Education

2012    Candidate of Philosophy in Anthropology (Archaeology), University of California – San Diego

2010    Master of Arts in Anthropology (Archaeology), University of California – San Diego

2007    Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, cum laude, University of Massachusetts Amherst

2007    Bachelor of Arts in English, cum laude, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Publications

Articles

Jones, Ian W. N., Thomas E. Levy, and Mohammad Najjar

    2012    “Khirbat Nuqayb al-Asaymir and Middle Islamic Metallurgy in Faynan: Surveys of the Wadi al-Ghuwayb and Wadi al-Jariya in Faynan, Southern Jordan.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 368: 67-102.

Levy, Thomas E., Mohammad Najjar, Aaron D. Gidding, Ian W. N. Jones, Kyle A. Knabb, Kathleen Bennallack, Matthew Vincent, Alex Novo Lamosco, Ashley Richter, Craig Smitheram, Lauren D. Hahn, and Sowparnika Balaswaminathan

     2012    “The 2011 Edom Lowlands Regional Archaeology Project (ELRAP): Excavations and Surveys in the Faynan Copper Ore District, Jordan.” Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 56: 423-445.

Savage, Stephen H., Thomas E. Levy, and Ian W. N. Jones

    2012    “Prospects and problems in the use of hyperspectral imagery for archaeological remote sensing: a case study from the Faynan copper mining district, Jordan.” Journal of Archaeological Science 39(2): 407-420.

Book Chapters

Jones, Ian W. N.

    2016    “Beyond Iron Age Landscapes: Copper Mining and Smelting in Faynan in the 12th-14th Centuries CE.” In Landscapes of the Islamic World: Archaeology, History, and Ethnography. Stephen McPhillips and Paul D. Wordsworth, eds. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Jones, Ian W. N., Mohammad Najjar, and Thomas E. Levy

    2014    “‘Not Found in the Order of History’: Toward a ‘Medieval’ Archaeology of Southern Jordan.” In From West to East: Current Approaches in Medieval Archaeology. Scott D. Stull, ed. Pp. 179-205. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars.

Knabb, Kyle A., Ian W. N. Jones, Thomas E. Levy, and Mohammad Najjar

    2014    “Patterns of Iron Age Mining and Iron Age Settlement in Jordan’s Faynan District – The Wadi al-Jariya Survey in Context.” In New Insights into the Iron Age Archaeology of Edom, Southern Jordan. Levy, T. E., M. Najjar, and E. Ben-Yosef, eds. Pp. 577-625. Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press.

Levy, Thomas E., Mohammad Najjar, Thomas Higham, Yoav Arbel, Adolfo Muniz, Erez Ben-Yosef, Neil G. Smith, Marc Beherec, Aaron Gidding, Ian W. N. Jones, Daniel Frese, Craig Smitheram, and Mark Robinson

    2014    “Excavations at Khirbat en-Nahas 2002–2009: Unearthing an Iron Age Copper Production Center in the Lowlands of Edom (Southern Jordan).” In New Insights into the Iron Age Archaeology of Edom, Southern Jordan. Levy, T. E., M. Najjar, and E. Ben-Yosef, eds. Pp. 89-245. Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press.

Savage, Stephen H., Thomas E. Levy, and Ian W. N. Jones

    2013    “Archaeological Remote Sensing in Jordan’s Faynan Copper Mining District with Hyperspectral Imagery.” In Mapping Archaeological Landscapes from Space. Comer, D. C. and M. J. Harrower, eds. Pp. 97-110. SpringerBriefs in Archaeology. New York: Springer.

Book Chapters in Press

Jones, Ian W. N., Mohammad Najjar, and Thomas E. Levy

    Under review    “The ‘Araba Copper Industry in the Islamic Period: Views from Faynan and Timna.” In Mining for Copper: Environment, Culture and Copper in Antiquity, In Memory of Professor Beno Rothenberg. Erez Ben-Yosef, ed. Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology.

Jones, Ian W. N.

    Under review    “Mining and Metallurgy in the Southern Levant during the Islamic Period.” In The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology. Bethany J. Walker, ed. New York: Oxford University Press.

Conference Activity

Sessions Organized

    2014    (with Kathleen Bennallack.) “Stepping Away from Grand Narratives: Quotidian Events in the Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean.” Session at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, April 23-27, 2014.

Conference Papers

Jones, Ian W. N., Mohammad Najjar, and Thomas E. Levy

    2016    “Miner Sins: Archaeological Evidence for Gambling at Khirbat Nuqayb al-Asaymir, a Copper Mining Village in Faynan, Southern Jordan.” 13th International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, May 22-26, 2016.

Jones, Ian W. N., Mohammad Najjar, and Thomas E. Levy

    2016    “The Copper Mines of Faynan and the Economy of Southern Bilad al-Sham during the 12th and 13th Centuries AD.” 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Vienna, Austria, April 25-29, 2016.

Bennallack, Kathleen, Mohammad Najjar, Ian W. N. Jones, and Thomas E. Levy

    2016    “Water, Environment, and Post-‘Collapse’ Life in the Late Neolithic of Jordan.” 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Vienna, Austria, April 25-29, 2016.

Jones, Ian W. N.

    2016    “Miners or Pilgrims? A New Interpretation of the Faynan Region (Southern Jordan) in Late Antiquity.” Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 8-11, 2016.

Lorentzen, Brita, Ian W. N. Jones, and Thomas E. Levy

    2015    “Usage and Management of Woodlands Fueling Middle Islamic Period Copper Production in the Faynan, Jordan.” American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 18-21, 2015.

Jones, Ian W. N., Mohammad Najjar, and Thomas E. Levy

    2015    “Outdoor Miners: The Last Day of Work at a Medieval Copper Producing Village in Southern Jordan.” UCSD Anthropology Graduate Student Association Symposium, La Jolla, CA, May 1, 2015.

Jones, Ian W. N.

    2015    “Questioning Technological and Economic ‘Decline’ in the Medieval Rural Levant.” Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 15-19, 2015.

Jones, Ian W. N., Mohammad Najjar, and Thomas E. Levy

    2014    “Settlement and Economy in Faynan (Southern Jordan) at the Byzantine-Islamic Transition.” American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 19-22, 2014.

Jones, Ian W. N.

    2014    “The Decline and Fall of the Byzantine East: Reflections on a Persistent Archaeological Myth.” UCSD Anthropology Graduate Student Association Symposium, La Jolla, CA, May 9, 2014.

Jones, Ian W. N., Mohammad Najjar, and Thomas E. Levy

    2014    “Outdoor Miners: The Last Day of Work at a Medieval Copper Producing Village in Southern Jordan.” Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, April 23-27, 2014.

Jones, Ian W. N., Mohammad Najjar, and Thomas E. Levy

    2013    “Life in a Mining Village: Insights from Domestic and Public Buildings at Middle Islamic Khirbat Nuqayb al-Asaymir, Faynan, Jordan.” American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 20-23, 2013.

Jones, Ian W. N., Mohammad Najjar, and Thomas E. Levy

    2013    “Copper Mines, Sugar Mills, and the Medieval Economy of Southern Jordan.” Conference on Medieval Archaeology, Cortland, NY, October 5, 2013.

Jones, Ian W. N., Thomas E. Levy, and Mohammad Najjar

    2013    “The ‘Araba Copper Industry in the Islamic Period: The View from Faynan.” UCSD     Anthropology Graduate Student Association Symposium, La Jolla, CA, April 26, 2013.

Jones, Ian W. N., Thomas E. Levy (presenter), and Mohammad Najjar

    2013    “The ‘Araba Copper Industry in the Islamic Period: The View from Faynan.” Mining for     Copper: Environment, Culture and Copper in Antiquity, In Memory of Professor Beno     Rothenberg, Timna Park, Israel, April 22-25, 2013.

Knabb, Kyle A., Ian W. N. Jones (co-presenter), Thomas E. Levy, and Mohammad Najjar

    2013    “New Evidence for Fatimid Period Rural Settlement in Southern Jordan.” Society for     American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, April 3-7, 2013.

Jones, Ian W. N.

    2013    “Technological Narratives, Grand and Small: Where Do We Currently Stand?” Seventh     World Archaeological Congress, Dead Sea, Jordan, January 13-18, 2013.

Jones, Ian W. N., Thomas E. Levy, and Mohammad Najjar

    2012    “Beyond Iron Age Landscapes: Copper Mining and Smelting in Faynan in the 13th     Century AD.” Materiality of the Islamic Rural Economy Workshop, MIRI, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 24-25, 2012.

Conference Posters

Jones, Ian W. N., Thomas E. Levy, and Mohammad Najjar

    2010  “The Organization of Middle Islamic Copper Exploitation at Khirbat Nqeib Aseimer, Faynan, Jordan.” American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting 2010, Atlanta, GA.

Archaeological Fieldwork

2015    Edom Lowlands Regional Archaeology Project, Jabal al-Minshar Survey, directed by Kathleen Bennallack – Surveyor

2012    Edom Lowlands Regional Archaeology Project, directed by Dr. Thomas E. Levy and Dr.     Mohammad Najjar – Supervisor, Excavations at Khirbat Faynan and Khirbat Nuqayb al-Asaymir

2011    Edom Lowlands Regional Archaeology Project, directed by Dr. Thomas E. Levy and Dr.     Mohammad Najjar – Supervisor, Excavation at Khirbat Nuqayb al-Asaymir; Assistant Supervisor, Excavations at Khirbat Hamra Ifdan and Khirbat Faynan

2009    Edom Lowlands Regional Archaeology Project, Excavations at Khirbat en-Nahas, directed by Dr. Thomas E. Levy and Dr. Mohammad Najjar – Artifact Processing Lab Supervisor,     Excavator

2009    Edom Lowlands Regional Archaeology Project, Wadi Feid Expedition, directed by Kyle Knabb – Survey Team Member

2009    Tell es-Safi/Gath Project, directed by Dr. Aren Maeir – Excavator

Teaching

Instructor of Record

Anthropology (Upper Division), Archaeology in the Holy Land (Summer 2014)

Teaching Assistant

Making of the Modern World 15 (Sophomore Level): The Twentieth Century and Beyond (Summer 2015, Spring 2014)

Making of the Modern World 14 (Sophomore Level): Revolution, Industry and Empire (Summer 2015, Winter 2014, Fall 2013)

Making of the Modern World 13 (Freshman Level): New Ideas and Cultural Encounters (Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013)

Making of the Modern World 12 (Freshman Level): Classical and Medieval Traditions (Winter 2016, Winter 2015, Winter 2013)

Making of the Modern World 11 (Freshman Level): Pre-history and Ancient Foundations (Fall 2015)

Making of the Modern World 121 (Transfer Students): Exploring the Pre-Modern World (Fall 2014)

Making of the Modern World 3 (Freshman Level): The Medieval Heritage (Spring 2010, Spring 2009)

Making of the Modern World 2 (Freshman Level): The Great Classical Traditions (Winter 2010, Winter 2009)

Making of the Modern World 1 (Freshman Level): Prehistory and the Birth of Civilization (Fall 2010)

Teaching Awards

2015Donald Tuzin TA Excellence Award, UCSD Making of the Modern World Program

Awards and Scholarships

2016    UCSD Dean of Social Sciences Travel Fund Award, 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Vienna, Austria

2016    AIA Graduate Student Travel Award, AIA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

2015    UCSD CISA3/QI NSF IGERT-TEECH Research Grant — (with Kyle A. Knabb) “Evaluating New Strategies for Disseminating Characterizations of Archaeological Ceramic Fabrics”

2014    Palestine Exploration Fund Research Grant — “Fuel Provisioning for the Copper Industry in Islamic Period Southern Jordan”

2014    UCSD CISA3/QI NSF IGERT-TEECH Research Grant — “Petrographic Informatics: Characterization and Sourcing of Islamic Ceramics from Faynan, Southern Jordan”

2013    ASOR Annual Meeting Travel Grant, ASOR Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD

2013    UCSD Dean of Social Sciences Travel Fund Award, Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI

2012    UCSD Judaic Studies Travel Award, Seventh World Archaeological Congress, Dead Sea, Jordan

2012    NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) – Training, Research and Education in Engineering for Cultural Heritage Diagnostics (TEECH), Award #DGE-0966375

2011    NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) – Training, Research and Education in Engineering for Cultural Heritage Diagnostics (TEECH), Award #DGE-0966375

2010    ASOR Annual Meeting Travel Grant, ASOR Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA

2010    UCSD Judaic Studies Travel Award, ASOR Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA

2009    Biblical Archaeology Society Dig Scholarship

2009    UCSD Judaic Studies Travel Award, Excavation in Israel and Jordan

2009    UCSD Judaic Studies Travel Award, TAG Conference, Stanford, CA

2008    UCSD Judaic Studies Travel Award, ASOR Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

Research Experience

2013-present    NSF IGERT Associate, Center for Interdisciplinary Science in Art, Architecture, and Archaeology (CISA3), California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (CalIT2) at the Qualcomm Institute (QI), UCSD, Prof. Falko Kuester and Prof. Thomas E. Levy, PIs.

2008-present    Research Assistant, UCSD Levantine Archaeology Laboratory, Prof. Thomas E. Levy, PI.

2010-2012    NSF IGERT Trainee, Center for Interdisciplinary Science in Art, Architecture, and Archaeology (CISA3), California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (CalIT2), UCSD, Prof. Falko Kuester and Prof. Thomas E. Levy, PIs.

2006-2007    Undergraduate Researcher, Northeast Instream Habitat Program, Amherst, MA.