List of Core Staff 2007 Season

MADABA PLAINS PROJECT

  • Board of Directors
    • Lawrence T. Geraty, La Sierra University, Chair
    • Douglas R. Clark, Walla Walla College, Executive Secretary
    • Larry G. Herr, Canadian University College
    • Øystein S. LaBianca, Andrews University
    • Randall W. Younker, Andrews University

TALL HISBAN EXCAVATIONS

  • Senior Director
    • Øystein S. LaBianca, Andrews University
  • Co-Director and Chief Archaeologist
    • Bethany Walker, Grand Valley State University
  • Co-Director for Restorations
    • Maria Elena Ronza, Contract Archaeologist (MA University of Jordan and MA University of Roma)
  • Co-Director for Administration and Records
    • Keith Mattingly, Andrews University
  • Field School Director
    • Brian Manley, Andrews University
  • Field Supervisors, Tall Hisban
    • Benjamin J. Dolinka, University of Liverpool/Albright Institute 
    • Aren S. LaBianca, Andrews University
    • Maria Elena Ronza, University of Jordan/University of Roma
  • Specialists and Consultants
    • Mahfooth Abdul Hafiz — Hisban Curriculum Consultant
    • Khalil Thabas — Mayor of Hisban
    • Mustafa al Barari — Friends of Hisban Liason
    • Barbara Porter — ACOR Director and Restoration Consultant
    • Ghazi Bisheh — Islamic Archaeology Consultant
    • Kristy Witzel — Ajarmeh Ethnography and History
    • Madiha Barrari — Municipality of Hesban
    • Bert DeVries — Islamic History and Architecture
    • Kamal Abdul Fattah — Ottoman History and Settlement Patterns
    • Lynda Carroll - Ottoman Specialist
    • Larry Herr — General Consultant on Stratigraphy and Ceramics
    • Dorothy Irvin — Ethnoarchaeology, Textile Implements
    • Erik LaBianca — MADAS Support 
    • TBA — Palaeobotany
    • Brian Manley — Artist
    • Margarita Mattingly — Pottery Registrar
    • Lauralea Banks — Assistant Pottery Registrar
    • Hakam H. Nabulsi — Hisban Visitor Center Plans
    • Qutaiba Dasougi — Architectual Survey Supervisor
    • Øystein S. LaBianca — Zooarchaeology
    • Gary Christopherson — Hisban Regional Survey

Edited 01/29/07 jlpc