Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research

Aims & Scope

The Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (BASOR) is a leader among peer-reviewed academic journals of the ancient Near East.

For nearly a century, since 1919 when William F.

Albright originally founded it as the Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, BASOR has served as a highly respected interdisciplinary English-language forum for scholars worldwide in subject areas such as archaeology, art, anthropology, archaeometry, bioarchaeology, archaeozoology, biblical studies, history, literature, philology, geography, and epigraphy.

The journal contains articles written by leading scholars and acknowledged experts in the ancient world that cover a geographical region from Israel and Canaan to ancient Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, and Egypt and a chronological range from the Paleolithic period through Islamic times.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• On the Structure and Composition of Copper and Tin Ingots Excavated from the Shipwreck of Uluburun

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Andreas, Robert, Michael

• The Earthquake Chronology of Palestine and Northwest Arabia from the 2nd Through the Mid-8th Century A. D.

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Kenneth W.

• A New Chronological Framework for Iron Age Copper Production at Timna (Israel)

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Erez, Ron, Lisa, Hagai

• The Archaeology of the Family in Ancient Israel

  Citation: 55

  Authors: Lawrence E.

• Landscape and Settlement in the Neo-Assyrian Empire

  Citation: 53

  Authors: T. J., Jason, Eleanor Barbanes, Mark

• A Third Millennium Levantine Pottery Production Center: Typology, Petrography, and Provenance of the Metallic Ware of Northern Israel and Adjacent Regions

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Raphael, Naomi

• Geoarchaeological Investigation in a Domestic Iron Age Quarter, Tel Megiddo, Israel

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Lior, Dan, Robert, Assaf, Steve, Israel, Ruth

• An Archaeological Contribution to the Early Iron Age Chronological Debate: Alternative Chronologies for Phoenicia and Their Effects on the Levant, Cyprus, and Greece

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Ayelet, Ilan

• From Flint Mine to Fan Scraper: The Late Prehistoric Jafr Industrial Complex

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Leslie A., Philip J., Gary O.

• Settlement, Demographic, and Economic Patterns in the Highlands of Palestine in the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Periods and the Beginning of Urbanism

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Israel, Ram