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| A. Nigel Goring-Morris | |
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| Name | A. Nigel Goring-Morris |
| Birth place | United Kingdom |
| Fields | Archaeology, Prehistory, Near Eastern archaeology |
| Workplaces | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Antiquities Authority, University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Natufian culture, Neolithic Revolution, Pre-Pottery Neolithic A |
A. Nigel Goring-Morris is a British-born archaeologist and field researcher based in Israel whose work on Prehistory, Near Eastern archaeology, and the transition from foraging to farming has influenced studies of the Natufian culture, Neolithic Revolution, and Levantine corridor. He has directed excavations, collaborated with institutions such as the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority, and the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, and published extensively on hunter-gatherer sedentism, mortuary practice, and lithic technology.
Born in the United Kingdom, Goring-Morris completed undergraduate and postgraduate studies at institutions linked to University of Cambridge, University College London, and other British centres for archaeology and anthropology. He trained in field methods associated with the British Museum and the Institute of Archaeology, UCL, studied Near Eastern material culture alongside scholars from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the École pratique des hautes études, and participated in surveys and excavations connected to the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Palestine Exploration Fund.
Goring-Morris has held positions at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and collaborated with teams from the University of Cambridge, the Weizmann Institute of Science, and the British Museum on projects across the Levant, including sites in Israel, the West Bank, and Syria. He directed long-term excavations and fieldwork at loci such as Nahal Oren, Kebara Cave, Kfar HaHoresh, and other key sites tied to the Natufian culture and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, working alongside researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority, the Council for British Research in the Levant, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. His collaborations reached interdisciplinary networks including teams from the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, the Hebrew University, and the British School at Rome.
Goring-Morris is noted for uncovering evidence for early sedentism and ritual practices at Kfar HaHoresh, linking mortuary architecture to social complexity in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B and the late Natufian culture. His excavations contributed data on early plant exploitation, faunal remains, and lithic assemblages that informed debates on the Neolithic Revolution, early agriculture in the Fertile Crescent, and the role of the Levantine corridor in demographic and cultural transitions. Collaborative work with analysts from the Weizmann Institute of Science, the University of Arizona, and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History helped refine chronologies for the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and illuminate trade and exchange networks evident in obsidian sourcing linked to the Anatolian Neolithic and Upper Paleolithic connections.
His methodological repertoire integrates stratigraphic excavation techniques associated with the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, lithic analysis methods used at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL, and zooarchaeological collaborations with specialists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the University of Cambridge. Theoretical influences include frameworks from scholars at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, proponents of agency theory found in work from the University of Manchester, and comparative perspectives advanced by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology; he applies models addressing social complexity, ritual practice, and the emergence of sedentism to interpret mortuary and architectural evidence from Kfar HaHoresh and contemporaneous sites.
Goring-Morris has received recognition from archaeological and academic bodies such as the Israel Antiquities Authority, the British Academy, and institutions linked to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Cambridge for his contributions to Near Eastern prehistory, fieldwork leadership, and publication record. His projects have been supported by grants and fellowships from organizations including the Council for British Research in the Levant, the European Research Council, and national research councils associated with the United Kingdom and Israel.
- Goring-Morris, A. N. and [collaborators], reports and monographs on Kfar HaHoresh published through the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. - Articles on Natufian burial practices and early sedentism in journals associated with the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, the Journal of Archaeological Science network, and publishers linked to the University of Chicago Press and the Cambridge University Press. - Collaborative studies on lithic technology, faunal analysis, and subsistence strategies with researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, and the University of Oxford.
Category:British archaeologists Category:Prehistorians Category:Near Eastern archaeologists