PUBLICATIONS
(Dissertation: Early Bronze Age Settlement and Land Use in the Tell es-Sweyhat Region, Syria. Dept. of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania)
Books
In Prep. Hasanlu Tepe (Iran): The Deep Soundings. Hasanlu Excavation Reports III. University Museum Monograph (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum).
In Prep. Hasanlu Tepe (Iran): The Early Iron Age Citadel. Hasanlu Excavation Reports IV. University Museum Monograph (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum).
In Prep. Secrets of the Burned City: Hasanlu Tepe, Iran. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum.
In Prep. Tell Hajji Ibrahim, Syria: An Early Third Millennium B.C. Agropastoral Station. University Museum Monograph (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum).
2007 Cradle of Civilization: The Land between the Rivers. Published in Mandarin. (Beijing: Beijing World Art Museum).
2004 The Ilkhanid Heartland: Hasanlu Tepe (Iran) Period I. Hasanlu Excavation Reports II. University Museum Monograph 120 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum).
Book Chapters
2007 “The Early Bronze Age in the Upper Euphrates River Valley and Northwest Jezireh, Syria,” (with Richard L. Zettler) in Edgar Peltenburg, ed. Euphrates River Valley Settlement: The Carchemish Sector in the Third Millennium BC. Levant Supplementary Series 5. Council for British Research in the Levant/Oxbow Books, pp. 164-183.
2005 “The Sialk Regional Archaeological Survey 2005: Sialk Reconsideration Project,” in Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi, ed. The Fisherman of Sialk. Sialk Reconsideration Project Report 4 (Tehran: Iranian Centre of Archaeological Research), pp. 67-77.
2004 “The Search for the Late Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age Transition in the Ushnu-Solduz Valley, Iran,” (with Mary M. Voigt and Robert H. Dyson, Jr.) in Antonio Sagona, ed. A View from the Highlands. Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement 12 (Louvain: Peeters Press), 583-616.
1998 "The Evolution of the Tell es-Sweyhat (Syria) Settlement System in the Third Millennium B.C.," (with Richard L. Zettler) in Michel Fortin and Olivier Aurenche, eds. Espace Naturel, Espace Habité en
Syrie du Nord (10e - 2e millénaires av. J-C.) Canadian Society for
Mesopotamian Studies Bulletin 33; Travaux de la Maison de l’Orient 28 (Québec: Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies; Lyon: Maison de l’Orient Méditerranéen), pp. 209-28.
1997 "Geomagnetic Mapping of the Outer Town," (with Peter N. Peregrine, Andrew Bell and Matthew Braithwaite) in Subsistence and Settlement in a Marginal Environment: Tell es-Sweyhat, 1989-1995 Preliminary Report. MASCA Research Papers in Science and Archaeology 14 (Philadelphia: Museum Applied Sciences Center for Archaeology), pp. 73-84.
1997 "Regional Surveys and Excavations," in Subsistence and Settlement in a Marginal Environment: Tell es-Sweyhat, 1989-1995 Preliminary Report. MASCA Research Papers in Science and Archaeology 14 (Philadelphia: Museum Applied Sciences Center for Archaeology), pp. 85-94.
Articles
In Prep. “Penn’s Neoassyrian Reliefs: A Case of Mistaken Identity and Disappearing Genii,” Iraq
In Prep. “Survey and Reconnaissance: First Preliminary Report on Tell Balabra in the Syrian Qaramukh,” to be submitted to the Journal of Field Archaeology.
In Prep. “The History of Penn’s Neoassyrian Reliefs: Where are They Now?,” Expedition.
In Press “The Early Bronze Age in the Upper Euphrates River Valley and Northwest Jezireh, Syria,” Levant Supplemental Series (with Richard L. Zettler).
2005 “Returning to Iran,” Expedition 47/2: 44-48.
2002 “The View from the Tell,” Expedition 44/2: 8-9.
2002 “Excavating an Enigma: The Latest Discoveries from Tell es-Sweyhat,” Expedition 44/1 (with Richard L. Zettler): 36-45.
2001 "Palmyrene Funerary Sculptures at Penn," Expedition 43/3: 33-40.
1997 "Sweyhat," in "Archaeology in Syria," Harvey Weiss, ed. American Journal of Archaeology 101 (1) (with Richard L. Zettler and Peter N. Peregrine): 141-44.
1997 "Eridu," The Encyclopedia of Near Eastern Archaeology Volume 2. (with Richard L. Zettler) (New York: Oxford University Press): 258-60.
1997 "Hassuna," The Encyclopedia of Near Eastern Archaeology Volume 2. (New York: Oxford University Press): 483-4.
1996 "The Tell es-Sweyhat Regional Archaeological Project," Expedition 38 (1): 34-36.
1991 "The 1990 Excavations at the Blue Sea Site (12-Wh-24)," Journal of the Indiana Historical Society (with R. Criss Helmkamp and Altae Mae Frobish).
1989 "The Purdue Archaeological Survey: First Annual Report (1987)," in Christopher S. Peebles, ed. Current Research in Indiana Archaeology and Prehistory: 1987 & 1988. Indiana University Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology Research Reports, No. 10 (with Peter Peregrine, R. Criss Helmkamp and Robert Fry).
Reviews
In Press Review of Allen, Lindsay “The Persian Empire,” Religious Studies Review.
In Press Review of Van Loon, Maurits "Selenkahiye," Religious Studies Review.
2003 Review of Oates, David, Joan Oates and Helen McDonald “Excavations at Tell Brak. Vol. 2: Nagar in the Third Millennium B.C.,” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 331: 71-74.
2002 Review of Kolinski, Rafal "Tell Rijim, Iraq: The Middle Bronze Age Layers," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 328: 84-87.
1997 Review of Schwartz, G. M. and S. E. Falconer "Archaeological Views from the Countryside," Religious Studies Review 23 (2): 164.
1997 Review of Potts, D. T. "Mesopotamian Civilization: The Material Foundations," Biblical Archaeologist 60 (3): 188-189.
Other Publications/Edited Works
2004 “Hasanlu Tepe, Iran,” Dig Magazine (May/June) 2004. (Juvenile Literature).
2004 “The Lion Bowl,” Dig Magazine (May/June) 2004. (Juvenile Literature).
2003 “Sumer and the Sumerians,” Calliope Magazine. September, 2003. (Textbook/Juvenile Literature). Michael D. Danti and Richard L. Zettler, consulting eds.) (Peterborough, NH: Cobblestone Publishing).
2003 “Eridu: City of the First Kings.” in Michael D. Danti and Richard L. Zettler, eds. “Sumer and the Sumerians.” Calliope Magazine. September 2003. (Textbook/Juvenile Literature) (Peterborough, NH: Cobblestone Publishing): 9-11.
2003 “Kish: Ancient Mesopotamia’s Heartland.” in Michael D. Danti and Richard L. Zettler, eds. “Sumer and the Sumerians.” Calliope Magazine. September 2003. (Textbook/Juvenile Literature) (Peterborough, NH: Cobblestone Publishing): 12-15.
2003 Ancient Greece. By Cynthia Klingel and Robert B. Noyed. (Textbook/Juvenile Literature. Michael Danti, Content Advisor). (Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point Books).
2003 Ancient Mesopotamia. By Cynthia Klingel and Robert B. Noyed (Textbook/Juvenile Literature. Michael Danti, Content Advisor). (Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point Books).
2003 Ancient Rome. By Lucia Raatma. (Textbook/Juvenile Literature. Michael Danti, Content Advisor). (Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point Books).