Harvey Weiss
Director of Undergraduate Studies of Environmental Studies
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Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Anthropology
320 York Street, Rm 321
432-4080 (Office)
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Professor Weiss' research interests include Mesopotamia, early agriculture, cities and empires; Holocene paleoclimatology and environmental change. Additionally, Professor Weiss has been the Director since 1978 of the Tell Leilan Project, which has focused on the dynamic relationship between humans and their natural and social environment in one of the largest archaeological sites in Syria.
Education: Ph.D. 1976, University of Pennsylvania.
Yale University: Professor, Yale University, Anthropology, Near East Language and Civilization, and Environmental Studies.
Research: Mesopotamia, early agriculture, cities and empires; Holocene paleoclimatology and environmental change. Director, Tell Leilan Project, Syria, 1978- present.
Recent Publications:
2003 - Ninevite 5 Periods and Processes in E. Rova and H. Weiss, eds., The Origins of North Mesopotamian Civilization. Brepols. Subartu IX. Pp. 593-625.
2002 - Refining the Contours of History at Tell Leilan (with 6 others) Annales Archéologiques Arabes Syriennes.
2001 - What Drives Societal Collapse? (with Raymond Bradley) Science 291 (26 January): 609-610.
2000 - Beyond the Younger Dryas in G. Bawden and R. Reycraft, eds., Environmental Disaster and the Archaeology of Human Response. Albuquerque: U New Mexico. Pp. 75-99.
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