PhD Students
Ruth Horry
Yağmur Sarıoğlu
Adam Stone
Adam is in the third year of his AHRC funded PhD. He read for his Archaeology BA and his Assyriology MPhil at Cambridge. His doctorate concerns the Sumerian administrative documents of the Ur III period of Ancient Mesopotamia, particularly those from Tell Drehem. Adam hopes to investigate the relationship between the Ur III administration and those regions on, or beyond, its 'borders'. This relationship has been viewed as relatively static over time, and uniform over space - he thinks that such a view is not supported by the varied transaction history within the administrative documents, nor by recent work on the nature of 'core vs. periphery' dynamics, nor by our growing understanding of the complexity and variability of Ur III administration and its implementation. How were power and control exerted and extended by the Ur III kings? How were relationships of power conceived and contested in this important region at the end of the Third Millennium BC. In addition to his research he continues post-graduate Akkadian and Sumerian classes.
Adam worked for Oxford Archaeology for 3 years. He works on the excavations at Tell Brak, Syria (2006-2008) and Kilise Tepe, Turkey (2007-2009). He excavated in Sudan with the British Museum (2004-2005).
He co-ordinates the Cambridge University, McDonald Institute: Mesopotamian Seminar Series.
Papers supervised 2009/10:
- Paper 5: Introduction to the Cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia
- Paper A24: Mesopotamian Archaeology II: Territorial States and Empire
Contact details: abs27@cam.ac.uk
Website: http://cambridge.academia.edu/AdamStone
Johanna Tudeau
Johanna graduated from Cambridge with a BA degree in Oriental Studies (Assyriology) and is currently a third year PhD student.
PhD research: Mesopotamian building practices and ideologies as recorded by the cuneiform sources, with a special interest in associated Sumerian/Akkadian terminologies and expressions, focusing on Assyrian royal inscriptions and state archives.
Contact details: jt342@cam.ac.uk