Research > Archaeological Fieldwork > Sapienza "Grandi Scavi" > Archaeological Expedition to Khirbat Iskandar and Its Environs
Director: Marta D'Andrea
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The Archaeological Expedition to Khirbat Iskandar and Its Environs is a joint project of Gannon University and Sapienza University of Rome, operating under a permit from the Jordanian Department of Antiquities, under the joint direction of Suzanne Richard (Gannon University, Erie, PA) and Marta D'Andrea (Sapienza University of Rome), with Jesse C. Long (Lubbock Christian University) as a co-director.
The research focuses on a long-term project for the systematic archaeological investigation of one of the main Bronze Age settlements in Jordan and its surrounding ladscape, operating under a permit from the Department of Antiquities of Jordan. The research aims to understand the mechanisms of formation, growth, and decline of the earliest cities in this region through the study of a key site in the Madaba district. Alongside excavation and research activities, conservation and restoration work on ancient architectures is carried out with the goal of promoting the enhancement and interpretation of the site, in coordination with local authorities.
Collaborators:
- Suzanne Richard (co-director, Gannon University);
- Jesse C. Long (co-director, Lubbock Christian University);
- Carolina Cioffi (archaeologist);
- Nicola Lanzaro (archaeologist);
- Michela Floriani (archaeologist);
- Tucker Deady (collaborator, archaeologist);
- Lorenzo Verderame (assyriologist);
- Marinella Ceravolo (studies on the history of religions);
- Donatella Capaldi (digital resources and communication);
- Saverio Giulio Malatesta (digital resources and communications);
- Maria Laura Santarelli (archaeometric analyses of architectural samples);
- Laura Medeghini (archaeometric analyses of ceramics);
- Alessandra Celant (palaeobotanical studies);
- Federico Di Rita (palaeobotanical studies);
- Andrea Zerboni (geoarchaeological studies);
- Luca Forti (geoarchaeological studies);
- Franco Sciorilli (restorationist)
- Bibliography
- M. D’Andrea, S. Richard, J.C. Long, Jr, C. Cioffi, T.A. Deady, M. Floriani, N. Lanzaro, F. Sciorilli, Archaeology and Sustainability at Khirbat iskandar and Its Environs. Emergency Actions for the Documentation and Conservation of Endangered Cultural Heritage, Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan 16, Amman, in stampa.
- M. D’Andrea, S. Richard, J.C. Long Jr, T.A. Deady, N. Lanzaro, C. Cioffi, The Archaeological Expedition to Khirbat Iskandar and Its Environs: Preliminary Report of Seasons 2022, 2023, and 2024, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, in stampa.
- M. D’Andrea, S. Richard, J.C. Long Jr, F. Sciorilli, Emergency Actions for the Documentation, Stabilization, and Consolidation of the Early Bronze Age Fortifications at Khirbat Iskandar, Jordan, Heritage 4:7 (2024), pp. 2088-2117.
- S. Richard, Jesse C. Long Jr, M. D’Andrea, Expedition to Khirbat Iskandar and Its Environs: the 2019 Season, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 61 (2024), pp. 349-364.
- S. Richard, J.C. Long Jr, M. D’Andrea, T. Deady, Khirbat Iskandar, in Archaeology in Jordan 4: 2022 and 2023 Seasons, pp. 107-109 https://publications.acorjordan.org/articles/khirbat-iskandar-2020-2021/.
- M. D’Andrea, S. Richard, Missione Archeologica a Khirbat Iskandar, Giordania: Risultati recenti e obiettivi futuri, in Scienze dell’Antichità 29.3 (= C. Cereti [ed.], Egitto e Vicino Oriente Antico tra Passato e Futuro. Atti del Terzo Convegno EVOA, Roma 30 giugno-1 luglio 2022, Edizioni Quasar, Roma, 2023), pp. 95-106.
- S. Richard, J.C. Long, M. D’Andrea, Shedding Light on the Urban/Rural Nexus about 2500 BCE: The 2019 Excavations at Khirbat Iskandar, Jordan, in N. Marchetti, F. Cavaliere, E. Cirelli, C. D'Orazio, G. Giacosa, M. Guidetti, E. Mariani (eds), Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 06-09 April 2021, Bologna, Volume 2, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2023, pp. 523-536.
- M. D’Andrea, J.C. Long Jr, S. Richard, New Insights about the Early Bronze Age Sequence at Khirbat Iskandar: The 2016 Excavations, in F. Balawi, P.P. Creasman (eds) Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan XIV. Culture in Crisis Flows of People Artifacts, and Idea. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan, Florence, Italy, 21-25 January 2019. Part I, Department of Antiquities of Jordan: Amman, 2022, pp. 224-249.
- P.L. Fall, S. Richard, S.E. Pilaar Birch, E. Ridder, M. D’Andrea, J.C. Long Jr, G. Hedges-Knyrim, S. Porson, M. Metzger, S.E. Falconer, New AMS Chronology for the Early Bronze III/IV Transition at Khirbat Isakndar, Jordan, Radiocarbon 64/2 (2022), pp. 237-252.
- M. D’Andrea, S. Richard, J.C. Long Jr, Khirbat Iskandar (2020-2021), in Archaeology in Jordan 3: 2020 and 2021 Seasons, Amman 2022, pp. 67-69, https://publications.acorjordan.org/articles/khirbat-iskandar-2020-2021/
Further details about this research:
- Research type: Sapienza "Grandi Scavi"
- Location of the excavation: Jordan
- Research topic: STAA-o1/E - Archaeology and art history of ancient western Asia and the eastern Mediterranean
- Fundings: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; Grandi Scavi – Sapienza University of Rome; Gannon University
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