Friends of ASOR presents the next webinar in our monthly series on April 18, at 7:30 pm EDT. Ever wonder how archaeology “plays” into the world of video games? Following the publication of the March 2021 issue of Near Eastern Archaeology, this webinar and a panel of four scholars will introduce you to the key concepts of “archaeogaming,” or the intersection of archaeology and video games. A rapidly emerging field, archaeogaming studies the representation of archaeology in video games, the historical narratives in video games, the use of video games as pedagogical tools in the archaeological classroom, and so much more. The discussants will seek to demonstrate how video games can no longer be overlooked as tools to communicate with a general audience and how video games are intriguing new subjects and places for archaeologists to study. Digital games are the new archaeological sites, landscapes, and artifacts. Please join us for this exciting and relevant discussion where we will delve into the world of gaming: no previous experience required! The webinar will conclude with a live Q&A session with the panel that will give you the opportunity to ask questions about this exciting new field.

Tine Rassalle is a PhD candidate in the Religious Studies department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has an MA in Archaeology of the ancient Near East from Gent University (Belgium) and another BA in Hebrew and Aramaic Languages and Cultures from Leiden University (the Netherlands). Her main research focuses on the material culture of ancient Judaism and early Christianity in Palestine. She is currently finishing up her dissertation project: a digital database of coin deposits found in ancient synagogues from Late Antique Palestine. Tine is the field supervisor of the Horvat Kur excavations in the Galilee, an executive staff member of SASA (Save Ancient Studies Alliance), and a member of the ASOR Early Career Scholars Committee. Her main hobby, however, is playing video games, which has now started to influence her scholarly work. She has been writing articles and has given talks on archaeogaming, and she recently guest-edited a special issue of ASOR’s Near Eastern Archaeology journal, focused entirely on archaeogaming.

Shannon Martino is an archaeologist and art historian living in Chicago, Illinois, who specializes in archaeological ceramic illustration and ceramic analysis. Shannon graduated from the University of Chicago with an honors BA in Anthropology and earned her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in Art History. Her work focuses on Chalcolithic ceramics and clay figurines from the eastern Balkans and Turkey and she is currently a member of the Yalburt Yaylası archaeological team and a faculty member of Morton College in Cicero, IL.

Matthew Winter is an archaeologist, with a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Arizona with a focus on the archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. In addition to archaeogaming, his research interests focus on archaeological and anthropological theory, social network analysis, ancient urbanism, approaches to the archaeology of religion and identity, and the archaeology and anthropology of food. He has been involved in several different archaeological projects in Italy, Israel, and Jordan.

Michael Zimmerman is an archaeologist, with a PhD from the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University. He also holds an MA in Classical Languages from the University of Florida. He has been involved in the past ten years in the analysis and publication of pottery, lamps and other ceramic material from the Joint Expeditions to Caesarea Maritima in Israel. His graduate work, centered on the analysis of Hellenistic and Roman period pottery from ‘Iraq al-Amir in Jordan, was published by ASOR in late 2019. He has excavated at a number of archaeological sites, including Caesarea Maritima in Israel, the Petra Great Temple Project in Jordan, and the Middleboro Little League Site in Massachusetts, as he expanded into the field of North American archaeology. His other work and research interests include archaeogaming in pedagogical contexts, antiquities trafficking, cultural heritage law and public policy, pottery studies, the archaeology of the Near East, and the prehistoric archaeology of Northeastern America. He teaches introductory and upper level archaeology courses, Middle Eastern cultures, and myth and folklore courses.

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