Bulletin of Nabataean Studies (BNS)

Scholars

Personal Informations

• Date and place of birth: May 5, 1924, Brooklyn, New York
• Citizenship: U.S.A.
• Married: Lin J. Hammond, 5 December 1992

Education

• Ph. D. The Graduate School, Yale University - Middle East Archaeology, 1957; Dissertation: A Study of Nabatean Ceramics (Ann Arbor, University Microfilms, 1968)
• M. A. The Graduate School, Yale University - Semitics: languages; history; culture; archaeology; 1953
• B. D. s. c. l., Drew Theological Seminary, Drew University - Semitics: languages: Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, Syriac; history; religion; culture – 1951
• B. A. s. c. l., Brothers College, Drew University - Syro-Palestinian history, culture, literature, biblical criticism; psychology; philosophy – 1948

Additional Study

• Boston University, Washington Square College, N.Y.U. (summer session – 1947, 1948, 1951)
• American School of Oriental Research, Jerusalem – 1953–1955 (field archaeology at Jericho, Dhiban)

Academic Positions

• 1996 Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Arizona State University
• 1995 Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of Utah
• 1974–1994 Professor of Anthropology, University of Utah
• 1980 Visiting Professor Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt (Winter)
• 1969–1974 Associate Professor, University of Utah, Department of Anthropology
• 1966–1969 Associate Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology, Brandeis University
• 1960–1966 Assistant Professor of O.T., Princeton Theological Seminary
• 1957–1960 Assistant Professor of Religion, Lycoming College

Professional Affiliations

• 1991–1992 President, Sigma Xi Chapter, University of Utah
• 1990 Referee, NGS, Research & Exploration Committee
• 1990 Mentor, University Mentoring Program
• 1988 Chair, Nabataea and Arabia Petraea Session, Association of Ancient Historians; Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, May
• 1988–1995 Referee, Wenner Gren Foundation
• 1984 Referee, National Endowment for the Humanities (Archaeology)
• 1983–1995 Referee, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Archaeology)
• 1983 Referee, Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Research
• 1983 Consultant to the Hansen Planetarium, Salt Lake City (Programming)
• 1982 Consultant to National Geographic Society publications
• 1982 Consultant, Hansen Planetarium, Salt Lake City (Archaeoastronomy)
• 1981–1995 Referee, National Science Foundation (Anthropology Division, Archaeology, Archaeometry)

Professional and Learned Societies

• Archaeological Society of Jamaica (Honorary member)
• ARAM, Oxford University, England, Academic Board (Member, 1987–)
• ASOR
• Friends of Archaeology, Amman, Jordan (1989–)
• Phi Alpha Theta
• Phi Gamma Mu
• Register of Professional Archaeologists
• SBL
• Sigma Xi

Professional Interests

• Palaeo-culture and archaeology of the Middle East, archaeometry, Old World prehistory, archaeological method and theory, field techniques.

Honors

• B. A., B. D., summa cum laude
• Rose Memorial Scholar (Drew University)
• Tipple Fellow in Semitics (D.T.S.)
• University Scholar (Yale University)
• University Fellow (Yale University)
• Fellow, ASOR
• Who’s Who in the West
• Who’s Who in American Education
• Who’s Who in Science

Field Experience

• 1981–1982 Director, Tell El-Shuqafiya Expedition, Egypt
• 1977 Director, Electronic-Instrumented Field Survey and Excavations:Tell El-Shuqafiya, Egypt
• 1973–present Director, American Expedition to Petra - Temple of the Winged Lions, Petra, Jordan
• 1976 Prehistoric Site Survey, Jordan
• 1975 Director, Electronic-Instrumented Field Survey and Excavations: Nag Hammadi, Egypt
• 1972 Field Survey, Salmon Ruins (New Mexico)
• 1969–1970 Director, Electronic-Instrumented Field Survey and Excavations: Sevilla La Nueva, Jamaica
• 1963–1966 Director, American Expedition to Hebron
• 1961, 1962 Director, American Expedition to Petra – Main Theater
• 1959 Assistant Director, Petra Expedition
• 1954, 1955 Fellow, ASOR, Jerusalem

Obituary

D. D. R., Philip C. Hammond (1924–2008), in: Biblical Archaeology Review, May 2008

Philip C. Hammond, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Utah and adjunct professor of anthropology at Arizona State University, passed away on February 24 after a lengthy illness. He was 83 years old. Hammond’s archaeological work included sites in Jordan and Egypt such as Nag Hammadi, Hebron (Tell er-Rumeide) and Petra. From 1963 to 1966 he directed the American Expedition to Hebron, which carried out the first excavations of the site where the traditional patriarchal burial cave of Machpelah is located. The Six-Day War of 1967, however, forced Hammond to postpone and ultimately abandon his work at the West Bank site. Hammond subsequently turned his attention to Petra in Jordan. He and his wife, Lin, led several excavations at the site over the years, and he became an expert in the archaeology, history and culture of the Nabataeans.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Hammond was a decorated World War II veteran and a graduate of Brothers College and Drew Theological Seminary at Drew University. He studied at the American School in Jerusalem (now the W. F. Albright Institute) in 1954–1955 and earned his Ph. D. in archaeology from Yale in 1957. Before coming to the University of Utah in 1969, Hammond also taught at Lycoming College, Princeton Theological Seminary and Brandeis University. He retired in 1994.

Professor Jeffrey R. Chadwick of Brigham Young University, who inherited Hammond’s Hebron research, described the «generous and genuine» support of his teacher and colleague. «Phil Hammond was a fascinating and friendly individual for whom archaeology was a passion as much as a profession. His work at Hebron was groundbreaking, and his accomplishments at Petra are enjoyed by every visitor to the ‹rose red city›.»

Publications

• For publications related to Nabataean studies go to the bibliographical database of BNS.

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