Early Iron Age

Benjamin W. Porter a associate professor of Near Eastern Archaeology in the University of California, Berkeley's Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures. Porter is an archaeologist who investigates how past Middle Eastern and Mediterranean societies built resilient communities and institutions in arid and semi-arid zones. He directs field archaeology projects in Jordan at the Iron Age capitals of Dhiban and Busayra. He also co-directs a museum collections project at the Hearst Museum that is researching evidence from Peter B.