A mass of common rubbish? Documenting Ephemera and Cultural Value in Middle Eastern Archaeological Sites

A mass of common rubbish? Documenting Ephemera and Cultural Value in Middle Eastern Archaeological Sites

Faculty Mentor(s)
Benjamin Porter (Near Eastern Archaeology)
Student Apprentice(s)
Hanna Huynh

Apprentice Hanna Huynh helped process and analyze microartifacts from a fourteenth/fifteenth CE Middle Islamic building from Dhiban, Jordan. Huynh's work includes sorting small artifacts (ceramic, bone, metal, glass, etc.), photographing them, cataloging data, and learning how to conduct microartifactual analysis.