The ACOR Conservation Cooperative (ACC) was launched in 2006 to assist existing archaeological and cultural resource management projects with conservation efforts needed for the successful completion of the projects.
The ACC assists with conservation and restoration needs in order to help projects move toward final publication and realize museum displays of artifacts recovered from the excavations. The work of the ACC has been primarily executed by ACOR’s former conservation technician, Mr. Naif Zaban.
Most of the ACC efforts take place in the ACOR Conservation Lab, which was created with a grant from ASHA (American Schools and Hospitals Abroad) in the early 1990s and receives upgrades to its equipment through ACOR’s Cultural Heritage Fund. Since the start of the ACC, this initiative has helped conserve material from dozens of projects and for several museums. The ACC has also assisted conservation projects at archaeological sites, including Darat al-Funun, the Amman Nymphaeum, and the Petra Church, among others.
Thanks to permissions granted by the Department of Antiquities, the ACC has restored ceramic vessels of a wide range of periods and locations: Bronze Age (Muryghat and Khirbet Umm al-Ghozlan); Iron Age (Amman, Khirbet Ataruz, Khirbet Mudayna, Pella); classical periods, including Nabataean and Roman (Humayma, Petra, Tall Abu Sarbut); and Islamic and medieval (Bayda, Pella, Khirbat Sheikh ‘Issa and Ghor as-Safi). Zaban has also cleaned coins from a multitude of sites. This work ultimately assists final excavation publications.
You can find out more about the ACOR Conservative Cooperative and the contributions of Naif Zaban in an article about the cooperative from 2015.
If you require conservation assistance for your archaeological artifacts or at archaeological sites, please contact acor@acorjordan.org for more information.
Below is a list of projects that the ACC has assisted between 2006 and 2020. These data were digitized in early 2021 based on handwritten records; if you notice an error or omission, please feel free to contact us at acor@acorjordan.org.
| Site Name | Project Director(s)/Client | Institution | Nationality | Material | Year/Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Sarbut, Tall | Margareet Steiner | Groningen University | The Netherlands | Ceramics | 2012, 2014–2016 |
| Amman Citadel, Iron Age excavations | France / Jordan | ||||
| Amman Nymphaeum | Hamdi Mango Center | University of Jordan | Jordan | Conservation Service (Naif Zaban) | 2015 |
| Aqaba Castle | Reem Shqour | University of Ghent | Belgium / Jordan | Coins | 2014 |
| Ayla | Don Whitcomb / Kristoffer Damgard | University of Chicago | United States | Ivory | 2011 |
| Ayn Gharandal excavations | Robert and Erin Darby | University of Tennessee | United States | Painted plaster, coins, metal objects, vessels, ceramics | 2011, 2013–2017, 2019 |
| Baptism Site | Rustum Mkhjian | The Baptism Site Commission | Jordan | Mosaic work (materials support) | 2014 |
| Bayda / Islamic Bayda Project | Micaela Sinibaldi / Sue Alcock and Chris Tuttle | Cardiff University / Brown University-ACOR | United Kingdom / Italy / United States | Coins, small finds; metals and pottery; various objects | 2014–2016, 2018–2019 |
| Bayt Ras Tomb Project | Jehad Haron, ACOR-SCHEP | ACOR | International / Jordan | Coins | 2018–2019 |
| Bir Madhkhur | Andrew Smith | George Washington University | United States | Coins, site assistance | 2013–2016 |
| Busayra | Ben Porter et al. | University of California Berkeley | United States | Ceramics, coins, pottery | 2012–2015 |
| Darat al-Funun | Pierre Bikai | United States / Jordan | Column restoration | 2013 | |
| Dhiban / Tall Dhiban Excavation and Development Project | Ben Porter et al. | University of California Berkeley / Stanford University / University of Liverpool | United States / United Kingdom | Coins, stone vessels, stone objects | 2010, 2011, 2019 |
| Department of Antiquities Madaba Museum | Curator | Department of Antiquities of Jordan | Jordan | Ceramics | 2014 |
| Darat as-Saraya Museum, Department of Antiquities | Curator | Department of Antiquities | Jordan | Objects | 2014 |
| Irbid Darat as Saraya Museum | Alia Khasawneh, Curator | Department of Antiquities | Jordan | Objects | 2009–2010 |
| Eastern Badia Archaeological Project (EBAP) | Gary Rollefson | Whitman College | United States | Bone | 2018 |
| Ghor es Safi (Masna es-Sukkar, Khirbet Sheikh Al-Issa) | Konstantinos D. Politis | Hellenic Society for Near Eastern Studies | Greece / United Kingdom / Australia | Ceramics | 2008, 2011, 2013 |
| German Protestant Institute of Archaeology (GPIA) | Frauke Kenkel | German Protestant Institute of Archaeology | Germany | Bronze | 2014 |
| Humayma | Barbara Reeves | Queen’s University at Kingston | Canada | Ceramics, coins, pottery | 2012, 2019 |
| Iraq al-Amir | Department of Antiquities | Department of Antiquities | Jordan | Coins | 2019 |
| Jerash | Jacques Seigne | Institut français du Proche Orient | France | Coins | 2013 |
| Jerash | Adnan Shiyyab | University of Jordan | Jordan | Coins, masks | 2018 |
| Jordan Museum | Fatma Marii / Nofa Nasser | The Jordan Museum | Jordan | Hijaz Railway Car, mosaic conservation, various | 2010, 2012–2013 |
| Khirbet al-Balua / Balu’a Regional Archaeological Projects | Monique Vincent et al. | Walla Walla University | United States | Ceramics | 2019 |
| Khirbet ‘Ataruz | Chang Ho Ji | La Sierra University | United States | Ceramic | 2012 |
| Khirbet Dasuq | Elodie Vigouroux | Institut français du Proche Orient | France | Coins and metal objects | 2019 |
| Khirbet Mudayna / al-Mudayna | Michele Daviau / Michael Weigl | Wilfred Laurier University / University of Vienna | Canada / Austria | Ceramics | 2008, 2017 |
| Khirbet Nawafleh / Wadi Musa | Khairieh Amr | The Jordan Museum | Jordan | Ceramics | 2012 |
| Khirbet Umm al-Ghozlan | James Fraser | University of Sydney / British Museum | Australia / United Kingdom | Ceramics | 2019–2020 |
| Khirbet Salameh | ACOR | ACOR / Department of Antiquities | United States / Jordan | Archaeological site | 2020 |
| Khirbet Samra / as-Samra | Jean-Baptiste Humbert | ́École biblique et archaéologique français | France | Ceramics | 2009 |
| Khirbet Sheikh ‘Issa | Konstantinos D. Politis / Margaret O’Hea | Hellenic Society for Near Eastern Studies / University of Adelaide | Greece / Australia | 2008 | |
| Madaba, Tell | Debra Foran | University of Toronto | Canada | Coins | 2012 |
| Mukhayat, Tall | Debra Foran | University of Toronto / Wilfred Laurier University | Canada | Ceramics | 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019 |
| Pella | Stephen Bourke | University of Sydney | Australia | Ceramics | 2011, 2014, 2016–2018 |
| Petra Church Project | ACOR / Franco Sciorilli | ACOR | United States / Jordan / Italy | Mosaics | 2011, 2014 |
| Petra Garden and Pool Complex | Leigh Ann Bedal | Penn State Behrend | United States | Ceramics, coins | 2010, 2013, 2014 |
| Petra: International Al Khubtha Tombs Project | Lucy Wadeson | University of Oxford | United Kingdom / New Zealand / Switzerland | Small finds | 2013 |
| Petra North Ridge Project | S. Thomas Parker / Megan Perry | North Carolina State University / East Carolina University | United States | Coins, metal objects | 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020 |
| Petra: Brown University Petra Archaeological Project (Upper Market) | Susan Alcock and Chris Tuttle | Brown University / ACOR | United States | Ceramic, Nabataean | 2012 |
| Petra: Khirbet Nawafleh | Micaela Sinibaldi | Cardiff University | United Kingdom / Italy | Ceramics | 2013 |
| Petra: Temple of the Winged Lions | Chris Tuttle / Glenn Corbett / Jack Green | ACOR | United States | Metal objects, coins, stone objects | 2011–2014, 2017–2018 |
| Petra: Ad Deir Monument Project | Cynthia Finlayson | Brigham Young University | United States | Coins | 2016, 2018–2019 |
| Petra: Khubtha | Christian Auge | Centre national de la recherche scientifique | France | Coins | 2014 |
| Petra: Jabal Khubtha Baths | Laurent Tholbeq | Université libre de Bruxelles / Ifpo | Belgium / France | Coins | 2016 |
| Tall Safut / as-Safut | Owen Chestnut | Andrews University | United States | Ceramics | 2009 |
| South Jordan Iron Age II Project | Charlotte Whiting | Council for British Research in the Levant | United Kingdom | 2004–2006 | |
| Shuqayra al Gharbi / Shuqayra al-Gharbiyya | Younis Shdaifat / Zakariya Naimat | Mutah University | Jordan | Fieldwork, limestone basin | 2012, 2013 |
| Tall ‘Umayri | Doug Clark | La Sierra University | United States | Ceramics, Iron Age shrine | |
| Umm al Jimal / Jimmal | Bert de Vries | Calvin College | United States | Coins | 2014–2015, 2018 |
| Wadi Aarabah Survey / ‘Araba | United States | 2014 | |||
| Wadi Feynan Excavations / Faynan | Russell Adams | University of Waterloo | Canada | 2014 | |
| Tall Zira’a | Frauke Kenkel / Katharina Schmidt | German Protestant Institute of Archaeology | Germany | Metal fragments, ceramics (vessel), coins | 2014–2015, 2019 |
| Wisad Pools | Gary Rollefson | Whitman College | United States | Various small objects, stone, site support | 2014–2015, 2018 |
| Wadi Hamad 27 / Pella | Philip Edwards | La Trobe University | Australia | Bone figurine | 2014 |
| Private collection | Frauke Kenkel | German Protestant Institute of Archaeology | Germany | Coins | 2014 |
| Ahli Bank Numismatic Museum | Nayef Goussous | Coins | 2015 | ||
| Khirbet Yajuz | Thomas Weber-Karyotakis | German Jordanian University | Germany / Jordan | Coin | 2016 |
| Furayifa | Jordan | ||||
| Tulul al Ghusayn | Bernd Mueller Neuhof | German Archaeoloigcal Institute (DAI) | Germany | Ceramic | 2015–2016 |
| Murayghat | Suzanne Kerner | University of Copenhagen | Denmark / Germany | Bronze pin, ceramics | 2015, 2019 |
| Wadi Rayyan | James Fraser | University of Sydney / British Museum | Australia / United Kingdom | Ceramics | 2017 |
If you notice an error or omission on this page, please contact us at acor@acorjordan.org!
This page was last updated in February 2021.
