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NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST
AIYSHA ABU-LABAN Aiysha has worked
on molluscan remains from Shkarat Msaied (PPNB site) in southern Jordan,
Baja (PPNB site) in southern Jordan DANIELLA BAR-YOSEF MAYER Daniella has worked extensively in Turkey, Israel and the Near East generally. Her work has investigated many different aspects of archaeomalacology including subsistence, gathering strategies and artefact production, but most particularly, exchange patterns. For a selection of Daniella's work please refer to the publications page. INBAR BARUCH Inbar's focus is on coastal sites of North Israel. She has a wide range of archaeomalacological interests including methodology, environmental reconstruction, and molluscan relationships to cults and witchcraft. ARTHUR E. BOGAN In addition to his work in the southeastern United States, Arthur has also worked on molluscan remains from Yemen, spanning from Pleistocene to early historic deposits. His focus has shifted from subsistence to problems of interpreting freshwater habitats based on species of mussels and gastropods present. He isinterested in comparison of archaeological and modern faunas from the same areas to assess levels of change, extirpation and extinction in the freshwater molluscan fauna. For a selection of Arthur's publications, please refer to the publications page. RUBY CERÓN-CARRASCO In addition to her work in Scotland and the Adriatic, Ruby has worked on a range of material from the Near East. She has analysed marine shell artefacts from Tell esh Shuna and Wadi Faynan in Jordan, as well as isolating the presence of freshwater and marine fish species derived from the Mediterranean and Red seas at the same sites. Her work in Syria includes the analysis of freshwater snails from Lake Quattine. Her most recent project in the region is as part of the Pirnabasi (Turkey) Project (click also here for more information on this project). As part of this project she will analyse non-marine molluscs, provide species identifications, analyse marine shell artefacts, and provide information on site formation processes and taphonomy. For a selection of Ruby's publications, please refer to the publications page. FRANCESCO D'ERRICO Francesco is well known in the archaeological community for his work on the evolution of human cognition. He conducts field research in Europe, the Near East and Africa. His wide range of archaeological interests include archaeomalacology, where he has specific interests in gathering strategies, trade, artefact production, taphonomy, source determination and Upper Palaeolithic shell beads. For a selection of Francesco's publications in archaeomalacology, please refer to the publications page. ARLENE FRADKIN As well as her work in the southeastern United States, Arlene has conducted research in various areas of Israel. Her work there has concentrated on Sepphois and Khirbet Cana in the lower Galilee, and Caesarea Maritima and Tel Tanninim on the Mediterranean Coast. Her interests within archaeomalacology include molluscs as part of subsistence strategies and as items of trade, as well as the nature of folk classifications. For a selection of Arlene's publications, please refer to the publications page. JOEL C. JANETSKI Joel has been researching aspects of archaeomalacology for many years, but his recent focus is Southern Jordan. Presently, he is looking at marine shell exploitation at the Natufian site of Wadi Mataha 2 in the Petra Basin. For a reference to this work, please refer to the publications page. Joel also has interests in trade and subsistence generally, along with the social implications of craft development. ALDONA KURZAWSKA Aldona has broad interests across the spectrum of archaeomalacology including methodological approaches, taphonomy, source determination, gathering strategies, subsistence, artefact production and trade. In addition to her research in Israel, Jordan and Syria, she has also conducted work in Poland. For Aldona's publications, please refer to the publications page. HENK K. MIENIS Coming from a malacological training, Henk has worked extensively with archaeologists, and has analysed many archaeomalacological assemblages from Near Eastern sites. Henk has published widely within conchological, archaeological and regional journals and monographs. A selection of his publications can be found on the publications page. JANET RIDOUT SHARPE Janet is known to many of us for co-ordinating the Archao+Malacology newsletter that has brought many workers in the field together over the last few years. Her newsletter is now posted on this website. As well as her work on Cyprus and in England, Janet has conducted analyses of mollusc material from the Syrian site of Jerablus Tahtani. Her central interests are environmental reconstruction, subsistence, trade, and shell symbolism. For a selection of Janet's publications, please refer to the publications page. MARY C. STINER Mary has worked and published extensively on assemblages from both coastal regions of the Near East and the Mediterranean. Within the Near East, her work has focused on coastal western and northern Israel, coastal and Anatolian Turkey, and the Galilee region of Israel. Her zooarchaeological (and general archaeological) interests are diverse, including forager ecology, Palaeolithic subsistence, forager-farming transitions, population ecology, taphonomy, bone chemistry, and Palaeolithic ornament production and use. For a selection of Mary's publications, please refer to the publications page. MARIAN VANHAEREN Marian conducts research in Africa, Europe and the Near East with a particular focus on the Upper and Middle Palaeolithic. Among her major archaeomalacological interests are gathering strategies, trade, artefact production, taphonomy and source determination. For a selection of her publications, including her well-known work on beads, symbolism, and human cognitive evolution, please refer to the publications page. BARBARA WILKENS Barbara has studied archaeological shell assemblages from both the Mediterranean and Near Eastern regions, focussing on Italy, Greece, Syria and Oman. She is interested in various aspects of archaeomalacology including subsistence, past environments, artefact production and consumption, and gathering strategies. For a selection of Barbara's publications, please refer to the publications page.
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