Giorgio Buccellati

Giorgio Buccellati is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures[1] and the Department of History at UCLA.[2] He was the founding director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology.[3] He founded IIMAS – The International Institute for Mesopotamian Area Studies,[4] of which he is currently the Director. He also been active as a publisher, having founded Undena Publications,[5] of which he is currently the General Editor.

Interests

He has published extensively in the fields of Akkadian philology, linguistics and literature; cuneiform graphemics; history of Mesopotamian political institutions and religion; archaeology of Syria; digital systems applied to Mesopotamia. He has participated and directed archaeological projects in Iraq, Turkey, the Caucasus and especially Syria (Terqa, Urkesh).

Notes

  1. ^ "Giorgio Buccellat - UCLA Near Eastern Languages & Cultures Department". Nelc.ucla.edu. http://www.nelc.ucla.edu/people/faculty/buccella. Retrieved 2011-11-10. 
  2. ^ "Emeriti—History". History.ucla.edu. http://www.history.ucla.edu/people/emeriti?lid=2383. Retrieved 2011-11-10. 
  3. ^ "Faculty—Institute of Archaeology". Ioa.ucla.edu. http://www.ioa.ucla.edu/people/faculty/faculty?lid=2383. Retrieved 2011-11-10. 
  4. ^ "IIMAS". IIMAS. http://www.iimas.org. Retrieved 2011-11-10. 
  5. ^ "Undena Publications ENTER". Undena.com. http://www.undena.com. Retrieved 2011-11-10.