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Giorgio Buccellati studied at the Catholic University (Milan, Italy), Fordam University and received his Ph.D. from the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. He is Research Professor in the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and in the Department of History at UCLA. He founded the Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, of which he served as first director from 1973 until 1983 and where he is now Director of the Mesopotamian Lab. He is currently the Co-Director of the Urkesh/Mozan Archaeological Project as well as Director of IIMAS – The International Institute for Mesopotamian Area Studies and Director of AVASA – Associazione per la Valorizzazione dell'Archeologia e della Storia Antica.
His research interests include the ancient languages, the literature, the religion, the archaeology and the history of Mesopotamia, as well as the theory of archaeology. His publications include site reports, text editions, linguistic and literary studies as well as on archaeological theory, historical monographs and essays on philosophy and spirituality. He has published a structural grammar of ancient Babylonian, two volumes on Mesopotamian civilization (on religion and politics; two more are forthcoming on literature as well as on art and architecture), a volume on archaeological theory dealing with the structural, digital and philosophical aspects of the archaeological record. He has authored two major scholarly websites on the archaeology of Urkesh and on archaeological theory. As a Guggenheim Fellow, he has traveled to Syria to study modern ethnography and geography for a better understanding of the history of the ancient Amorites. In his field work, he has developed new approaches to the preservation and presentation of archaeological sites and to community archaeology. He has spearheaded the Urkesh Extended Project, responding to the crisis of the war in Syria by maintaining a very active presence at the site.
Giorgio Buccellati has worked for many years in the Near East, especially in Syria, Iraq and Turkey. Together with his wife, Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati, he is co-director of the archaeological expedition to Tell Mozan/Urkesh in North-Eastern Syria. They work closely together both in the field and on the publication reports from their excavations, of which five volumes, plus audio-visual presentations, have appeared so far. They lead an international staff comprising colleagues and students from the US, Europe, the Near East and Asia and have given joint lectures on the excavations, and workshops on methods used, at major archaeological centers around the world as well as holding positions as visiting professors in various European universities.

Activities

Funding (2)

Linguistic Analysis of Old Babylonian Letters with the Aid of the Computer

1973-01-01 to 1976-01-31 | Grant
National Endowment for the Humanities (Washington D.C., US)
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RO-12029-74

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Linguistic Analysis of Old Babylonian Letters with the Aid of the Computer

1972-01-01 to 1972-12-31 | Grant
National Endowment for the Humanities (Washington D.C., US)
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RO-11089-72

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Works (50 of 260)

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A Children's Hermeneutics

Backdirt Annual Review of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
2018 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

Analisi strutturale e percettiva della terrazza templare di Urkesh

A Oriente del Delta Scritti sull’Egitto ed il Vicino Oriente antico in onore di Gabriella Scandone Matthiae
2018 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

A critique of archaeological reason structural, digital and philosophical aspects of the excavated record

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Giorgio Buccellati

Archaeology for a Young Future. An Exhibit at the American University of Beirut

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Giorgio Buccellati

Community Archaeology 1984: At the Interface between Practice and Theory

Backdirt Annual Review of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
2017 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

Conserviamo il futuro

Tracce
2017-02 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

26. Tell Mozan/Urkesh (Hassake)

A History of Syria in One Hundred Sites
2016 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

An Invitation to Tell Mozan, Ancient Urkesh

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Giorgio Buccellati

The Creation of the City of Man

Communio: International Catholic Review
2016 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

The Digital Itinerary of the Texts of Ebla

Libiamo ne’ lieti calici. Ancient Near Eastern Studies Presented to Lucio Milano on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday by Pupils, Colleagues and Friends
2016 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

Urkesh: for a Semiotics of the Hurrian Sacred

Ebla e la Siria dall’età del Bronzo all’età del Ferro
2016 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

L'archeologia come presenza morale a Tell Mozan in Siria

Bollettino dell'Associazione Archelogica Ticinese
2015 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

Tensional Factors and Compositional Analysis. Crossovers Between Linguistics and Art Criticism

From the Treasures of Syria. Essays on Art and Archaeology in Honour of Stefania Mazzoni
2015 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

The Transcendental Revolution

Fuzzy Boundaries. Festschrift für Antonio Loprieno. Vol. I
2015 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

Abramo e il desiderio di un “noi” in armonia reciproca

Il sussidiario.net
2015-09 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

Courage among the Ruins: A Sustainable Conservation Program in Time of War

Backdirt Annual Review of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
2014 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

Dal profondo del tempo: all'origine della comunicazione e della comunità nell'antica Siria

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Giorgio Buccellati

Nella storia, la compagnia del destino all'uomo

Le periferie dell'umano
2014 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

Nor North: The Urkesh Temple Terrace

Mari, ni est, ni ouest : Actes du colloque "Mari, ni Est ni Ouest" tenu les 20-22 octobre 2010 à Damas, Syrie
2014 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

The Threefold Invention of Time: Transcendental, Transcendent, Trans-temporal

Euresis Journal
2014 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

Un'invasione profetica

Tracce
2014 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

Alle origini della politica : la formazione e la crescita dello Stato in Siro-Mesopotamia

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Giorgio Buccellati

The History of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology as a Research Paradigm

Backdirt Annual Review of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
2013 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

Trinity spermatiké: The Veiled Perception of a Pagan World (Part 2)

Communio: International Catholic Review
2013 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

When Were the Hurrians Hurrian? The Persistence of Ethnicity in Urkesh

Cultures in Contact: From Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean in the Second Millennium B.C.
2013 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

"Quando in alto i cieli ..." : La spiritualità mesopotamica a confronto con quella biblica

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Giorgio Buccellati

Aten in Amurru?

Leggo! : studies presented to Frederick Mario Fales on the occasion of his 65th birthday
2012 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

Coerenza e storia. La Mesopotamia nell'ottica storiografica di «Ordine e Storia»: Istituzioni politiche, trasmissione del pensiero e percezione dell'assoluto

Prima della filosofia. Dinamiche dell'esperienza nei regni dell'Oriente antico e in Israele
2012 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

La Trinità in un'ottica mesopotamica

Rivista di filosofia neo-scolastica
2012 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

The Floodwaters of Urkesh and the Structural Coherence of the Urkesh Temple Complex

"L'heure immobile" entre ciel et terre : melanges en l'honneur d'Antoine Souleiman
2012 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

Towards A Linguistic Model For Archaeology

Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale
2012 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

Trinity spermatiké: The Veiled Perception of a Pagan World (Part 1)

Communio: International Catholic Review
2012 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

Digital Edition and Graphemic Analysis of the Ebla Texts

Cybernetica Mesopotamica, CD 4
2011 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

Giorgio Buccellati Receives Newly Established Award

Backdirt Annual Review of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
2011 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

Public Impact

Backdirt Annual Review of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
2011 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

The Question of Digital Thought

Studies in Linguistics and Semiotics. A Festschrift for Vyacheslav V. Ivanov
2010 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

The Semiotics of Ethnicity: The Case of Hurrian Urkesh

Festschrift für Gernot Wilhelm anläßlich seines 65. Geburtstages am 28. Januar 2010
2010 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

The Urkesh Temple Terrace: Function and Perception

Kulturlandschaft Syrien : Zentrum und Peripherie : Festschrift für Jan-Waalke Meyer
2010 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

An Architectural 'Logogram' at Urkesh?

Dallo Stirone al Tigri, dal Tevere all'Eufrate : studi in onore di Claudio Saporetti
2009 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

The Great Temple Terrace at Urkesh and the Lions of Tish-atal

General Studies And Excavations at Nuzi 11/2 in Honor of David I. Owen on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday October 28, 2005
2009 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

Value and Equivalence: The Role of Monetheism in Early Economic Systems

Communio: International Catholic Review
2009 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

The Ceramics of Urkesh: Statistics for a Browser Edition

Fundstellen Gesammelte Schriften zur Archäologie und Geschichte Altvorderasiens ad honorem Hartmut Kühne
2008 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

The Origin of the Tribe and of ‘Industrial’ Agropastoralism in Syro-Mesopotamia

The Archaeology of Mobility
2008 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

Between Heaven ad Hell in Ancient Urkesh

Backdirt Annual Review of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
2007 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

Foreword

Reading Figurines. Animal Represenations in Terra Cotta from Royal Building AK. Urkesh/Mozan Studies 5
2007 | Book chapter
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Giorgio Buccellati

Non-linear Archaeology

Backdirt Annual Review of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
2007 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

Qurayya, Tall

Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie
2007 | Encyclopedia entry
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Giorgio Buccellati

Urkesh and the Question of the Hurrian Homeland

Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Science
2007 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

Yahweh, the Trinity: The Old Testament Catechumenate

Communio: International Catholic Review
2007 | Journal article
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Giorgio Buccellati

A Browser Edition of the Royal Palace of Urkesh: Principles and Presuppositions

Les Espaces Syro-Mésopotamiens. Dimensions de l'experience humaine au Proche-Orient ancien. Volume d'hommage offert à Jean-Claude Margueron
2006 | Book chapter
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