The ''Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin'' (NEASB) is a
peer-reviewed journal
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published annually by the Near East Archaeological Society (NEAS).
Since the first volume in 1958, the bulletin has printed articles and book reviews on ancient
Near East
The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...
ern
archaeology
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,
literature
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epigraphy
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philology
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anthropology
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art
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There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...
, and the The articles often assess the current state of scholarship, provide up-to-date
excavation reports, and resolve methodological problems of excavation and other research issues.
The bulletin is distributed in hard copy by the NEAS and electronically by Logos Bible Software. It is indexed (or approved for indexing) in the
Atla Religion Database, Old Testament Abstracts, andChristian Periodical Index, and is listed as ISSN 0739-0068 (WorldCat, Library of Congress) and OCLC no. 1714481 (WorldCat, Library of Congress).
NEASB was formerly titled ''Near Eastern Archaeology: Bulletin of the Near East Archaeological Society'' (1958–1967) and
''Bulletin Series of the Near East Archaeological Society'' (1971–1974).
External links
NEAS website
Archaeology journals
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