1. Robin M. Brown, Independent Scholar
Ongoing publication and project responsibilities; conference presentations, academic
advisor, grant proposal reviewer, manuscript reviewer, ethnographic and archaeological
consultant, etc.
Current Research Interests
Medieval Palace and Palatial Architecture in Transjordan.
Regional Analysis of Faunal Remains from Medieval and Ottoman Era Sites in
Transjordan.
Umm al-Jimal and the Southern Hawran in the 19th
through the Early 20th
Century.
The British Colonial Archives: Informing Early 20th
Century Archaeology and
Ethnography at Umm al-Jimal and the Greater Hawran Region.
Recent Studies (selected)
in preparation
Palestinian Gaza Gray Ware Vessels from the Late Ottoman Period in the Semitic
Musum, Harvard University.
2016
Faunal Distributions from the Southern Highlands of Transjordan: Regional and
Historical Perspectives on the Representations and Roles of Animals in the Middle
Islamic Period. Pp. 71-93 in Stephen McPhillips and Paul Wordsworth (eds.)
Landscapes of the Islamic World: Archaeology, History and Ethnography. University
of Pennsylvania Press.
2016
Faunal Remains from Mamluk and Ottoman Occupations in the Middle Islamic
Palace at Karak Castle Qal`at al-Karak). With Kevin Rielly. Annual of the American
Schools of Oriental Research 69: 91-134.
2016
Palaces in Middle Islamic Transjordan: Reflections of the Royal Tradition of Bilad
ash-Sham. Studies on the History and Archaeology of Jordan, 12: 543-560.
2013
The Middle Islamic Palace at Karak: A New Interpretation of the Grand Qa`a
(Reception Hall). Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 57: 309-335.
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2. 2013
Petra Deserti (al-Karak) and the Landscape of Frankish Transjordan in European
Cartography from the Twelfth through the Fifteenth Century. Studies on the History
and Archaeology of Jordan, 11: 703-733. Amman, Jordan: Department of Antiquities.
2012
Karak Castle in Crusader Oultrejourdain (1142-1188) and its Legacy in the European
Cartographic Tradition through the Fifteenth Century. Pp. 159-175 in Guido Vannini
and Michele Nucciotti (eds.) La Transgiordania nei secoli XII-XIII e le ‘frontiere’ del
Mediterraneo medievale. Limina/Limites Archeologie, storie, isole e frontiere nel
Mediterraneo (365-1556), vol. 1. BAR International Series 2386.
2010
A Twelfth Century Faunal Assemblage from al-Wu`ayra in the Southern Highlands of
Jordan. With Kevin Rielly. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan [2010]
54: 121-141.
2010
Faunal Remains from Excavations in the Ayyubid Palace at Shawbak Castle in
Southern Transjordan. With Kevin Rielly. Berytus 51-52 (2008-2009): 169-198.
2009
The Druze Experience at Umm al-Jimal: The History and Archaeology of the Early
20th
-Century Settlement. In Studies on the History and Archaeology of Jordan 10:
377-390. Amman, Jordan: Department of Antiquities.
2007
Karak Castle / Qal`at al-Karak. The Chicago Online Encyclopedia of Mamluk Studies
(2007).
2006
Late Islamic Ceramic Sequences from el-Lejjun: Stratigraphic and Historical
Contexts. Pp. 375-399 in S. Thomas Parker (ed.), The Roman Frontier in Central
Jordan: Final Report on The Limes Arabicus Project 1980-1989. Washington DC:
Dumbarton Oaks (2006).
Recent Conference Papers (selected)
Palatial Architecture in Medieval Jordan: Reflections of Royal Traditions and Local
Economy. Transparent Borders: 12th
International Conference on the History and
Archaeology of Jordan (ICHAJ), Berlin, Germany, May 5-11, 2013.
Middle Islamic Faunal Distributions in the Southern Highlands of Transjordan: A Cross-
Site Perspective on Animal Representations and Roles. First International MIRI
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3. Workshop. The Materiality of the Islamic Rural Economy. University of Copenhagen,
Copenhagen, Denmark, August 24-25, 2012.
Changing Perspective: Petra Deserti (al-Karak) and the Landscape of Crusader
Transjordan in European Cartography from the 13th
to the 15th
Century. Changes and
Challenges: 11th
International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan
(ICHAJ). The Sorbonne, Paris, France, June 7-14, 2010.
Karak in the Crusader Period: The Premier Castle of Oultrejourdain. Conference: La
Transgiordania nei Secoli XII-XIII e le ‘Frontiere’ del Mediterraneo Medievale.
University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, November 6-8, 2008.
The Druze Experience at Umm al-Jimal: The History and Archaeology of the Early 20th
-
Century Settlement. Crossing Jordan: 10th
International Conference on the History and
Archaeology of Jordan (ICHAJ). George Washington University, Washington, DC, May
27, 2007.
Byzantine 'Iraq al-Amir: A Reexamination of the 1961 and 1962 Excavations at Qasr
al-'Abd. American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia,
November 18, 2005.
Dissertation and Thesis
Late Islamic Ceramic Production and Distribution in the Southern Levant: A Socio-
Economic and Political Interpretation. Ph.D. Dissertation, Binghamton University,
Department of Anthropology. 1992.
Late Islamic Settlement Patterns on the Kerak Plateau, Transjordan. M.A. Thesis, State
University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Anthropology. 1984.
Education
Ph.D. Anthropology Department, Binghamton University (1992).
Certificate Southwest Asian and North African Studies Program, State
University of New York Binghamton (1987).
M.A. Anthropology Department, State University of New York-Binghamton
(1984).
A.B. Near East Studies Department (honors), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
(1975).
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