''Near Eastern Archaeology'' is an American
journal
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covering
art
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,
archaeology
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,
history
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,
anthropology
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,
literature
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philology
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, and
epigraphy
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of the
Near Eastern
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 ...
and
Mediterranean
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worlds from the
Palaeolithic
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through
Ottoman periods. The journal is written for a general audience and is published quarterly by the
American Schools of Oriental Research
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. The current editor is Thomas Schneider. Almost all articles undergo
peer review
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prior to publication. The journal is electronically archived by
JSTOR
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with a three-year
moving wall
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.
''The Biblical Archaeologist'' (1938-1997)
The journal was established in 1938 by archaeologist
George Ernest Wright
George Ernest Wright (September 5, 1909 – August 29, 1974), was a leading Old Testament scholar and biblical archaeologist. An expert in Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, he was especially known for his work in the study and dating of pottery. H ...
as ''The Biblical Archaeologist'', out of "the need for a readable, non-technical, yet thoroughly reliable account of archaeological discoveries as they are related to the Bible..."
[1938 "Announcement, " ''The Biblical Archaeologist'', p. 4].
In 1998 it was renamed ''Near Eastern Archaeology'', to reflect the publication's broader geographic, chronological, and intellectual scope.
See also
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Near Eastern Archaeology
Near Eastern archaeology is a regional branch of the wider, global discipline of archaeology. It refers generally to the excavation and study of artifacts and material culture of the Near East from antiquity to the recent past.
Definition
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Near Eastern bioarchaeology
Near Eastern bioarchaeology covers the study of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites in Archaeology of Cyprus, Cyprus, Egyptology, Egypt, Levantine archaeology, Levantine coast, Jordan, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, List o ...
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Publications established in 1938
Publications disestablished in 1997
History journals
Quarterly journals
English-language journals
Archaeology journals
Ancient Near East journals
Defunct journals of the United States
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