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First Person: Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is ASOR

The organization should change its name to HASOR—the Hypocrite American Schools of Oriental Research

By Hershel Shanks

ASOR, pronounced with a long A, is the acronym by which the venerable professional association of Near Eastern archaeologists is known. Its full, somewhat ponderous, name is the American Schools of Oriental Research. ASOR recently celebrated its one hundredth anniversary. It has loosely affiliated schools in Jerusalem, Amman and Cyprus, which are now almost completely independent of the mother organization. These centers account for the plural “Schools” in its name. ASOR’s professional journal, appropriately enough, is known as BASOR—the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. As a member in good standing, I would like to suggest that […]

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Endnotes

1.

Joe D. Seger, “ASOR Policy on Preservation and Protection of Archaeological Resources,” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 309 (1998).

2.

See Matthew Brown and Richard L. Stroup, “How to Reduce Archaeological Looting: Open the Markets and Enlist the Collectors!” AO 04:02.