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Benjamin Porter

Associate Professor and Curator of Middle Eastern Archaeology

University of California, Berkeley

Affiliations

College of Letters & Science

Arts & Humanities

Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Benjamin Porter is currently serving as an Arts & Humanities Associate Professor and Curator of Middle Eastern Archaeology at University of California, Berkeley.

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Benjamin Porter

University of California, Berkeley

Associate Professor and Curator of Middle Eastern Archaeology

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archaeology anthropology historical archaeology archaeological practice history field archaeology archaeological science archaeological record museology archaeological evidence east asian studies earth science cultural anthropology levant archaeological methods archaeological excavations digital humanities community development community engagement community-engaged research bioarchaeology data management stratigraphy heritage science heritage studies quaternary science interdisciplinary history islamic thought anthropological archaeology digital preservation arid environments regional geology landscape archaeology community building community environments community management information sharing data sharing archival science undergrounding orientalism american archaeology local diversity complex communities imperial peripheries archaeological case study eastern karak plateau heritage discourses central jordan teenage boy early dilmun dilmun bioarchaeology project animal husbandry early iron age crop storage university museum collections dhiban excavation human resource acquisition middle east cultural heritage civilizations geoarchaeology

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High-Resolution Spatial Analysis of Archaeobotanical Remains From a Kitchen Context in Imperial Late Antique (Ca. a.D. 600) Dhiban, Jordan. Journal of Field Archaeology (2023)

Alan FarahaniMelissa KutnerDanielle Steen FatkinBenjamin W. Porter

archaeologyhigh-resolution spatial analysisimperial late antiquekitchen contextfield archaeology

Stable Isotopes of Archaeological and Modern Semi-Terrestrial Crabs (Potamon Potamios) Provide Paleoecological Insights Into Brachyuran Ecology and Human Resource Acquisition in Late Holocene Jordan. Quaternary International (2023)

Alan FarahaniMelanie J. MillerBenjamin W. PorterTodd DawsonBruce Routledge

paleoecologyhuman resource acquisitionbrachyuran ecologyarchaeologypotamon potamiosecologyquaternary science

Collectionspace at the Phoebe a. Hearst Museum of Anthropology: A Strategic Information Platform. Equinox Publishing Ltd. eBooks (2022)

Christopher R. HoffmanBenjamin W. PorterMichael T. Black

museologyanthropologycultural anthropologystrategic information platform

Imperial Matter: Ancient Persia and the Archaeology of Empires. Lori Khatchadourian. 2016. University of California Press, Oakland. XXXVIII + 288 Pp. $35.95 (Paperback), Isbn 978-0-520-29052-5. Open Access (E-Book), Isbn 978-0-520-96495-2, Https://Doi.Org/10.1525/Luminos.13.. American Antiquity (2022)

Benjamin W. Porter

historyhistorical archaeologyarchaeologyimperial matterancient persia

Repatriation in University Museum Collections: Case Studies From the Phoebe a. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. International Journal of Cultural Property (2021)

Jordan JacobsBenjamin W. Porter

museologyanthropologyuniversity museum collectionscultural anthropology

John Macginnis, Dirk Wicke Tina Greenfield (Ed.). the Provincial Archaeology of the Assyrian Empire. 2016. XVIII+390 Pages, Numerous Colour and B W Illustrations, Tables. Cambridge: Mcdonald Institute for Archaeological Research; 978-1-902937-74-8 Hardback £80.. Antiquity (2017)

Benjamin W. Porter

archaeological scienceanthropologyanthropological archaeologyarchaeological researchprovincial archaeologyhistorical archaeologyarchaeological practicearchaeologyarchaeological excavationsarchaeological evidencearchaeological methodsamerican archaeologymcdonald institutearchaeological recordfield archaeologyassyrian empire

3-D Digital Preservation of At-Risk Global Cultural Heritage. eScholarship (California Digital Library) (2016)

N. LercariJ. ShulzeW. WendrichB. PorterM. BurtonT. E. Levy

digital preservationearth sciencedigital humanities

Assembling the Iron Age Levant: The Archaeology of Communities, Polities, and Imperial Peripheries. Journal of Archaeological Research (2016)

Benjamin W. Porter

archaeologyimperial peripheries

Crop Storage and Animal Husbandry at Early Iron Age Khirbat Al-Mudayna Al-‘Aliya (Jordan): A Paleoethnobotanical Approach. American Schools of Oriental Research eBooks (2016)

Alan FarahaniBenjamin W PorterHanna HuynhBruce Routledge

archaeologyanimal husbandryeast asian studiesearly iron agecrop storage

Complex Communities: The Archaeology of Early Iron Age West-Central Jordan. Choice Reviews Online (2014)

Benjamin W. Porter

historical archaeologyarchaeological practicearchaeologyarchaeological recordfield archaeologycomplex communities

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Benjamin Porter

Associate Professor and Curator of Middle Eastern Archaeology

University of California, Berkeley

Affiliations

College of Letters & Science

Arts & Humanities

Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Benjamin Porter is currently serving as an Arts & Humanities Associate Professor and Curator of Middle Eastern Archaeology at University of California, Berkeley.

Honors

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Experiences

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Benjamin Porter

University of California, Berkeley

Associate Professor and Curator of Middle Eastern Archaeology

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

High-Resolution Spatial Analysis of Archaeobotanical Remains From a Kitchen Context in Imperial Late Antique (Ca. a.D. 600) Dhiban, Jordan. Journal of Field Archaeology (2023)

Alan FarahaniMelissa KutnerDanielle Steen FatkinBenjamin W. Porter

archaeologyhigh-resolution spatial analysisimperial late antiquekitchen contextfield archaeology

Alan FarahaniMelanie J. MillerBenjamin W. PorterTodd DawsonBruce Routledge

paleoecologyhuman resource acquisitionbrachyuran ecologyarchaeologypotamon potamiosecologyquaternary science

Collectionspace at the Phoebe a. Hearst Museum of Anthropology: A Strategic Information Platform. Equinox Publishing Ltd. eBooks (2022)

Christopher R. HoffmanBenjamin W. PorterMichael T. Black

museologyanthropologycultural anthropologystrategic information platform

Benjamin W. Porter

historyhistorical archaeologyarchaeologyimperial matterancient persia

Repatriation in University Museum Collections: Case Studies From the Phoebe a. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. International Journal of Cultural Property (2021)

Jordan JacobsBenjamin W. Porter

museologyanthropologyuniversity museum collectionscultural anthropology

Benjamin W. Porter

3-D Digital Preservation of At-Risk Global Cultural Heritage. eScholarship (California Digital Library) (2016)

N. LercariJ. ShulzeW. WendrichB. PorterM. BurtonT. E. Levy

digital preservationearth sciencedigital humanities

Assembling the Iron Age Levant: The Archaeology of Communities, Polities, and Imperial Peripheries. Journal of Archaeological Research (2016)

Benjamin W. Porter

archaeologyimperial peripheries

Crop Storage and Animal Husbandry at Early Iron Age Khirbat Al-Mudayna Al-‘Aliya (Jordan): A Paleoethnobotanical Approach. American Schools of Oriental Research eBooks (2016)

Alan FarahaniBenjamin W PorterHanna HuynhBruce Routledge

archaeologyanimal husbandryeast asian studiesearly iron agecrop storage

Complex Communities: The Archaeology of Early Iron Age West-Central Jordan. Choice Reviews Online (2014)

Benjamin W. Porter

historical archaeologyarchaeological practicearchaeologyarchaeological recordfield archaeologycomplex communities

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