# Andrew Danielson (On Leave) Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations ![Andrew Danielson](/sites/g/files/omnuum4571/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/nelcnew/files/danielson_harvard_bio.jpg?itok=AepkyE3s) location\_on Harvard - NELC, #310 6 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 smartphone [617-496-6009](tel:617-496-6009) email Office Hours: Tuesdays, 9:00am - 11:00am Andrew Danielson is a Levantine Archaeologist specializing in the first millennium BCE southern Levant. His work examines changes to sociopolitical organization and complexity, cross-cultural interaction, and identity negotiation. His work also engages with the intersection of material culture, inscriptions, and text, and the methodological challenges associated with such modes of inquiry. He received his BA from Wilfrid Laurier University, MA from the University of Toronto, and a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles. His research is currently directed along two avenues. First, he is the co-director of the Town of Nebo/Khirbat al-Mukhayyat Archaeological Project in the Kingdom of Jordan. The primary objective of the project is the excavations at the site of Khirbat al-Mukhayyat (ancient Nebo), exploring the role of the site in a borderland zone between diverse social and political groups. Concomitant with these excavations is an analysis of the landscape surrounding Khirbat al-Mukhayyat, seeking to better understand the site within its regional context and west-central Jordan more broadly. This work includes a series of surveys and targeted excavations in contexts ranging from the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age through the Early and Middle Islamic periods as well as collaborative initiatives in partnership with the local community. The second major component of his research explores the emergence of increased sedentism and social complexity in the first millennium BCE kingdom of Edom in southern Jordan, specifically engaging with questions related to political authority, social hierarchies, interregional exchange, and religion. A key component of this research focuses on cross-cultural interaction and social entanglement in antiquity, and the ways by which modern politics have affected archaeological interpretations of antiquity. Publications related to these projects can be found in a variety of venues, including Cambridge University Press, the *Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History*, the *Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions*, *Palestine Exploration Quarterly*, *Tel Aviv*, the *Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies*, and *Ancient Near Eastern Studies*, among others. - ## People Type [Faculty](/people-faculty) - ## People [Faculty](/faculty-0) [Core Faculty](/core-faculty)