nahar and Zeidan Kafafi, Mediterranean Archeology and Archaeometry (MAA), Vol. 15, No.3.
2015 "Experimental Study of Bone Artifact Manufacture from the Neolithic site Tell Abu Suwwan (PPNB-PN), Jordan" Bellal Abu Helaleh, Maysoon Al Nahar, Ursula, Thun Hohenstein , Gabriele Luigi Francesco Berruti, Emanuele Cancellieri, Adumatu, 32.
References
- ^ Faculty Members, University of Jordan [Accessed: 7 March 2019]
- ^ Maysoon Al Nahar, Research Gate, [1] Accessed 7 March, 2019 www.researchgate.net
- ^ "The First Human Settlements on the Left Bank of the Jordan Valley: Report of the 2015 and 2016 seasons". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
- ^ Al-Nahar, Maysoon; Clark, Geoffrey A. (2013). "PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS in the Practice of Paleoarchaeology in Jordan". Near Eastern Archaeology. 76 (4): 196–203. doi:10.5615/neareastarch.76.4.0196. JSTOR 10.5615/neareastarch.76.4.0196.