The 10 Most Influential BASOR Articles

We’re celebrating the release of the first issue of the new and expanded Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research this month with free access to the ten most influential articles from BASOR’s long history. Just click the links below to go through and read the articles, which are available for free until July 30.

10. ‘An MB II Orthostat Building at Tel Kabri, Israel’ by Yasur-Landau et al. from BASOR 367 (2012): 1-29. Go here to access it for free!
9. ‘The Early Alphabetic Inscriptions from Sinai and their Decipherment’ by W.F. Albright from BASOR 110 (1948) 6-22. Go here to access it for free!
8. ‘Peasants, Pastoralists, and “Pax Romana”: A Different View’ by S. Thomas Parker from BASOR 265 (1987) 35-51. Go here to access it for free!
7. ‘The Emergence of Orientalizing in Greek Art: Some Observations on the Interchange between Greeks and Phoenicians in the Eighth and Seventh Centuries B. C.’ by Glenn Markoe, BASOR 301 (1996) 47-67. Go here to access it for free!
6. ‘Egypt and Canaan during the Middle Bronze Age‘ by Manfred Bietak, BASOR 281 (1991): 27-72. Go here to access it for free!

5. ‘The Archaeology of the Family in Ancient Israel‘ By: Lawrence Stager, BASOR 260 (1985): 1-35. Go here to access it for free!
4. “Archaic Greeks in the Orient: Textual and Archaeological Evidence” By: Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier, BASOR 322 (2001): 11-32. Go here to access it for free!
3. “Landscape and Settlement in the Neo-Assyrian Empire” by T. J. Wilkinson et al., BASOR 340 (2005): 23-56. Go here to access it for free!
2. “An Archaeological Contribution to the Early Iron Age Chronological Debate: Alternative Chronologies for Phoenicia and Their Effects on the Levant, Cyprus, and Greece” by Ayelet Gilboa and Ilan Sharon, BASOR 332 (2003): 7-80. Go here to access it for free!
1. “A New Chronological Framework for Iron Age Copper Production at Timna (Israel)” by Erez Ben-Yosef et al. BASOR 367 (2012): 31-71. Go here to access it for free!