Maysoon al-Nahar

Maysoon Al-Nahar is Jordanian archaeologist specializing in the Paleolithic, Epipaleolithic and Neolithic of the Southern Levant. She is a professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Jordan.[1] She has excavated at Tell Abu es-Suwaan, Jerash, Jordan, and on the left bank of the Jordan Valley, researching the first human settlements found there.[2][3] Al-Nahar has served as the Assistant Dean for Archaeological and Heritage Museums, the Head of the Department of Archaeology and the Museum Director at the University of Jordan.[4]

Al-Nahar studied Anthropology and Prehistory at Arizona State University between 1995 and 2005. Al-Nahar has experience in the use of new technologies within the archaeological field, including archaeometry and Radiocarbon dating, as well as paleoenvironmental reconstruction.

Selected publications
  • 2016 "Human hunting and site occupation intensity in the Early Epipaleolithic of the Jordanian western highlands", Natalie D. Munro, Michael Kennerty , Jacqueline S. Meier, Siavash Samei, Maysoon al-Nahar, Deborah I. Olszewski, Quarterly International, 396 (2016) 31-39.
  • 2016 "Late Pleistocene eastern Levant: Landscape strategies in open spaces", Deborah I. Olszewski and Maysoon al-Nahar, Quarterly International, 396 (2016) 1-4.
  • 2016 "Persistent and ephemeral places in the Early Epipaleolithic in the Wadi al-Hasa region of the western highlands of Jordan", Deborah I. Olszewski and Maysoon al-Nahar, Quarterly International, 396 (2016) 20-30.
  • 2016 "Differential bone preservation and human foraging at the Early Epipaleolithic site of Tor at-Tareeq (WHS1065) in the western highlands of Jordan" Siavash Samei a, Natalie D. Munro, Maysoon al-Nahar, Deborah I. Olszewski, Quarterly International, 396 & 52-61.
  • 2016 "Early Epipaleolithic lithics, time-averaging, and site interpretations: Wadi al-Hasa region, Western Highlands of Jordan" Maysoon al-Nahar, Deborah I. Olszewski, Quarterly International, 396 (2016) 40-51.
  • 2015 "Early Epipaleolithic sites in the Southern and Central Jordan: Site Function Implications", Maysoon Al Nahar and Deborah Olszewski, Mediterranean Archeology and Archaeometry (MAA), Vol.15, No.2, pp. 215-227.
  • 2015 "The Yarmoukian Pottery Assemblage from Tell Abu Suwwan, Jordan", Maysoon Al Nahar and Zeidan Kafafi, Mediterranean Archeology and Archaeometry (MAA), Vol. 15, No.3.
  • 2015 "Experimental Study of Bone Artifact Manufacture from the Neolithic site Tell Abu Suwwan (PPNB-PN), Jordan" Bellal Abu Helaleh, Maysoon Al Nahar, Ursula, Thun Hohenstein , Gabriele Luigi Francesco Berruti, Emanuele Cancellieri, Adumatu, 32.

References
  1. Faculty Members, University of Jordan [Accessed: 7 March 2019]
  2. Maysoon Al Nahar, Research Gate, Accessed 7 March, 2019 www.researchgate.net
  3. "The First Human Settlements on the Left Bank of the Jordan Valley: Report of the 2015 and 2016 seasons". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  4. Al-Nahar, Maysoon; Clark, Geoffrey A. (2013). "PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS in the Practice of Paleoarchaeology in Jordan". Near Eastern Archaeology. 76 (4): 196–203. doi:10.5615/neareastarch.76.4.0196. JSTOR 10.5615/neareastarch.76.4.0196.
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