The Archaeology Program was founded in 1967. Cornell is one of the few universities in the United States that offers a separate archaeology major in addition to its graduate program. The program also offers a new post doc in archaeology. Our faculty's specialties range from studies of early peoples to the historic 19th century, within the following departments and programs: American Indian studies, anthropology, classics, earth and atmospheric sciences, historic preservation, history of art and visual studies, landscape architecture, and Near Eastern studies. Archaeology at Cornell is particularly strong in the eastern Mediterranean area, and in the Americas (both pre- and post-Columbian). Some members of the program also are active participants in area studies programs, and faculty and students routinely work with other programs and departments. Faculty members are involved in long-term research projects in Cyprus, Greece, Honduras, Israel, Italy, South Africa, Turkey and in New York State.
Department websiteMeixu Ye
M.A. Student in Archaeology
Jordan Murphy
Ph.D. Student in Classics
Education
B.A. Classical Civilizations and Political Science, U.C. Berkeley '23
Departments and programs
Jacob Damm
Hirsch Potsdoctoral Fellow
Publications
Select Publications
- Joshua Driscoll and Jacob C. Damm. 2023. “A First Draught: Pitfalls and Potentials in the Archaeological Chemistry of Beer,” pp. 11-63 in Chemistry in the Service of Archaeology, edited by Ruth Ann Armitage and Daniel Fraser. American Chemical Society: Washington, DC.
- Freikman, Michael, David Ben-Shlomo, Jacob Damm, and Oren Gutfeld. 2023. “V-Shaped Bowls and Feasting Ceremonies in the Late Chalcolithic Period in the Southern Levant: A Case Study of Neve Ur,” pp. 343-358 in “And in Length of Days Understanding” (Job 12:12): Essays on Archaeology in the Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond in Honor of Thomas E. Levy, edited by Erez Ben-Yosef and Ian W.N. Jones. Cham: Springer.
- Damm, Jacob C. 2022. “Identity at the Twilight of Empire: Domestic Foodways and Cultural Practice at 12th Century BC Beth-Shean,” pp. 92-110 in No Place Like Home: Ancient Near Eastern Houses and Households, edited by Laura Battini, Aaron Brody, and Sharon R. Steadman. Oxford: Archaeopress.
- Burke, Aaron A., Martin Peilstöcker, Amy Karoll, George A. Pierce, Krister Kowalski, Nadia Ben-Marzouk, Jacob C. Damm, Andrew J. Danielson, Heidi Fessler, Brett Kaufman, and Krystal Pierce. 2017. “Excavations of the New Kingdom Fortress in Jaffa, 2011–2014: Traces of Resistance to Egyptian Rule in Canaan”. American Journal of Archaeology 121(1): 85-133.
Education
PhD in Archaeology, UCLA, 2021
Departments and programs
Clara McCafferty Wright
Doctoral Student in Classical Archaeology and Art
Clara McCafferty Wright
Ph.D. Student in Classics
Jeffrey Chusid
Associate Professor