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Team members arrive at 4:30 AM to conduct an intensive survey in May. We thank the 2024 expedition staff for many early mornings.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Director<\/strong>\u2014Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni<\/p>\n

Co-Director<\/strong>\u2014Dr. Andrew Creekmore (University of Northern Colorado)<\/p>\n

Assistant Director<\/strong>\u2014Karlene Shippelhoute (JHU)<\/p>\n

Assistant Director<\/strong>\u2014Victoria Wilson (JHU)<\/p>\n

Field Specialists:<\/u> Ceramicist \u2013 Dr. Valentina Oselini (Universit\u00e0 di Milano), Archaeobotanist \u2013 Dr. Lorenzo Castellano (UCLA), Zooarchaeologist \u2013 Dr. Jill Weber (Penn)<\/p>\n

Excavation Supervisors:<\/u> Tarek Bero, Travis Corwin, Daod Mamo, Luke Poutre, Myli Sangria, Georgia Vance, and Virginia Verardi<\/p>\n

Geophysics:<\/u> Nicole Temple, Will Kane, and Luke Poutre<\/p>\n

Excavators:<\/u> Ahmed Abdulrazzaq, Sherko Abdulrazzaq, Ahmed Abdulwahab, Osama Hasib, Ayub Dilshad, Halo Dler, Armin Ghareb, Asaad Hamza, Rebaz Ibrahim, Mohammed Ismael, Azad Mamand, Dizar Mohammed, Himdad Mohammed, Abdulwahab Qadir, Hawkar Razzaq, Abdulsaamad Rostam, Mohammed Saber, Serdem Saber, Hardi Salah, Mako Salah, Rahel Taif, Huni Taif, Ahmed Khalid, Aso Azad, Himdad Yousif, and Mohammed Suleiman<\/p>\n

Museum Specialists:<\/u> Nihayat Muhammad (conservator), Adnan Hashme (artist), Khazan Latef (artist), Dilgash Muhamad, Berevan Moulud, Solin Saide, Viyan Omar, Salma Gailan (pottery)<\/p>\n

Government Representatives:<\/u> Didar Osman, Ghareb Ismail, and Rojgar Rashed<\/p>\n

Operations and Support:<\/u> Zagros Ako (Operations Manager), Rebwar Xalid (driver), Akar Raza (driver)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team members arrive at 4:30 AM to conduct an intensive survey in May. We thank the 2024 expedition staff for many early mornings. 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