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Academic History: 2000 Ph.D, University of Pennsylvania (Anthropology/Archaeology) Dissertation title: "The Pool-Complex at Petra: A Hellenistic Paradeisos in the Nabataean Capital (Results of the Petra "Lower Market" Survey and Excavation, 1998)" 1992 M.A., University of California, Berkeley, (Near Eastern Studies Mesopotamian Art and Arch.). Thesis title: "The Neo-Assyrian Bracelet: A Study of its Evolution, Function and Symbolism" 1987 B.A., California State University, Northridge, (Anthropology). 1985/86 One-Year Program at Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Archaeology emphasis). 1984 A.A., Glendale Community College (Humanities). Teaching: Present Lecturer in Anthropology, Penn State University/The Behrend College, Erie, PA. 2002(Spring) Teacher, full-time teaching load (5 classes) for Freshman and Sophomore English at Hoover High School, Glendale, CA. 1996(Spring) Teacher's Assistant ("Introduction To Archaeology") Anthropology Department, University of Pennsylvania. 1987-88 Teacher, Institute of Reading Development, San Francisco, CA. Archaeological Fieldwork: 2002 Director of Excavations. Restoring Ancient Stabiae, Italy. 2001 Director. Petra Garden Feasibility Study, Petra, Jordan. 1998 Director. Petra Lower Market Survey, Petra, Jordan. 1994-97 Senior Archaeologist / Ceramics Analyst. Petra Great' Temple Excavation, Petra, Jordan. Director: Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Brown University). 1995/96, and 2002 Area Supervisor. Tell Ahmar (Til Barsip) Excavations. Tell Ahmar, Syria. Directors: Guy Bunnens (University of Melbourne) and John M. Russell (Columbia University). 1989/90 Area Supervisor. Lower Town Project, Nineveh, Iraq. Directors: David Stronach and Stephen Lumsden (University of California, Berkeley). 1989 Excavator. Tel el-Ifshar, Israel. Director: Samuel M. Paley (SUNY, Buffalo). 1988 Excavator. Tel el-Hammah, Israel. Co-Directors: Jane Cahill, David Tarler and Gary Lipton (Hebrew University). 1984 Excavator. Gabriella Indian Burial Site, Encino, CA. Research Grants & Fellowships: ACOR Samuel H. Kress Foundation Research Fellowship, 2003-2004 Dumbarton Oaks Project Grant: The Petra Garden Feasibility Study 2001/02 Dumbarton Oaks (Harvard University) Project Grant for the Petra Garden Feasibility Study. ACOR CAORC Fellowship for the Petra Garden Feasibility Study. 2000/01 Dumbarton Oaks Fellow, Studies in Landscape Architecture. 1998 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award for the Petra Lower Market Survey. 1998 ACOR NMERTP Pre-Doctoral Fellowship for the Petra Lower Market Survey. 1993/94 MASCA Fellowship. Honors/Scholarships: 1993-96 Scholarship for Children of American Military Personnel (SCAMP). 1987 Graduated Summa Cum Laude (California State University, Northridge). 1984-87 Dean's List and Honor Roll; Golden Key Honor Society (California State University, Northridge). Outreach: 2001(March) Interview and online chat with students for "Journey to Wilderness Canyons," One Planet Education Network (OPEN). 1991/92 Developed Teaching Kits on "Ancient Mesopotamia" and "Ancient Greece", Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. Museum Work: 2001 Volunteer, Jordan Museum of Popular Traditions & Folklore, Amman (Jordan), 2001. 1992/93 Collections Management Intern, Near East Section, The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and 1991(Summer) Museum Technician. National Maritime Museum of San Francisco. 1988-92 Senior Preparator. Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, The University of California, Berkeley. 1985/86 Volunteer, Ceramics processing, Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. Additional Research: 1998-00 Research Assistant. Computer digitization of archaeological plans and pottery drawings. Dhiban Project. Anthropology Department, University of Pennsylvania. 1997-98 Researcher /Feature Editor, Online-Offline magazine, Rock Hill Press, Bala Cynwyd, PA. Trained in neutron activation analysis (NAA) of ceramics: 1995(Fall) Archaeometry Intern, Missouri University Research Reactor (MURR). 1994-95 MASCA Research Specialist, Jr., 1993/94 MASCA Fellow. Publications Book 2003 The Petra Pool-Complex: A Hellenistic Paradeisos in the Nabataean Capital (results from the Petra Lower Market survey and excavation, 1998). Gorgias Dissertations: Near Eastern Studies 4. Gorgias Press. Peer Reviewed articles Bedal, L.-A. 2000 Paradise Found: Petra's Urban Oasis. Expedition 42/2: 23-36. 2001 A Pool-Complex in Petra's City Center. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 324:23-41. 2003 A Herodian-style Garden & Pool-Complex at Petra: Origins & meaning. Proceedings of the conference on the Herods and Nabataeans, London, April 2001 [forthcoming]. Conyers, L. B., E. G. Ernenwein, and L.-A. Bedal 2002 Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) Mapping as a Method for Planning Excavation Strategies, Petra, Jordan. e-tiquity 1 Journal articles and book chapters Bedal, L.-A. 1998 Neutron Activation Analysis of the Pottery. In Petra Great Temple, Vol. I - Brown University Excavations 1993-1997. Written and edited by M. S. Joukowsky. Pp. 345-67. Providence, RI. 1998 The Petra Lower Market Survey. ACOR Newsletter 10.1: 4-5. 1999 A Paradeisos in Petra: New Light on the 'Lower Market'. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 43: 227-239. 1999 The Petra Lower Market Survey. American Journal of Archaeology 103/3: 506-507. 2001 In Search of Petra's Buried Garden. ACOR Newsletter 13.1: 1-3. 2002 The Petra Garden Feasibility Study. American Journal of Archaeology 106/3: 448-450. 2002 The Role of Water Display at Petra. Minerva 13/2:24-26. 2002 The Petra Garden Feasibility Study. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 46. 2003 Provincia Arabia. In Gardens of the Roman World, Volume I. Edited by W. Jashemski. Cambridge University Press [in press]. 2003 Case Study: the Petra Garden. Handbook for Garden Archaeology. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks [forthcoming]. Bedal, L.-A., S. J. Fleming, M. De Schaunsee, and R.G.V. Hancock, 1995 Second Millennium B.C. Pottery at Hasanlu Tepe and Dinkha Tepe: INAA and Petrographic Studies. In Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology IV, Symposium held May 16-21, 1994. Cancún, Mexico. Edited by P. Vandiver, J. Druzik, J.L.G. Madrid, I.C. Freestone, and G.S. Wheeler. Pp. 453-67. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 352. Pittsburgh, PA. Fleming, S.J., Bedal, L.-A., and Swann, C.P. 1995 Innovations in Glassmaking at Geoy Tepe (Azerbaijan) during the Early Second Millennium B.C.: A Study of Colorants Using PIXE Spectrometry. In Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology,1994. Edited by J. Huggett and N. Ryan. Oxford: Tempus Reparatum (1995). Book Review Bedal, L.-A. 2002 John Russel's From Nineveh to New York. Reviewed in Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies 37: 59-60. Outreach Bedal, L.-A. 2002 Lost Wonders. Dig 4/5: 16-17. Papers and Lectures 2002 A Desert Island. Petra's Pool-Complex: sacred, swimming, or solitude. American Society of Oriental Research, Annual Meetings (Toronto, ON, Canada), November, 2002. 2002 The Petra Garden & Pool-Complex: ground-penetrating radar and soils analysis. The Second Conference on Nabataean Studies , 4-6 November (Petra, Jordan). 2002 The Petra Garden Feasibility Study. American Institute of Archaeology, Annual Meetings (Philadelphia, PA). 2001 The Petra Garden Feasibility Study. American Society of Oriental Research, Annual Meetings (Boulder, CO). 2001 The Petra Garden Feasibility Study. ACOR Summer Lecture Series (ACOR, Amman, Jordan). 2001 A Herodian-style Pool-Complex in Petra. The World of the Herods & Nabataeans, April 14th-16th (British Museum, London, U.K.). 2000 Of Politics and Paradise: the history and meaning behind Petra's Paradeisos. November 7th (Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC). 2000 Paradise Found: an oasis in Petra's urban center. Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World (AAMW) Colloquium, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA). 1999 Petra's Paradeisos: New Discovery in the City Center. American Society of Oriental Research, Annual Meetings (Cambridge, MA). 1999 Paradise Found: Uncovering Petra's Paradeisos. Anthropology Department Colloquium,University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA). 1998 The Petra Lower Market Survey. American Society of Oriental Research, Annual Meetings (Orlando, FL). 1995 Ceramic Workshop Organization at Hasanlu Tepe. American Society of Oriental Research, Annual Meetings (Philadelphia, PA). 1993 Changes in the Pottery-Making Tradition at Hasanlu (North-Western Iran) During the 2nd Millennium B.C.: INAA and Petrographic Studies. Materials Research Society Symposium (Cancun, Mexico). 1991 Excavations at the Mashki Gate (Nineveh). American Oriental Society, 201st Meeting (Berkeley, CA). Current Memberships in Professional Organizations American Schools of Oriental Research American Institute of Archaeology Board Member, Committee on Archaeological Policy (CAP), 2002-2006 Class. Research Interests Near Eastern Archaeology (Hellenistic & Roman East, Iron Age/Neo-Assyrian) Complex Societies Urbanization Garden Archaeology Language Competence Ancient: Akkadian (2 years), Biblical Hebrew (1 semester) Modern: French (reading), German (reading), Hebrew (colloquial), Arabic (colloquial) Other Skills Computers: database development; website development; experienced with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator; Filemaker Pro, Auto-Cad, Vectorworks, Endnotes; Powerpoint. Photography: archaeological site and object photography; portraits. Excellent organizational and managerial skills. |
Curriculum Vitae Leigh-Ann Bedal, Ph. D. archaeologist Lecturer, Anthropology & Archaeology School of Humanities & Social Sciences Penn State Erie / The Behrend College 5091 Station Road Erie, PA 16563-1501 tel: (814) 898-6070 fax: (814) 898-6032 e-mail: lxb41@psu.edu |
Academic History: 2000 Ph.D, University of Pennsylvania (Anthropology/Archaeology) Dissertation title: "The Pool-Complex at Petra: A Hellenistic Paradeisos in the Nabataean Capital (Results of the Petra "Lower Market" Survey and Excavation, 1998)" 1992 M.A., University of California, Berkeley, (Near Eastern Studies Mesopotamian Art and Arch.). Thesis title: "The Neo-Assyrian Bracelet: A Study of its Evolution, Function and Symbolism" 1987 B.A., California State University, Northridge, (Anthropology). 1985/86 One-Year Program at Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Archaeology emphasis). 1984 A.A., Glendale Community College (Humanities). Teaching: Present Lecturer in Anthropology, Penn State University/The Behrend College, Erie, PA. 2002(Spring) Teacher, full-time teaching load (5 classes) for Freshman and Sophomore English at Hoover High School, Glendale, CA. 1996(Spring) Teacher's Assistant ("Introduction To Archaeology") Anthropology Department, University of Pennsylvania. 1987-88 Teacher, Institute of Reading Development, San Francisco, CA. Archaeological Fieldwork: 2002 Director of Excavations. Restoring Ancient Stabiae, Italy. 2001 Director. Petra Garden Feasibility Study, Petra, Jordan. 1998 Director. Petra Lower Market Survey, Petra, Jordan. 1994-97 Senior Archaeologist / Ceramics Analyst. Petra Great' Temple Excavation, Petra, Jordan. Director: Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Brown University). 1995/96, and 2002 Area Supervisor. Tell Ahmar (Til Barsip) Excavations. Tell Ahmar, Syria. Directors: Guy Bunnens (University of Melbourne) and John M. Russell (Columbia University). 1989/90 Area Supervisor. Lower Town Project, Nineveh, Iraq. Directors: David Stronach and Stephen Lumsden (University of California, Berkeley). 1989 Excavator. Tel el-Ifshar, Israel. Director: Samuel M. Paley (SUNY, Buffalo). 1988 Excavator. Tel el-Hammah, Israel. Co-Directors: Jane Cahill, David Tarler and Gary Lipton (Hebrew University). 1984 Excavator. Gabriella Indian Burial Site, Encino, CA. Research Grants & Fellowships: ACOR Samuel H. Kress Foundation Research Fellowship, 2003-2004 Dumbarton Oaks Project Grant: The Petra Garden Feasibility Study 2001/02 Dumbarton Oaks (Harvard University) Project Grant for the Petra Garden Feasibility Study. ACOR CAORC Fellowship for the Petra Garden Feasibility Study. 2000/01 Dumbarton Oaks Fellow, Studies in Landscape Architecture. 1998 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award for the Petra Lower Market Survey. 1998 ACOR NMERTP Pre-Doctoral Fellowship for the Petra Lower Market Survey. 1993/94 MASCA Fellowship. Honors/Scholarships: 1993-96 Scholarship for Children of American Military Personnel (SCAMP). 1987 Graduated Summa Cum Laude (California State University, Northridge). 1984-87 Dean's List and Honor Roll; Golden Key Honor Society (California State University, Northridge). Outreach: 2001(March) Interview and online chat with students for "Journey to Wilderness Canyons," One Planet Education Network (OPEN). 1991/92 Developed Teaching Kits on "Ancient Mesopotamia" and "Ancient Greece", Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. Museum Work: 2001 Volunteer, Jordan Museum of Popular Traditions & Folklore, Amman (Jordan), 2001. 1992/93 Collections Management Intern, Near East Section, The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and 1991(Summer) Museum Technician. National Maritime Museum of San Francisco. 1988-92 Senior Preparator. Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, The University of California, Berkeley. 1985/86 Volunteer, Ceramics processing, Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. Additional Research: 1998-00 Research Assistant. Computer digitization of archaeological plans and pottery drawings. Dhiban Project. Anthropology Department, University of Pennsylvania. 1997-98 Researcher /Feature Editor, Online-Offline magazine, Rock Hill Press, Bala Cynwyd, PA. Trained in neutron activation analysis (NAA) of ceramics: 1995(Fall) Archaeometry Intern, Missouri University Research Reactor (MURR). 1994-95 MASCA Research Specialist, Jr., 1993/94 MASCA Fellow. Publications Book 2003 The Petra Pool-Complex: A Hellenistic Paradeisos in the Nabataean Capital (results from the Petra Lower Market survey and excavation, 1998). Gorgias Dissertations: Near Eastern Studies 4. Gorgias Press. Peer Reviewed articles Bedal, L.-A. 2000 Paradise Found: Petra's Urban Oasis. Expedition 42/2: 23-36. 2001 A Pool-Complex in Petra's City Center. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 324:23-41. 2003 A Herodian-style Garden & Pool-Complex at Petra: Origins & meaning. Proceedings of the conference on the Herods and Nabataeans, London, April 2001 [forthcoming]. Conyers, L. B., E. G. Ernenwein, and L.-A. Bedal 2002 Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) Mapping as a Method for Planning Excavation Strategies, Petra, Jordan. e-tiquity 1 Journal articles and book chapters Bedal, L.-A. 1998 Neutron Activation Analysis of the Pottery. In Petra Great Temple, Vol. I - Brown University Excavations 1993-1997. Written and edited by M. S. Joukowsky. Pp. 345-67. Providence, RI. 1998 The Petra Lower Market Survey. ACOR Newsletter 10.1: 4-5. 1999 A Paradeisos in Petra: New Light on the 'Lower Market'. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 43: 227-239. 1999 The Petra Lower Market Survey. American Journal of Archaeology 103/3: 506-507. 2001 In Search of Petra's Buried Garden. ACOR Newsletter 13.1: 1-3. 2002 The Petra Garden Feasibility Study. American Journal of Archaeology 106/3: 448-450. 2002 The Role of Water Display at Petra. Minerva 13/2:24-26. 2002 The Petra Garden Feasibility Study. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 46. 2003 Provincia Arabia. In Gardens of the Roman World, Volume I. Edited by W. Jashemski. Cambridge University Press [in press]. 2003 Case Study: the Petra Garden. Handbook for Garden Archaeology. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks [forthcoming]. Bedal, L.-A., S. J. Fleming, M. De Schaunsee, and R.G.V. Hancock, 1995 Second Millennium B.C. Pottery at Hasanlu Tepe and Dinkha Tepe: INAA and Petrographic Studies. In Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology IV, Symposium held May 16-21, 1994. Cancún, Mexico. Edited by P. Vandiver, J. Druzik, J.L.G. Madrid, I.C. Freestone, and G.S. Wheeler. Pp. 453-67. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 352. Pittsburgh, PA. Fleming, S.J., Bedal, L.-A., and Swann, C.P. 1995 Innovations in Glassmaking at Geoy Tepe (Azerbaijan) during the Early Second Millennium B.C.: A Study of Colorants Using PIXE Spectrometry. In Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology,1994. Edited by J. Huggett and N. Ryan. Oxford: Tempus Reparatum (1995). Book Review Bedal, L.-A. 2002 John Russel's From Nineveh to New York. Reviewed in Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies 37: 59-60. Outreach Bedal, L.-A. 2002 Lost Wonders. Dig 4/5: 16-17. Papers and Lectures 2002 A Desert Island. Petra's Pool-Complex: sacred, swimming, or solitude. American Society of Oriental Research, Annual Meetings (Toronto, ON, Canada), November, 2002. 2002 The Petra Garden & Pool-Complex: ground-penetrating radar and soils analysis. The Second Conference on Nabataean Studies , 4-6 November (Petra, Jordan). 2002 The Petra Garden Feasibility Study. American Institute of Archaeology, Annual Meetings (Philadelphia, PA). 2001 The Petra Garden Feasibility Study. American Society of Oriental Research, Annual Meetings (Boulder, CO). 2001 The Petra Garden Feasibility Study. ACOR Summer Lecture Series (ACOR, Amman, Jordan). 2001 A Herodian-style Pool-Complex in Petra. The World of the Herods & Nabataeans, April 14th-16th (British Museum, London, U.K.). 2000 Of Politics and Paradise: the history and meaning behind Petra's Paradeisos. November 7th (Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC). 2000 Paradise Found: an oasis in Petra's urban center. Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World (AAMW) Colloquium, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA). 1999 Petra's Paradeisos: New Discovery in the City Center. American Society of Oriental Research, Annual Meetings (Cambridge, MA). 1999 Paradise Found: Uncovering Petra's Paradeisos. Anthropology Department Colloquium,University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA). |