30 August 2026
Volume 5 of our biennial open-access journal Archaeology in Jordan is now available.
From the introduction:
The editors of Archaeology in Jordan 5 are pleased to present a new volume of recent project summaries, which cover excavation and related projects during the period of January 2024 through December 2025. Despite continued strife in the region and other disruptions to academic research programs, the contributors to AIJ 5 share here many new discoveries, innovative approaches to archaeological questions, and the creative ways they have found to engage different interest groups and audiences. As has come to be the norm, we believe that our readership will be encouraged to see that this group of reports speaks to the continued vibrancy of our research community. Various stakeholders, including Jordan’s Department of Antiquities (DoA), foreign researchers, and local communities, work together to investigate and conserve archaeological sites. As new knowledge is generated, it flows out into the populace along various pathways, and a new and multinational generation of scholars is rising to carry the legacy created by the scholars of decades past. In many cases, people are working to consolidate and organize data that have accumulated over many years, setting the stage for a new and more sophisticated phase of investigation. We are particularly pleased to welcome here the addition of six new co-editors to AIJ, who have brought to this volume a new variety of expertise and insight through their review of the submissions.
Among the many projects featured in the volume are several that ACOR undertook or partnered in:
- “The Abdoun Community Archaeology Project” by Faris Saadeh and Matthew L. Vincent
- “‘Ain az-Zara (Kallirhoe), 2023 and 2025” by Pearce Paul Creasman, Jehad Haron, Holly Hughes, Aktham Oweidi, and Matthew L. Vincent (which includes work on the “Preservation and Protection of the Holy Land at Herod’s Ain az-Zara Palace and Port to Mukawir” project, funded through a significant two-year [2025–2027] grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation [AFCP] and the United States Embassy in Amman)
- “The Treasury Tombs Excavation: Al-Khazne Tomb 62.C and the Chronology of the Nabataeans” by Matthew L. Vincent, Sarah E. Wenner, Faris Saadeh, and Pearce Paul Creasman
- “Aqaba Church Project” by John Shearman
- “Conservation and Site Development of the Byzantine Church of Aqaba” by Fatima Abushaqqal
- “Digital Documentation of Jordan’s Cultural Heritage: The ACOR–Global Digital Heritage Collaboration, 2024–2025 Seasons” by Matthew L. Vincent
For the complete contents of this and the past four volumes, visit the AIJ homepage.