Publications (2010-2023) (* peer-reviewed)
*Fall, P.L., E. Ridder, S.E. Pilaar Birch, S.E. Falconer. 2023. Bayesian modeling of a peripheral Middle Bronze Age settlement at Zahrat adh-Dhra‘ 1, Jordan. Radiocarbon, 65(5):1022-1037. https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2023.99
Ridder, E., P.L. Fall, S.E. Falconer. 2023. Photogrammetric and GIS-based Modeling of Rapid Sediment Erosion and Deposition on the Taskscape of Bronze Age Politiko-Troullia, Cyprus. In: Ben-Yosef, E., Jones, I.W.N. (eds) “And in Length of Days Understanding” (Job 12:12): Essays on Archaeology in the Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond in Honor of Thomas E. Levy, pp.1603-1624. Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology, Springer, Nature, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27330-8_68
*Falconer, S.E., Ridder, E., Pilaar Birch, S.E., Fall, P.L. 2023. Prehistoric Bronze Age Radiocarbon Chronology at Politiko-Troullia, Cyprus. Radiocarbon. 65: 97-119. https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2022.99
*Pilaar Birch, SE, Metzger, MC, Ridder, E., Porson, S., Falconer, SE, Fall, PL 2022. Herd management and subsistence practices as inferred from isotopic analysis of animals and plants at Bronze Age Politiko-Troullia, Cyprus. PLOS One, October 26, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275757
*Falconer, S.E. and P.L. Fall 2022. Sacred Spaces and Liminal Behavior in Levantine Temples in Antis. Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1515/janeh-2021-0013
*Fall, P.L., S. Richard, S.E. Pilaar Birch, E. Ridder, M. D’Andrea, J.C., Long, Jr., G. Hedges, Knyrim, S. Porson, M. Metzger, S.E. Falconer. 2022. New AMS chronology for the Early Bronze III/IV Transition at Khirbat Iskandar, Jordan. Radiocarbon 64(2): 237-252. https://www.doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2022.22
*Metzger, M. C., Ridder, E., Birch, S. E. P., Falconer, S. E., & Fall, P. L. 2021. Animal Exploitation and Community Behavior at a Middle Bronze Village on Cyprus. In J. Daujat, A. Hadjikoumis, R. Berthon, J. Chahoud, V. Kassianidou, & J.-D. Vigne (Eds.), Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas XIII: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 7-10, 2017 (Vol. 3, pp. 113–128). Lockwood Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2d7x51d.11
*Falconer, S.E. and P.L Fall. 2021. Early Bronze IV settlement, chronology and society along the Jordan Rift. In: Essays on Transitions, Urbanism, and Collapse in Honor of Suzanne Richard. Long, J. Jr. and W.G. Dever, eds., pp. 203-216. London: Equinox.
*Porson S., S.E. Falconer, S. Pilaar Birch, E. Ridder, P.L. Fall. 2021. Crop management and agricultural responses at Early Bronze IV Tell Abu en-Ni‘aj, Jordan. Journal of Archaeological Science 133 (2021) 105435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105435
*Fall, P.L., S. E. Falconer, S.E., and F. Höflmayer 2021. New Bayesian radiocarbon models and ceramic chronologies for Early Bronze IV Tell Abu en-Ni‘aj and Middle Bronze Age Tell el-Hayyat, Jordan. Radiocarbon 63(1): 41-76. https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2020.104
*Fall, P.L., Falconer, S.E. & S. Porson 2019. Archaeobotanical Inference of Intermittent Settlement and Agriculture at Middle Bronze Age Zahrat adh-Dhra‘ 1, Jordan. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101884
*Falconer, S.E. & P.L. Fall 2019. Early Bronze IV Village Life in the Jordan Valley: Excavations at Tell Abu en-Ni‘aj and Dharet Umm el-Marar, Jordan. British Archaeological Reports, International Series, 2922, BAR Publishing, Oxford. ISBN 978 4073 1692-5. https://www.barpublishing.com/early-bronze-iv-village-life-in-the-jordan-valley.html
*Fall, P.L., M. Soto-Berelov, E. Ridder & S.E. Falconer 2018. Toward a grand narrative of Bronze Age vegetation change and social dynamics in the southern Levant. In Cyber-Archaeology and Grand Narratives: Digital Technology and Deep-Time Perspectives on Culture Change in the Middle East, edited by T.E. Levy and I. Jones, pp. 91-110. One World Archaeology Series. New York: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65693-9
Falconer, S.E. & P.L. Fall (with contributions by I. Berelov, S. Chovanec, W. Crist, J. Czarzasty, J. Klinge, M. Metzger, C. Papalas, S. Rempel, T. Schirmang, R. Stotts and L. Swantek) 2018. Archaeological and landscape studies at Politiko-Troullia. Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 2011-12: 255-276.
*Falconer, S.E. & P.L. Fall 2017. Radiocarbon evidence from Tell Abu en-Ni‘aj and Tell el-Hayyat, Jordan and its implications for Bronze Age Levantine and Egyptian chronologies. Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 13: 7-19.
*Ridder, E., Galletti, C.S., Fall, P.L. & Falconer, S.E. 2017. Economic and social activities on ancient Cypriot terraced landscapes. Journal of Environmental Management 202(3): 514-523. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.12.037
*Falconer, S.E. & P.L. Fall. 2016. A radiocarbon sequence from Tell Abu en-Ni‘aj, Jordan and its implications for Early Bronze IV chronology in the Southern Levant. Radiocarbon 58(3): 615-647. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2016.26
Klinge, J.M., P. L. Fall & S.E. Falconer (2015) Bronze Age woody plant diversity and fuel use along the Jordan Rift. Journal of Archaeological Science. pdf
Soto-Berelov, M., P. L. Fall, S.E. Falconer & E. Ridder (2015) Modeling Vegetation Dynamics in the Southern Levant through the Bronze Age. Journal of Archaeological Science, 53: 94-109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.09.015. pdf
Falconer, S.E. & P.L. Fall (2014). The meaning of space and place in Middle Cypriot communities, in Structure, Measurement and Meaning. Studies on Prehistoric Cyprus in Honour of David Frankel (edited by J.M. Webb) volume 143) Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, volume 143: 175-184. pdf
Falconer, S.E., M. Monahan & P.L. Fall (2014) A stone plank figure from Politiko-Troullia Cyprus: Potential implications for inferring Bronze Age communal behavior. Bulletin of the Schools of Oriental Research 371: 3-16. pdf
Falconer, S.E. & P.L. Fall (2014) Archaeological and landscape studies at Politiko-Troullia. Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 2011.
Falconer, S.E. & P. L. Fall (2013) Spatial patterns, households, and community behavior at Bronze Age Politiko-Troullia, Cyprus. Journal of Field Archaeology 38(2): 101-119. pdf
Falconer, S.E. & P.L. Fall (2013) Agricultural economies and pyro-technologies in Bronze Age Jordan and Cyprus, in Archaeological Studies in Environment and Technology: Intersections and Transformations, edited by D. Frankel, J. Webb and S. Lawrence. New York: Routledge, pp. 123-134. pdf
Galletti, C. S., E. Ridder, S.E. Falconer & P. L. Fall (2013) Maxent modeling of ancient and modern agricultural terraces in the Troodos foothills, Cyprus. Applied Geography 39: 46-56. pdf
Falconer, S.E., P. L. Fall & M. Soto-Berelov (2013) A Comparison of Vegetation and Settlement Models for the Jordan Rift in the Third and Second Millennia BC: Paleoenvironmental and archaeological settlement dynamics along the Jordan Rift, in Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan, volume 11. Amman: Department of Antiquities, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, pp. 745-755.
Fall, P.L., S.E. Falconer, C. S. Galletti, T. Shirmang, E. Ridder & J. Klinge (2012) Long-term agrarian landscapes in the Troodos Foothills, Cyprus. Journal of Archaeological Science 39: 2335-2347. pdf
Soto-Berelov, M., Fall, P.L. & Falconer, S.E. (2012) A revised map of plant geographical regions of the Southern Levant. Proceedings of the Geospatial Science Research Symposium GSR2, December 2012, Melbourne. ISBN: 978-0-9872527-1-5.
Jones, J.E., S.E. Falconer, P.L. Fall & M. Metzger (2012) Excavations at Early Bronze IV Dhahrat Umm al-Marar in the Jordan Valley. Annual of the Department of Antiquities, Jordan 56: 381-402. pdf
Falconer, S.E., P.L. Fall, J. Hunt & M.C. Metzger (2012) Agrarian Settlement at Politiko-Troullia. Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 2010: 183-198. pdf