BULLETIN OF ASOR (BASOR)
The Bulletin of ASOR (BASOR) is a leader among peer-reviewed academic journals of the ancient Near East. Since 1919, BASOR has served as a highly respected interdisciplinary English-language forum for scholars worldwide in subjects pertaining to the archaeological and history of the ancient Near Eastern world. The journal publishes articles by emerging and established scholars of the ancient world focusing on the regions of the Levant, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Anatolia, Iran, Caucasus, and Egypt with a chronological range from the Paleolithic through the early modern period. BASOR appears bi-annually, in May and November. Submissions of particular interest include articles that present original research, novel archaeological interpretations, theoretical analysis, and contributions based on innovative approaches to the study of the ancient world. As such, submissions that present excavation results or catalogs of objects and materials without an accompanying substantial analytical or methodological discussion will not be considered. The journal also contains reviews and commentaries on the latest books. Suggestions are also welcomed for occasional theme issues relating to topics of broad scholarly interest.ASOR is currently seeking new Editor(s) for BASOR. Learn more here.
Current Issue:
BASOR 395 (May 2026): This issue of BASOR includes articles such as: Preservation through Transformation: Identifying Late Roman Hula Valley Sites in Panias’s Diocletianic Boundary Stones; The Life and Afterlife of the Palace of Herod Antipas in Tiberias; Baʾude, a World Heritage Site in Northern Syria from the Early Byzantine Era: A Study of the Residential Buildings and Their State of Preservation; ʿEn Ḥaẓeva in the Arabah Valley: A “Faynanite” Signature in Late Iron Age I–Early Iron Age IIA Ceramic Assemblages; and more. Table of ContentsPast Issues:
BASOR 394 (November 2025): This issue of BASOR includes articles such as: Boulos el-ʿAraj: A Palestinian Quaker Archaeologist of the British Mandate Era (1926–1936); Unveiling the Obscure: Exploring the Function and Meaning of Levantine Shrine Models through an Ethnoarchaeological Lens; Paleoenvironment and Fruit Tree Horticulture at Early Bronze Age Tel Bet Yerah: Evidence from Charcoal Remains; Reassessing the Levantine Tradition of Early Bronze III Bone Tubes: The View from Tell el-Hesi; and more. Table of Contents BASOR 393 (May 2025): This issue of BASOR includes articles such as: Nabatean Tent Sites on the Ruhot Plain, Central Negev, and Nomadic Visibility; Olive Oil Production in the North-East Temple of Canaanite Lachish; Qaṭrāyīṯ and the Linguistic History of Ancient East Arabia; Reflections on the Circulation of Extraordinary Items in Early Chalcolithic Southwest Asia: Sourcing the Obsidian Mirror and Giant Blade Core of Kabri (Israel); and more. Table of ContentsA Guide to the Online Features of ASOR Journals
BASOR is the flagship journal of ASOR. Did you know that online access with an ASOR Academic Membership includes access to all three ASOR journals? Did you know that Associate and Contributing members get access to NEA online as well as print delivery? Did you know that all the back issues of ASOR journals are available to view online? Or that you can view any issue using special features on the University of Chicago Press Journals platform? Read more . . .
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Editors
Co-Editors:
Marwan Kilani, University of Basel Jason Ur, Harvard University Contact at basor@asor.orgEditorial Board:
Term 2023-2026 Nancy Highcock, Ashmolean Museum at Oxford Ido Koch, Tel Aviv University Brita Lorentzen, University of Georgia Term 2024-2027 Leigh-Ann Bedal, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College Gregg E. Gardner, University of British Columbia Philipp Stockhammer, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich & Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena Marta D’Andrea, Sapienza University of Rome Term 2025-2028 Shawn Bubel, University of Lethbridge Ian W. N. Jones, New York University Term 2026-2029 Patrick Michel, Université de Lausanne Alexandra Ratzlaff, Brandeis University Michele Massa, Bilkent University Victoria Almansa-Villatoro, Yale University Kathryn Grossman, North Carolina State UniversitySubscribe
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