The Sharara Team
The core of the Sharara excavation team is comprised of skilled excavators who have spent numerous seasons excavating PPN sites in Jordan. Archaeological sciences, such as ancient DNA analyses, proteomic, and stable isotope analyses, play a critical role in prehistoric research, but are not always fully integrated with the complexities of site taphonomy. In an effort to increase awareness of the context and effort required to recover samples from these sites, we have also included team members who have a laboratory-based background, but no previous experience with field archaeology.