Bleda S. Düring, Leiden University (The Netherlands), Faculty of Archaeology. Bleda’s research includes the archaeology of early social complexity and early imperialism in West Asia. He is currently directing field work in Cyprus: at Chlorakas-Palloures and in Oman: the Wadi Jizzi Archaeological Project.
Dr. Jo-Hannah Plug is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Liverpool, Department of Archaeology, Classics, and Egyptology. Within her current Leverhulmefunded postdoc she uses a combination of ancient DNA, stable isotopes, and archaeological evidence to explore the organization of PPNA to PN communities in the northern and southern Levant. Previously, her doctoral research focused on the mortuary record of Late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria.