Tobin Hartnell

Associate Professor-Chair of Department
Department of Social Sciences
  • Ph.D. University of Chicago 
    M.A. University of Chicago
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Office: B-F2-03

Profile

Dr. Hartnell is an archaeologist with two decades of experience working in Australia and the Middle East. He completed his thesis on Persepolis, the capital of ancient Persia, before coming to AUIS. His research interests include the local politics and economic systems of ancient Mesopotamian and Persian Empires. His most recent work on the Sasanian Empire (224 - 651 CE) is published in the Journal of Ancient History.

He is also the founding director of AUIS's Center of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (CACHE).

 


 

Publications

  • 2014 Hartnell, Tobin, "Agriculture in Sasanian Persis: Ideology and Practice", Journal of Ancient History, Volume 2, pp. 182 - 207.
  • 2002 McGuire. Gibson; Reichel, Clemens; Hartnell Tobin; Al-Azm, Amr; Quntar, Salam; Franke, Judith A.; Khalidi, Lamya; Hritz, Carrie; Altaweel, Mark; Coyle, Colleen; Adbul Aziz, Ghassan; “Hamoukar: A Summary of Three Seasons of Excavation,” Akkadica, Volume 123, pp. 11 - 34.
  • 2000 Diane Barker and Toby Hartnell, "Notes on a decorated spiny oyster from Sharm,” Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 11, Issue 2, pp. 204 - 206.
  • 1999 Toby Hartnell and Diane Barker, "Decorated discs from Sharm," Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 10, Issue 2, pp. 205 - 212.