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Dr Ya臒mur Heffron

Ya臒mur is an archaeologist of ancient Anatolia whose work explores the convergence of material culture and textual history. Her research focuses on the religious history of Anatolia in the early second millennium B.C., particularly on issues of religious identity, ritual hybridity, and textual vs. material visibility of cult practices. Ya臒mur's work seeks to articulate viable methodologies of integrating text, image, and archaeology. Her research interests also include the contemporary history of gender relations and labour management in archaeological fieldwork in the Middle East.

Prior to joining 果冻影院 Ya臒mur held an Anniversary Fellowship at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge, before which she was Assistant Director of the Neubauer Expedition to Zincirli (T眉rkiye) and Research Associate of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (formerly Oriental Institute), University of Chicago. Ya臒mur has excavated at numerous sites in T眉rkiye, including Tell Atchana/Alalakh, Kinet H枚y眉k, and Kilise Tepe. Since 2015 her fieldwork has focused on central Anatolia, first as part of the 脟ad谋r H枚y眉k Archaeological Project, and currently as Assistant Director of the U艧akl谋 H枚y眉k Archaeological Project, which she joined in 2022.听

Major publications

  • Heffron Y 2021 "Factoids of Assyrian presence in Anatolia: towards a historiography of archaeological interpretation at K眉ltepe-Kane拧" Anatolian Studies 71: 185-206.听
  • Heffron, Y. 2020 "Paraphernalia of Funerary Display at Kane拧: A Closer Look at Gold Eye- and Mouth-pieces." Archiv f眉r Orientforschung 47/1: 81-22.听
  • Ross, J.C., G. McMahon, Y. Heffron, S.E. Adcock, S.R. Steadman, B.S. Arbuckle, A. Smith, M. von Baeyer 2019 "Anatolian Empires: Local Experiences from Hittites to Phrygians at 脟ad谋r H枚y眉k." Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 7/3: 299-320.听
  • Heffron, Y. 2017 "Testing the Middle Ground in Assyro-Anatolian Marriages in the karum Period." Iraq 79: 71-83.听
  • Heffron, Y., A. Stone and M. Worthington (eds.) 2017, At the Dawn of History: Studies in Honour of J. Nicholas Postgate. Eisenbrauns: Winona Lake, INHeffron, Y. 2016, "Stone Stelae and Religious Space at K眉ltepe-Kane拧",听Anatolian Studies 66:23-42听
  • Heffron, Y. 2014, "The Material Culture of Hittite 'God-drinking'", Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions 14:164-85

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Grants/projects

Assistant Director,

Teaching听[accurate for ay 2024-2025]

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Email: y.heffron@ucl.ac.uk

Telephone: 020 7679 3612

Office: 308, 25 Gordon Square

Student support & feedback hours:听

Term 1:听Mondays 13.30-14.30 and Thursdas 13.30-14.30.

Term 2:听Mondays 15.00-16.00 and Wednesdays 10.00-11.00

Student support & feedback hours are an opportunity for students to chat with their module tutors about their ideas, any support they might need with the module, and to go through feedback from their assessments.听

Department/faculty roles

  • Tutor Ancient History MA听

External roles

  • Secretary & Membership Secretary, British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA)
  • Membership Secretary, London Centre for the Ancient Near East (LCANE)
  • Board of Management, , University of Oxford
  • Scientific Committee,
  • Editorial Board -

Qualifications

PhD University of Cambridge, 2011