Gil_Stein_(archaeologist)

Gil Stein (archaeologist)

Gil Stein (archaeologist)

American archaeologist

Gil Stein (born January 9, 1956) is an American archaeologist. He was director of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (then Oriental Institute) at the University of Chicago from 2003 to 2017.[1]

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Stein received a B.A. from Yale University in 1978 and a Ph.D. in 1988 from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1990, he was appointed an assistant professor at the Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University, and in 2001 became a full professor at the same department. In 2002, he moved to the University of Chicago.

From 2008 to 2010, he jointly directed the Joint Syrian-American Archaeological Research Project at Tell Zeidan of the Ubaid culture.[2][3][4] In 2017, Stein was appointed Senior Advisor to the Provost for Cultural Heritage at the University of Chicago. Since 2013, Stein has directed the Surezha Project at Girdi Surezha spanning the Halaf to Late Chalcolithic cultures.

Publications

  • Rethinking World Systems - Diasporas, Colonies, and Interaction in Uruk Mesopotamia, Tucson: University of Arizona, 1999. ISBN 0-8165-2009-7
  • The Archaeology of Colonial Encounters: Comparative Perspectives. School of American Research Press, 2005.

Awards

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Directors of the Oriental Institute". The Oriental Institute. University of Chicago. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. [2]
    Stein, Gil J. (2009). "Tell Zeidan" (PDF). 2008–2009 Annual Report of The Oriental Institute. University of Chicago. pp. 126–137. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  3. [3]
    Stein, Gil J. (2010). "Tell Zeidan" (PDF). 2009–2010 Annual Report of The Oriental Institute. University of Chicago. pp. 105–118. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  4. [4]
    "In Syria, a Prologue for Cities". New York Times. April 5, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-06.


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