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Dr Joseph W. Lehner

Tom Austen Brown Lecturer in World Prehistory
Deputy Director, Vere Gordon Childe Centre
ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award Fellow, Archaeology

Address

A18 - Brennan MacCallum Building

The University of Sydney

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Member of The Vere Gordon Childe Centre

Websites

The Kerkenes Project

Archaeological Water Histories of Oman Project

Academia.edu Select Publications

Biographical details

Joseph (Seppi) Lehner is an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Award Fellow who specializes in the archaeology of Southwest Asia. He finished his PhD at the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and is a past Alexander von Humboldt German Chancellor Fellow at the University of Tübingen and a Senior Fellow at the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations at Koç University in Istanbul. He conducts extensive field work in Turkey and Oman, and has been involved in projects elsewhere in Egypt, Ethiopia, India, and Arctic North America. His research focuses on the social, environmental, and cultural impacts of strategic resource management, in particular mining and metallurgy.

Research interests

Early complex societies and states in southwestern Asia
Bronze and Iron Age Anatolia & Arabia
Human – environment interaction, complex economies, urbanism, long-distance trade
Archaeological materials science, archaeometallurgy

Associations

Honorary Research Fellow: Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Macquarie University.
Courtesy Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Central Florida.
Affiliated Scholar, Institute of Nautical Archaeology.

Awards and honours

Mid-Career Researcher (MCR) Excellence Award, 2024 FASS Research Awards

PhD and master's project opportunities

Archaeology of Southwest Asia

Current research students

Project title	Research student
Recycling Paphos: An archaeological investigation of architectural reuse and recycling practices in Paphos, Cyprus, from Hellenism to Tourism	Candace RICHARDS
Coastal Living: Environmental Changes and Human Responses in Southern Sri Lanka in the mid-to-late Holocene	Madeline ROBINSON
Northern Arabia Mobile Pastoralism	Jacek WANKOWSKI

Selected publications

From Midas to Cyrus and Other Stories: Papers on Iron Age Anatolia in Honour of Geoffrey and Francoise Summers (BIAA Monograph 57)

(The British Institute at Ankara (BIAA), 2023)

Publications

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Edited Books

Draycott, C., Branting, S., Lehner, J., Ozarslan, Y. (2023). From Midas to Cyrus and Other Stories: Papers on Iron Age Anatolia in Honour of Geoffrey and Francoise Summers (BIAA Monograph 57). London: The British Institute at Ankara (BIAA).

Book Chapters

Branting, S., Lehner, J., Langis-Barsetti, D., Kalayci, T., Baturayoglu Yoney, N., Ozarslan, Y., Coockson, B. (2024). Exploration of the Metropolis at Kerkenes Dagi Over the Past 120 Years: A Tangled Tale. In Edited by Catherine M. Draycott, Scott Branting, Joseph W. Lehner, Yasemin Oz (Eds.), From Midas to Cyrus and Other Stories: Papers on Iron Age Anatolia in Honour of Geoffrey and Francoise Summers (BIAA Monograph 57), (pp. 19-36). London: The British Institute at Ankara (BIAA).
KURUÇAYIRLI, E., Lehner, J., Blackwell, N., HIRSCHFELD, N., Jansen, M., Martin, S., Langis-Barsetti, D. (2024). Recent Research on the Cape Gelidonya Metal Cargo: New Insight into Existing Questions. WANAT. Western Anatolia in the second millennium BCE: recent developments and future prospects, (pp. 259-279). Turkey: Koc University Press.
Lehner, J., Dumitru, I., Buffington, A., Dollarhide, E., Nathan, S., Paulsen, P., Young, M., Sivitskis, A., Wiig, F., Harrower, M. (2023). Iron Age Copper Metallurgy in Southeast Arabia: A Comparative Perspective. In Erez Ben-Yosef, Ian W. N. Jones (Eds.), "And in length of days understanding" (Job 12:12) - Essays on Archaeology in the 21st Century in Honor of Thomas E. Levy, (pp. 1391-1417). Cham: Springer Nature. [More Information]
Branting, S., Baltali-Tirpan, S., Lehner, J., Langis-Barsetti, D., Kalayci, T., Baturayoglu Yoney, N., Graff, S., Groff, A., Avcil, S., Proctor, L., et al (2022). Kerkenes 2019. In Adil Ozme (Eds.), 2019-2020 Yili Kazi Calismalari, Cilt 4, (pp. 155-166). Ankara: Kultur Varliklari ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu.
Branting, S., Lehner, J., Baltali-Tirpan, S., Langis-Barsetti, D., Graff, S., Kalayci, T., Groff, A., Proctor, L., Robkin, J., Paulsen, P., et al (2021). The Kerkenes Project 2019- 2020. In S. R. Steadman, G. McMahon (Eds.), The Archaeology of Anatolia, Volume IV: Recent Discoveries (2018–2020), (pp. 146-154). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Lehner, J., Kurucayirli, E., Hirschfeld, N. (2020). Oxhides, Buns, Bits and Pieces: Analyzing the Ingot Cargo of the Cape Gelidonya Shipwreck. In Ayelet Gilboa and Assaf Yasur-Landau (Eds.), Nomads of the Mediterranean: Trade and Contact in the Bronze and Iron Ages, (pp. 161-176). Leiden: Brill. [More Information]
Branting, S., Lehner, J., Marston, J., Graff, S. (2019). Kerkenes and Phrygia: Old and New Directions of Research. In G.R. Tsetskhladze (Eds.), Phrygia in Antiquity: From the Bronze Age to the Byzantine Period, (pp. 539-559). Leuven: Peeters.
Branting, S., Lehner, J., Baltali-Tirpan, S., Langis-Barsetti, D., Kalayci, T., Graff, S., Proctor, L., Baturayoglu Yoney, N., Asiliskender, B., Cakirlar-Oddens, C., et al (2019). The Kerkenes Project, 2017-2018. In Sharon R. Steadman, Gregory McMahon (Eds.), The Archaeology of Anatolia, Volume III: Recent Discoveries (2017-2018), (pp. 99-111). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Lehner, J. (2017). Compositional Analysis of Copper Alloys from the Middle Plateau Excavations at Bogazkoy. In A. Schachner (Eds.), Ausgrabungen in der westlichen Oberstadt 1: Das mittlere Plateau zwischen Sarıkale und Yenicekale, (pp. 250-254). Berlin: De Gruyter.
Lehner, J. (2017). Innovation and Continuity of Metal Production and Consumption during the Early Iron Age at Bogazkoy-Hattusa. In A. Schachner (Eds.), Innovations versus Beharrung: Was Macht den Unterschied des hethitischen Reichs im Anatolien des 2nd Jahrtausends v. Chr.? Workshop zu Ehren von Jurgen Seeher, (pp. 145-161). Istanbul: Deutsches Archaologisches Institut.
Branting, S., Lehner, J., Baltali-Tirpan, S., Graff, S., Marston, J., Kalayci, T., Ozarslan, Y., Langis-Barsetti, D., Proctor, L., Paulsen, P. (2017). The Kerkenes Project 2015-2016. In Sharon R. Steadman, Gregory McMahon (Eds.), The Archaeology of Anatolia Volume II Recent Discoveries (2015-2016), (pp. 156-177). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Lehner, J., Schachner, A. (2017). The Organization of Metal Production at Hattusa: A First Assessment. In C. Maner, A. Gilbert and M. Horowitz (Eds.), Overturning Certainties in Near Eastern Archaeology: A Festschrift in Honor of K. Aslihan Yener, (pp. 403-435). Leiden: Brill. [More Information]
Lehner, J., Yazgan, E., Pernicka, E., Kulakoglu, F. (2015). Continuity of Tin Consumption during the Early Bronze Age at Kultepe. In F. Kulakoglu, C. Michel (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1st Kultepe International Meeting. Kultepe, September 19-23, 2013. Studies Dedicated to Kutlu Emre, (pp. 195-218). Belgium: Brepols Publishers.
Lehner, J., Yener, K. (2014). Organization and specialization of early mining and metal technologies in Anatolia. In Roberts B W, Thornton C P (Eds.), Archaeometallurgy in global perspective: Methods and syntheses, (pp. 529-557). New York: Springer. [More Information]

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Journals

Zaribaf, A., Lehner, J., Branting, S., Langis-Barsetti, D., Kelloway, S., Carter, E. (2025). Non-destructive analysis of archaeological amber from Iron Age Kerkenes in central Anatolia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 61, 1-11. [More Information]
Paulsen, P., Zaribaf, A., Lehner, J., David-Cuny, H., Dumitru, I., Nathan, S., Sivitskis, A., Shannon, J., Wiig, F., Arsenault, B., et al (2024). Architecture, social relations, and trade at mountain settlements in Iron Age Oman. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 53, 194-210.
Zaribaf, A., Lehner, J., Paulsen, P., Dumitru, I., Sivitskis, A., Arsenault, B., Fisher, B., Buffington, A., Dollarhide, E., Harrower, M. (2024). Socio-political factors influencing early Islamic copper production in Oman. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 53, 316-332.
Lehner, J. (2022). Oxhide Ingots and the Mediterranean Bronze Age: New Archaeometallurgical Research on the Cape Gelidonya Shipwreck. Bulletin (Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens), 18, 8-13.
Yule, P., Gaudiello, M., Lehner, J. (2021). Al-Salayli Valley in Eastern Oman, Early Iron Age Burial and Multi-Period Copper Production. Zeitschrift fur Orient-Archaologie, 14, 276-317.
Lehner, J. (2021). Cape Gelidonya: Building Research Partnerships Around Archaeological Science. The INA Quarterly, 48(3-4), 16-20.
Lehner, J., Kuruçayırlı, E., Martin, S., Langis-Barsetti, D., Bowland, L., Hirschfeld, N. (2021). Oxhide Ingots and The Cape Gelidonya Wreck: New Research on an Old Problem. TINA Maritime Archaeology Periodical, 13, 60-73.
Harrower, M., Nathan, S., Dumitru, I., Wiig, F., Sivitskis, A., David-Cuny, H., Lehner, J., Swerida, J., Mazzariello, J., et al (2021). Water History of Wilayat Yanqul: The Archaeological Water Histories of Oman (ArWHO) Project Survey (2011-2016). Journal of Oman Studies, 21.
Ipek, O., Ibis, R., Lehner, J. (2019). A Unique Hittite Bracelet From Citli Village of Corum Province. IN MEMORIAM UGUR SILISTRELI: STUDIES ON ANATOLIAN ARCHAEOLOGY, , 171-185.
Sivitskis, A., Lehner, J., Harrower, M., Dumitru, I., Paulsen, P., Nathan, S., Viete, D., Al-Jabri, S., Helwing, B., Wiig, F., et al (2019). Detecting and Mapping Slag Heaps at Ancient Copper Production Sites in Oman. Remote Sensing, 11(24), 1-24. [More Information]
Batmaz, A., Lehner, J., Dardeniz, G. (2019). Long-distance interaction in Urartu?: Provenance and composition of copper alloys from Ayanis, Turkey. Archaeometry, 61(2), 406-422. [More Information]
Wiig, F., Harrower, M., Braun, A., Nathan, S., Lehner, J., Simon, K., Sturm, J., Trinder, J., Dumitru, I., Hensley, S., et al (2018). Mapping a Subsurface Water Channel with X-Band and C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar at the Iron Age Archaeological Site of 'Uqdat al-Bakrah (Safah), Oman. Geosciences, 8(9), 1-15. [More Information]
Branting, S., Tirpan, S., Lehner, J., Ozarslan, Y., Langis-Barsetti, D., Yoney, N., Marston, J., Graff, S., Proctor, L., Paulsen, P., et al (2017). Kerkenes 2016. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi, 39, 37-48.
Branting, S., Baltali Tirpan, S., Lehner, J., Langis-Barsetti, D., Kalayci, T., Baturayoglu Yoney, N., et al (2017). Kerkenes 2017. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi, 39(4), 101-114.
Kurucayirli, E., Lehner, J., Hirschfeld, N. (2017). The Metal Cargo of the Cape Gelidonya Shipwreck (1200 BC): Typological and Archaeometallurgical Investigation of Copper and Tin Ingots [GELIDONYA BURNU BATIGININ (M.O. 1200) METAL KARGOSU: BAKIR KULCELERIN TIPOLOJIK VE ARKEOMETALURJIK INCELEMESI]. Arkeometri Sonuclari Toplantisi, 33, 229-248.
Branting, S., Tirpan, S., Lehner, J., Ozarslan, Y., Langis-Barsetti, D., Kalayci, T., Yoney, N., Graff, S., Proctor, L., Asiliskender, B. (2016). Kerkenes 2015. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi, 38, 179-190.
Branting, S., Baltali Tirpan, S., Lehner, J., Baturayoglu Yoney, N., Penacho, S., Ozarslan, Y., Langis-Barsetti, D. (2016). Kerkenes Dagi 2014. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi, 37, 1-12.
Yener, K., Kulakoglu, F., Yazgan, E., Kontani, R., Hayakawa, Y., Lehner, J., Dardeniz, G., Ozturk, G., Johnson, M., Kaptan, E., et al (2015). New tin mines and production sites near Kultepe in Turkey: A third-millennium BC highland production model. Antiquity, 89(345), 596-612. [More Information]
Schoop, U., Lehner, J. (2013). Long-distance trade and communication networks in Late Chalcolithic Anatolia. Heritage Turkey, , 27.
Lehner, J. (2011). A Preliminary Report on the Microstructure and Microanalysis of Metal from Bogazkoy: Project Framework and Aims of Research. Archaeologischer Anzeiger, 2011/1(31-86), 57-64.
Lehner, J. (2011). Bogazkoy Metal Buluntularinin Mikroyapisi Ve Mikroanalizi Hakkindaki On Rapor. Arkeometri Sonuclari Toplantisi, , 261-276.
Summers, G., Branting, S., Tirpan, S., Baturayoglu Yoney, N., Lehner, J. (2011). Kerkenes 2010. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi, (33), 535-558.

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By Year

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2025

Zaribaf, A., Lehner, J., Branting, S., Langis-Barsetti, D., Kelloway, S., Carter, E. (2025). Non-destructive analysis of archaeological amber from Iron Age Kerkenes in central Anatolia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 61, 1-11. [More Information]

2024

Paulsen, P., Zaribaf, A., Lehner, J., David-Cuny, H., Dumitru, I., Nathan, S., Sivitskis, A., Shannon, J., Wiig, F., Arsenault, B., et al (2024). Architecture, social relations, and trade at mountain settlements in Iron Age Oman. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 53, 194-210.
Branting, S., Lehner, J., Langis-Barsetti, D., Kalayci, T., Baturayoglu Yoney, N., Ozarslan, Y., Coockson, B. (2024). Exploration of the Metropolis at Kerkenes Dagi Over the Past 120 Years: A Tangled Tale. In Edited by Catherine M. Draycott, Scott Branting, Joseph W. Lehner, Yasemin Oz (Eds.), From Midas to Cyrus and Other Stories: Papers on Iron Age Anatolia in Honour of Geoffrey and Francoise Summers (BIAA Monograph 57), (pp. 19-36). London: The British Institute at Ankara (BIAA).
KURUÇAYIRLI, E., Lehner, J., Blackwell, N., HIRSCHFELD, N., Jansen, M., Martin, S., Langis-Barsetti, D. (2024). Recent Research on the Cape Gelidonya Metal Cargo: New Insight into Existing Questions. WANAT. Western Anatolia in the second millennium BCE: recent developments and future prospects, (pp. 259-279). Turkey: Koc University Press.
Zaribaf, A., Lehner, J., Paulsen, P., Dumitru, I., Sivitskis, A., Arsenault, B., Fisher, B., Buffington, A., Dollarhide, E., Harrower, M. (2024). Socio-political factors influencing early Islamic copper production in Oman. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 53, 316-332.

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2023

Draycott, C., Branting, S., Lehner, J., Ozarslan, Y. (2023). From Midas to Cyrus and Other Stories: Papers on Iron Age Anatolia in Honour of Geoffrey and Francoise Summers (BIAA Monograph 57). London: The British Institute at Ankara (BIAA).
Lehner, J., Dumitru, I., Buffington, A., Dollarhide, E., Nathan, S., Paulsen, P., Young, M., Sivitskis, A., Wiig, F., Harrower, M. (2023). Iron Age Copper Metallurgy in Southeast Arabia: A Comparative Perspective. In Erez Ben-Yosef, Ian W. N. Jones (Eds.), "And in length of days understanding" (Job 12:12) - Essays on Archaeology in the 21st Century in Honor of Thomas E. Levy, (pp. 1391-1417). Cham: Springer Nature. [More Information]

2022

Branting, S., Baltali-Tirpan, S., Lehner, J., Langis-Barsetti, D., Kalayci, T., Baturayoglu Yoney, N., Graff, S., Groff, A., Avcil, S., Proctor, L., et al (2022). Kerkenes 2019. In Adil Ozme (Eds.), 2019-2020 Yili Kazi Calismalari, Cilt 4, (pp. 155-166). Ankara: Kultur Varliklari ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu.
Lehner, J. (2022). Oxhide Ingots and the Mediterranean Bronze Age: New Archaeometallurgical Research on the Cape Gelidonya Shipwreck. Bulletin (Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens), 18, 8-13.

2021

Yule, P., Gaudiello, M., Lehner, J. (2021). Al-Salayli Valley in Eastern Oman, Early Iron Age Burial and Multi-Period Copper Production. Zeitschrift fur Orient-Archaologie, 14, 276-317.
Lehner, J. (2021). Cape Gelidonya: Building Research Partnerships Around Archaeological Science. The INA Quarterly, 48(3-4), 16-20.
Lehner, J., Kuruçayırlı, E., Martin, S., Langis-Barsetti, D., Bowland, L., Hirschfeld, N. (2021). Oxhide Ingots and The Cape Gelidonya Wreck: New Research on an Old Problem. TINA Maritime Archaeology Periodical, 13, 60-73.
Branting, S., Lehner, J., Baltali-Tirpan, S., Langis-Barsetti, D., Graff, S., Kalayci, T., Groff, A., Proctor, L., Robkin, J., Paulsen, P., et al (2021). The Kerkenes Project 2019- 2020. In S. R. Steadman, G. McMahon (Eds.), The Archaeology of Anatolia, Volume IV: Recent Discoveries (2018–2020), (pp. 146-154). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Harrower, M., Nathan, S., Dumitru, I., Wiig, F., Sivitskis, A., David-Cuny, H., Lehner, J., Swerida, J., Mazzariello, J., et al (2021). Water History of Wilayat Yanqul: The Archaeological Water Histories of Oman (ArWHO) Project Survey (2011-2016). Journal of Oman Studies, 21.

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2020

Lehner, J., Kurucayirli, E., Hirschfeld, N. (2020). Oxhides, Buns, Bits and Pieces: Analyzing the Ingot Cargo of the Cape Gelidonya Shipwreck. In Ayelet Gilboa and Assaf Yasur-Landau (Eds.), Nomads of the Mediterranean: Trade and Contact in the Bronze and Iron Ages, (pp. 161-176). Leiden: Brill. [More Information]

2019

Ipek, O., Ibis, R., Lehner, J. (2019). A Unique Hittite Bracelet From Citli Village of Corum Province. IN MEMORIAM UGUR SILISTRELI: STUDIES ON ANATOLIAN ARCHAEOLOGY, , 171-185.
Sivitskis, A., Lehner, J., Harrower, M., Dumitru, I., Paulsen, P., Nathan, S., Viete, D., Al-Jabri, S., Helwing, B., Wiig, F., et al (2019). Detecting and Mapping Slag Heaps at Ancient Copper Production Sites in Oman. Remote Sensing, 11(24), 1-24. [More Information]
Branting, S., Lehner, J., Marston, J., Graff, S. (2019). Kerkenes and Phrygia: Old and New Directions of Research. In G.R. Tsetskhladze (Eds.), Phrygia in Antiquity: From the Bronze Age to the Byzantine Period, (pp. 539-559). Leuven: Peeters.
Batmaz, A., Lehner, J., Dardeniz, G. (2019). Long-distance interaction in Urartu?: Provenance and composition of copper alloys from Ayanis, Turkey. Archaeometry, 61(2), 406-422. [More Information]
Branting, S., Lehner, J., Baltali-Tirpan, S., Langis-Barsetti, D., Kalayci, T., Graff, S., Proctor, L., Baturayoglu Yoney, N., Asiliskender, B., Cakirlar-Oddens, C., et al (2019). The Kerkenes Project, 2017-2018. In Sharon R. Steadman, Gregory McMahon (Eds.), The Archaeology of Anatolia, Volume III: Recent Discoveries (2017-2018), (pp. 99-111). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

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2018

Wiig, F., Harrower, M., Braun, A., Nathan, S., Lehner, J., Simon, K., Sturm, J., Trinder, J., Dumitru, I., Hensley, S., et al (2018). Mapping a Subsurface Water Channel with X-Band and C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar at the Iron Age Archaeological Site of 'Uqdat al-Bakrah (Safah), Oman. Geosciences, 8(9), 1-15. [More Information]

2017

Lehner, J. (2017). Compositional Analysis of Copper Alloys from the Middle Plateau Excavations at Bogazkoy. In A. Schachner (Eds.), Ausgrabungen in der westlichen Oberstadt 1: Das mittlere Plateau zwischen Sarıkale und Yenicekale, (pp. 250-254). Berlin: De Gruyter.
Lehner, J. (2017). Innovation and Continuity of Metal Production and Consumption during the Early Iron Age at Bogazkoy-Hattusa. In A. Schachner (Eds.), Innovations versus Beharrung: Was Macht den Unterschied des hethitischen Reichs im Anatolien des 2nd Jahrtausends v. Chr.? Workshop zu Ehren von Jurgen Seeher, (pp. 145-161). Istanbul: Deutsches Archaologisches Institut.
Branting, S., Tirpan, S., Lehner, J., Ozarslan, Y., Langis-Barsetti, D., Yoney, N., Marston, J., Graff, S., Proctor, L., Paulsen, P., et al (2017). Kerkenes 2016. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi, 39, 37-48.
Branting, S., Baltali Tirpan, S., Lehner, J., Langis-Barsetti, D., Kalayci, T., Baturayoglu Yoney, N., et al (2017). Kerkenes 2017. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi, 39(4), 101-114.
Branting, S., Lehner, J., Baltali-Tirpan, S., Graff, S., Marston, J., Kalayci, T., Ozarslan, Y., Langis-Barsetti, D., Proctor, L., Paulsen, P. (2017). The Kerkenes Project 2015-2016. In Sharon R. Steadman, Gregory McMahon (Eds.), The Archaeology of Anatolia Volume II Recent Discoveries (2015-2016), (pp. 156-177). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Kurucayirli, E., Lehner, J., Hirschfeld, N. (2017). The Metal Cargo of the Cape Gelidonya Shipwreck (1200 BC): Typological and Archaeometallurgical Investigation of Copper and Tin Ingots [GELIDONYA BURNU BATIGININ (M.O. 1200) METAL KARGOSU: BAKIR KULCELERIN TIPOLOJIK VE ARKEOMETALURJIK INCELEMESI]. Arkeometri Sonuclari Toplantisi, 33, 229-248.
Lehner, J., Schachner, A. (2017). The Organization of Metal Production at Hattusa: A First Assessment. In C. Maner, A. Gilbert and M. Horowitz (Eds.), Overturning Certainties in Near Eastern Archaeology: A Festschrift in Honor of K. Aslihan Yener, (pp. 403-435). Leiden: Brill. [More Information]

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2016

Branting, S., Tirpan, S., Lehner, J., Ozarslan, Y., Langis-Barsetti, D., Kalayci, T., Yoney, N., Graff, S., Proctor, L., Asiliskender, B. (2016). Kerkenes 2015. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi, 38, 179-190.
Branting, S., Baltali Tirpan, S., Lehner, J., Baturayoglu Yoney, N., Penacho, S., Ozarslan, Y., Langis-Barsetti, D. (2016). Kerkenes Dagi 2014. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi, 37, 1-12.

2015

Lehner, J., Yazgan, E., Pernicka, E., Kulakoglu, F. (2015). Continuity of Tin Consumption during the Early Bronze Age at Kultepe. In F. Kulakoglu, C. Michel (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1st Kultepe International Meeting. Kultepe, September 19-23, 2013. Studies Dedicated to Kutlu Emre, (pp. 195-218). Belgium: Brepols Publishers.
Yener, K., Kulakoglu, F., Yazgan, E., Kontani, R., Hayakawa, Y., Lehner, J., Dardeniz, G., Ozturk, G., Johnson, M., Kaptan, E., et al (2015). New tin mines and production sites near Kultepe in Turkey: A third-millennium BC highland production model. Antiquity, 89(345), 596-612. [More Information]

2014

Lehner, J., Yener, K. (2014). Organization and specialization of early mining and metal technologies in Anatolia. In Roberts B W, Thornton C P (Eds.), Archaeometallurgy in global perspective: Methods and syntheses, (pp. 529-557). New York: Springer. [More Information]

2013

Schoop, U., Lehner, J. (2013). Long-distance trade and communication networks in Late Chalcolithic Anatolia. Heritage Turkey, , 27.

2011

Lehner, J. (2011). A Preliminary Report on the Microstructure and Microanalysis of Metal from Bogazkoy: Project Framework and Aims of Research. Archaeologischer Anzeiger, 2011/1(31-86), 57-64.
Lehner, J. (2011). Bogazkoy Metal Buluntularinin Mikroyapisi Ve Mikroanalizi Hakkindaki On Rapor. Arkeometri Sonuclari Toplantisi, , 261-276.
Summers, G., Branting, S., Tirpan, S., Baturayoglu Yoney, N., Lehner, J. (2011). Kerkenes 2010. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi, (33), 535-558.

Selected Grants

2024

FASS humanities, AI and education collaboration with University of Toronto, Gulson K, McKenzie K, Hilliard C, Lehner J, Tan J, Flew T, Weatherall K, Bello Villarino J, Gray J, Freebody K, Mockler N, Markauskaite L, Rawlings V, Office of Global Engagement/Compact Agreement Global Research Partnerships

2019

From mines to graves: metallurgy and metal exchange in western Anatolia ca 3700- 1500 BC, Lehner J, British Institute at Ankara (UK)/Research Grant

2018

Strategic resources and human cooperation in the rise of social complexity, Lehner J, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)

Other Grants

2023

Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), The University of Sydney, The Vere Gordon Childe ExoLab for Field Research and Education

The Merops Foundation, Kerkenes Project 2023, with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

2022

European Space Agency Earth Online – ICEYE Program, Using SAR to identify and map subsurface archaeological or paleoenvironmental features in arid environments No. 69988, with Frances Wiig (UNSW), Dr. M. Harrower (JHU), S. Hensley (NASA/JPL), J. Trinder (UNSW)

George and Ann Bass Publication Grant, Institute of Nautical Archaeology, The Cape Gelidonya Shipwreck Project, with Nicolle Hirschfeld

The Merops Foundation, Kerkenes Project 2022,with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), The University of Sydney, Vere Gordon Childe Centre Digital Humanities Hub

Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), The University of Sydney,Visualising deep time and cultural heritage from macro to micro scale

2021

The Merops Foundation, Kerkenes Project 2021, with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada No.1113886, Tayinat Archaeological Project: Investigating Craft Production, Political Economy, and Early State Formation in Southeastern Turkey,with Dr. Timothy Harrison (UToronto) et al.

2020

The Merops Foundation, Kerkenes Project 2020, with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization ANSTO Research Portal Proposal AP1257, Dating the Rise of Social Complexity and Metallurgy in Arabia,with Prof. Lloyd Weeks (UNE), Dr. Vladimir Levchenko (ANSTO), & Amir Zaribaf (USyd).

2019

Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), FAIMS 3.0 Electronic Field Notebooks: A platform for field research supporting digital data capture and management in diverse situations, with Dr. Shawn Ross (MQU) et al.

The Merops Foundation, Kerkenes Project 2019, with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Selected Grants

2023 Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), USYD

The Vere Gordon Childe ExoLab for Field Research and Education ($1,043,349.18 AUD)

The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2023 ($38,500 USD)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

2022 European Space Agency Earth Online – ICEYE Program

Using SAR to identify and map subsurface archaeological or paleoenvironmental features in arid environments No. 69988 (in kind equivalent $25,000 AUD)

Co-PI with Frances Wiig (UNSW), Dr. M. Harrower (JHU), S. Hensley (NASA/JPL), J. Trinder (UNSW)

George and Ann Bass Publication Grant, Institute of Nautical Archaeology

The Cape Gelidonya Shipwreck Project ($25,000 USD)

Co-PI with Nicolle Hirschfeld

The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2022 ($38,500 USD)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), USYD

Vere Gordon Childe Centre Digital humanities hub ($95,748 AUD)

Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), USYD

Visualising deep time and cultural heritage from macro to micro scale ($182,295.61 AUD)

2021 The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2021 ($38,500 USD)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

` Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada No.1113886

Tayinat Archaeological Project: Investigating Craft Production, Political Economy, and Early State Formation in Southeastern Turkey ($396,468 CAD)

Collaborator with Dr. Timothy Harrison (UToronto) et al.

2020 The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2020 ($38,500)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization ANSTO Research Portal Proposal AP1257.

Dating the Rise of Social Complexity and Metallurgy in Arabia ($14,800).

PI with Prof. Lloyd Weeks (UNE), Dr. Vladimir Levchenko (ANSTO), & Amir Zaribaf (USyd).

2019 Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)

FAIMS 3.0 Electronic Field Notebooks: A platform for field research supporting digital data capture and management in diverse situations. ($600,001 + $720,920 coinvestment from partners)

Co-CI with Dr. Shawn Ross (MQU) et al.

The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2019 ($38,500)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Selected Grants

2023 Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), USYD

The Vere Gordon Childe ExoLab for Field Research and Education ($1,043,349.18 AUD)

The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2023 ($38,500 USD)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

2022 European Space Agency Earth Online – ICEYE Program

Using SAR to identify and map subsurface archaeological or paleoenvironmental features in arid environments No. 69988 (in kind equivalent $25,000 AUD)

Co-PI with Frances Wiig (UNSW), Dr. M. Harrower (JHU), S. Hensley (NASA/JPL), J. Trinder (UNSW)

George and Ann Bass Publication Grant, Institute of Nautical Archaeology

The Cape Gelidonya Shipwreck Project ($25,000 USD)

Co-PI with Nicolle Hirschfeld

The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2022 ($38,500 USD)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), USYD

Vere Gordon Childe Centre Digital humanities hub ($95,748 AUD)

Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), USYD

Visualising deep time and cultural heritage from macro to micro scale ($182,295.61 AUD)

2021 The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2021 ($38,500 USD)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

` Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada No.1113886

Tayinat Archaeological Project: Investigating Craft Production, Political Economy, and Early State Formation in Southeastern Turkey ($396,468 CAD)

Collaborator with Dr. Timothy Harrison (UToronto) et al.

2020 The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2020 ($38,500)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization ANSTO Research Portal Proposal AP1257.

Dating the Rise of Social Complexity and Metallurgy in Arabia ($14,800).

PI with Prof. Lloyd Weeks (UNE), Dr. Vladimir Levchenko (ANSTO), & Amir Zaribaf (USyd).

2019 Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)

FAIMS 3.0 Electronic Field Notebooks: A platform for field research supporting digital data capture and management in diverse situations. ($600,001 + $720,920 coinvestment from partners)

Co-CI with Dr. Shawn Ross (MQU) et al.

The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2019 ($38,500)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Selected Grants

2023 Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), USYD

The Vere Gordon Childe ExoLab for Field Research and Education ($1,043,349.18 AUD)

The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2023 ($38,500 USD)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

2022 European Space Agency Earth Online – ICEYE Program

Using SAR to identify and map subsurface archaeological or paleoenvironmental features in arid environments No. 69988 (in kind equivalent $25,000 AUD)

Co-PI with Frances Wiig (UNSW), Dr. M. Harrower (JHU), S. Hensley (NASA/JPL), J. Trinder (UNSW)

George and Ann Bass Publication Grant, Institute of Nautical Archaeology

The Cape Gelidonya Shipwreck Project ($25,000 USD)

Co-PI with Nicolle Hirschfeld

The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2022 ($38,500 USD)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), USYD

Vere Gordon Childe Centre Digital humanities hub ($95,748 AUD)

Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), USYD

Visualising deep time and cultural heritage from macro to micro scale ($182,295.61 AUD)

2021 The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2021 ($38,500 USD)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

` Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada No.1113886

Tayinat Archaeological Project: Investigating Craft Production, Political Economy, and Early State Formation in Southeastern Turkey ($396,468 CAD)

Collaborator with Dr. Timothy Harrison (UToronto) et al.

2020 The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2020 ($38,500)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization ANSTO Research Portal Proposal AP1257.

Dating the Rise of Social Complexity and Metallurgy in Arabia ($14,800).

PI with Prof. Lloyd Weeks (UNE), Dr. Vladimir Levchenko (ANSTO), & Amir Zaribaf (USyd).

2019 Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)

FAIMS 3.0 Electronic Field Notebooks: A platform for field research supporting digital data capture and management in diverse situations. ($600,001 + $720,920 coinvestment from partners)

Co-CI with Dr. Shawn Ross (MQU) et al.

The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2019 ($38,500)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Selected Grants

2023 Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), USYD

The Vere Gordon Childe ExoLab for Field Research and Education ($1,043,349.18 AUD)

The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2023 ($38,500 USD)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

2022 European Space Agency Earth Online – ICEYE Program

Using SAR to identify and map subsurface archaeological or paleoenvironmental features in arid environments No. 69988 (in kind equivalent $25,000 AUD)

Co-PI with Frances Wiig (UNSW), Dr. M. Harrower (JHU), S. Hensley (NASA/JPL), J. Trinder (UNSW)

George and Ann Bass Publication Grant, Institute of Nautical Archaeology

The Cape Gelidonya Shipwreck Project ($25,000 USD)

Co-PI with Nicolle Hirschfeld

The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2022 ($38,500 USD)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), USYD

Vere Gordon Childe Centre Digital humanities hub ($95,748 AUD)

Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), USYD

Visualising deep time and cultural heritage from macro to micro scale ($182,295.61 AUD)

2021 The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2021 ($38,500 USD)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

` Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada No.1113886

Tayinat Archaeological Project: Investigating Craft Production, Political Economy, and Early State Formation in Southeastern Turkey ($396,468 CAD)

Collaborator with Dr. Timothy Harrison (UToronto) et al.

2020 The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2020 ($38,500)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization ANSTO Research Portal Proposal AP1257.

Dating the Rise of Social Complexity and Metallurgy in Arabia ($14,800).

PI with Prof. Lloyd Weeks (UNE), Dr. Vladimir Levchenko (ANSTO), & Amir Zaribaf (USyd).

2019 Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)

FAIMS 3.0 Electronic Field Notebooks: A platform for field research supporting digital data capture and management in diverse situations. ($600,001 + $720,920 coinvestment from partners)

Co-CI with Dr. Shawn Ross (MQU) et al.

The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2019 ($38,500)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Selected Grants

2023 Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), USYD

The Vere Gordon Childe ExoLab for Field Research and Education ($1,043,349.18 AUD)

The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2023 ($38,500 USD)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

2022 European Space Agency Earth Online – ICEYE Program

Using SAR to identify and map subsurface archaeological or paleoenvironmental features in arid environments No. 69988 (in kind equivalent $25,000 AUD)

Co-PI with Frances Wiig (UNSW), Dr. M. Harrower (JHU), S. Hensley (NASA/JPL), J. Trinder (UNSW)

George and Ann Bass Publication Grant, Institute of Nautical Archaeology

The Cape Gelidonya Shipwreck Project ($25,000 USD)

Co-PI with Nicolle Hirschfeld

The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2022 ($38,500 USD)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), USYD

Vere Gordon Childe Centre Digital humanities hub ($95,748 AUD)

Provost’s Capital Equipment and Contingency fund (CAPEX), USYD

Visualising deep time and cultural heritage from macro to micro scale ($182,295.61 AUD)

2021 The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2021 ($38,500 USD)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

` Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada No.1113886

Tayinat Archaeological Project: Investigating Craft Production, Political Economy, and Early State Formation in Southeastern Turkey ($396,468 CAD)

Collaborator with Dr. Timothy Harrison (UToronto) et al.

2020 The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2020 ($38,500)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization ANSTO Research Portal Proposal AP1257.

Dating the Rise of Social Complexity and Metallurgy in Arabia ($14,800).

PI with Prof. Lloyd Weeks (UNE), Dr. Vladimir Levchenko (ANSTO), & Amir Zaribaf (USyd).

2019 Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)

FAIMS 3.0 Electronic Field Notebooks: A platform for field research supporting digital data capture and management in diverse situations. ($600,001 + $720,920 coinvestment from partners)

Co-CI with Dr. Shawn Ross (MQU) et al.

The Merops Foundation

Kerkenes Project 2019 ($38,500)

Co-PI with Dr. Scott Branting (UCF)

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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Dr Joseph W. Lehner

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2018

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