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 has also been active as a publisher, having founded Undena Publications,[5] of which he is currently the General Editor. – For full details see the Personal website.

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. ↑ {{cite web|url=http://www.nelc.ucla.edu/people/faculty/buccella |title=Giorgio Buccellat - UCLA Near Eastern Languages & Cultures Department |publisher=Nelc.ucla.edu |date|accessdate=2011-11-10}}
  2. ↑ "Emeriti—History". History.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  3. ↑ "Faculty—Institute of Archaeology". Ioa.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  4. ↑ "IIMAS". IIMAS. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  5. ↑ "Undena Publications". Undena.com. Retrieved 2011-11-10.