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Donald Whitcomb
Research Associate (Associate Professor)

Publications

• Ayla: Art and Industry in the Islamic Port of Aqaba. Chicago, Oriental Institute Museum, 1994.
• Aqaba -- "Port of Palestine on the China Sea." Amman, Al Kutba, 1988; reprint, Amman, Al Kutba Guidebooks to Jordan, 1988-89. (Arabic & French editions, with Rami Khouri).
• Before the Roses and Nightingales: Excavations at Qasr-i Abu Nasr, Iran. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985.
• Quseir al-Qadim 1980: Preliminary Report. Malibu, ARCE Reports, vol. 7, 1982. (with Janet H. Johnson)
• Quseir al-Qadim 1978: Preliminary Report. Cairo, ARCE Reports, vol. 1, 1979. (with Janet H. Johnson)

• Archaeological evidence of the early mosque in Arabia, Religious texts and material contexts. J. Neusner and J. F. Strange, eds. Lanham, MD, 2001. 185-97.
• Umayyad and Abbasid periods, The Archaeology of Jordan. B. MacDonald et al., eds. Sheffield, 2001. 503-513.
• Archaeological Research at Hadir Qinnasrin, 1998, Arch&eacuteologie Islamique 10 (2000), 7-28.
• Hesban, Amman, and Abbasid Archaeology in Jordan, The Archaeology of Jordan and beyond: Essays in honor of James A. Sauer. L. E. Stager, J. A. Greene, and M. D. Coogan, eds. Winona Lake, IN, 2000. 505-515.
• Sasanian or Islamic? Monuments and Criteria for Dating, The Iranian World: Essays on Iranian Art and Archaeology, presented to Ezat O. Negahban. A. Alizadeh et al., eds. Teheran, 1999. 210-219.
• Out of Arabia: Early Islamic Aqaba in its regional context, Colloque international d'arch&eacuteologie islamique. R-P. Gayraud, ed. Cairo, IFAO, 1998. 403-418.
• The Town and name of 'Aqaba: An Inquiry into the settlement history from an archaeological perspective, Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan. vol. 6. G. Bisheh et al., eds. Amman, 1997. 359-63.
• Mamluk archaeological studies: A Review, Mamluk Studies Review 1 (1997), 97-106.
• Quseir al-Qadim and the location of Myos Hormos, Topoi 6 (1996), 747-72.
• Urbanism in Arabia, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 7 (1996), 38-51.
• Quseir al-Qadim, Egypt: Text and context in the Indian Ocean spice trade, al-'Usur al-Wusta 7 (1995), 25-27.
• Islam and the socio-cultural transition of Palestine, early Islamic period (638-1099 C.E.), The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land. T. Levy, ed. London, Pinter, 1995. 488-501.
• Amr in Syria? Syrian cities after the conquest, ARAM 6 (1994), 13-33.
• The misr of Ayla: Settlement at al-'Aqaba in the early Islamic period, The Byzantine and early Islamic Near East, II: Land use and settlement patterns. G. King & A. Cameron, eds. Princeton, Darwin, 1994. 155-70.
• Reassessing the Archaeology of Jordan of the Abbasid Period, Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan IV. S. Tell, ed. Amman, Department of Antiquities, 1992. 385-90.
• Archaeology of the Abbasid period: The Example of Jordan, Arch&eacuteologie islamique 1 (1990), 75-85.
• Islamic Archaeology in Aden and the Hadhramaut, Araby the Blest: Studies in Arabian Archaeology. D. T. Potts, ed. Copenhagen, Carsten Niehbuhr Institute 7, 1988. 176-263.
• Khirbet al-Mafjar Reconsidered: The Ceramic Evidence, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 271 (1988), 51-67.
• Islamic Archaeology at Susa, Pal&eacuteorient 11 (1985), 85-90.
• The City of Istakhr and the Marvdasht Plain, Akten des VII. Internationaler Kongress f&uumlr Iranische Kunst und Arch&aumlologie. Berlin, AMI Erg&aumlnzungsband, 1979. 363-70.
• The Archaeology of al-Hasa Oasis in the Islamic Period, Atlal, Journal of Saudi Arabian Studies 2 (1978), 95-113.
• The Archaeology of Oman: A Preliminary Discussion of the Islamic Periods, Journal of Oman Studies 1 (1975), 123-157.