Gloria London has been affiliated with the Madaba Plains Project since 1987 as Ceramic Technologist and is publishing pottery excavated at Tell al-'Umayri. She has carried out ethnoarchaeological field projects of traditional potters in The Philippines (1981), Cyprus (1986 and 1999), and Jordan (1989). Her DVD, Women Potters of Cyprus presents potters at work. She served as Director of two NEH Summer Institutes for Schoolteachers. Field work has involved excavations and surveys at industrial, domestic, burial, and ceremonial sites in Jerusalem, Tell Ber Sheva, Mt. Carmel caves, Negev Salvage excavation, Arava Expedition to Sinai and the Arava, Timna copper mines, Tel Yarmut, Tell al-'Umayri, among others.
Gloria London is married to Marcel den Nijs, Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Washington, where their daughter studies math.

Editorial Work

Editorial Board: Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies, 2004 - current.
Editor, ASOR Archaeological Reports Series (ARS), 1996 - 2003.
Editorial Committee, The Biblical Archaeologist l993 - 1997.
Abstract preparation for Abstracts in Anthropology l981 - 1982.
Editorial Assistant, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental     Research l980 - 1981.

Ph.D. Ancient Near Eastern Studies. University of Arizona 1985.
    Dissertation: Decoding Designs: The Late Third Millennium B.C.
    Pottery from Jebel Qa'aqir 1985.
M.A. Ancient Cultures of the Near East. Tel Aviv University 1976.
B.A. Prehistory. Tel Aviv University 1973.
B.A. Geography. Tel Aviv University 1973.
Philadelphia High School for Girls 1968.
Gratz College Hebrew High School, Philadelphia.

American Schools of Oriental Research 2005
                Membership Service Award.

Bicommunial Event
Special Grant: U.S. Embassy in Cyprus Bicommunal Grant
to conduct a 4-day Pottery Partners Workshop, 2001,
at the Ledra Palace Hotel, Nicosia Buffer Zone, for
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot modern potters.

Late Second Millennium BC Feasting at an Ancient Ceremonial Centre in Jordan. Levant 43:1:15-37. 2011.

Organizational Aspects of Pottery Production in Central Jordan. With R. D. Shuster. Pp. 135-155 in The Madaba Plains Project: Forty Years of Archaeological Research into Jordan's Past, eds. D. R. Clark, L. G. Herr, O. S. LaBianca, and R. W. Younker. London: Equinox. 2011.

Ceramic technology based on chemical, mineralogical and morphological analyses. With R. D. Shuster. Hisban Pottery. Vol. 11, Chapter 5., eds. J. Sauer and L. Herr. Berrien Springs, Michigan: Andrews University. (Forthcoming).

Calcite: A Hard Habit to Break. With R. D. Shuster. Ed. M. Chesson. W. Rast and T. Schaub. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. (Forthcoming).

Studies in ceramic technology at Tall al-`Umayri, FIeld Seasons 1992-1998. Madaba Plains Project 6, eds. L. G. Herr, et al. Berrien Springs: Andrews University/Institute of Archaeology. (Forthcoming).

Feasting in the late second millennium B.C.E. at Tall al-`Umayri. Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan 10: 899-916. 2009.

Timeless pottery traditions and organization of the ceramics industry in ancient Jordan and Israel: A case study from Tall Hisban and Tel Jezreel. With R. D. Shuster. Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 25: 47-61. 2009.

Fe(male) Potters as the Personification of Individuals, Places, and Things as Known from Ethnoarchaeological Studies. Pp. 155-180 in The World of Women in the Ancient and Classical Near East, ed. B. A. Nakhai. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. 2008.

Comparisons of compositional analyses of Iron Age ceramics from two sites in Jordan. With R. D. Shuster, J. Blair, and S. Kelly. Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 24: 115-131. 2008.

Ceramic technology of selected Hellenistic and Iron Age pottery based on re-firing experiments. With L. Jacobs and R. D. Shuster. Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 23: 77-87. 2007.

This Old House: Daily Life in Ancient Israel. With D. R. Clark and L. G. Herr. Spectrum 32/4:12-23. 2004.

Canaan's Relations with Cyprus. Pp. 157-166 in 100 Years of American Archaeology in the Middle East, eds. D. R. Clark and V. H. Mathews. Boston: ASOR. 2003.

Ceramics/Kilns, Pp.193 - 96; Ethnography/Ethnoarchaeology Pp. 142-45, Ethnicity and Material Culture, Pp. 146-149 in Near Eastern Archaeology: A Reader, ed. S. Richard. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns. 2003.

Four-Room Structures at Late Bronze/Iron I Age Hill Country Work-stations. Annual of the American School of Oriental Research Vol. 58: 69-84. W. G. Dever Festschrift. ed. B. A. Nakhai. Boston: ASOR. 2003.

Women potters and craft specialization in a pre-market Cypriot economy. Pp. 265-280 in Engendering Aphrodite, eds. D. Bolger and N. Serwint. Boston: ASOR. 2002.

DVD: Women Potters of Cyprus. (26 minutes). Taped, written, narrated, and edited 2000.

Ethnoarchaeology I and II. Guest Editor, Near Eastern Archaeology 63: 1 and 2. 2000.

Investigating ancient ceramic traditions on both sides of the Jordan, with D. R. Clark. Pp. 100-110 in The Archaeology of Jordan and Beyond. Essay in Honor of James A. Sauer, eds. L. E. Stager, J. A. Greene, and M. D. Coogan. Lake Winona, IN: Eisenbrauns. 2000.

Central Jordanian Ceramic Traditions. Pp. 57-102 in Ancient Ammon - Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, eds. B. MacDonald and R. W. Younker. Leiden: E. J. Brill. 1999.

Bethsaida Iron Age Ceramics. With R. W. Shuster. Pp. 175-224 in Bethsaida Vol. II, eds. R. Arav and R. Freund. Kirksville, Missouri: Truman State University. 1999.

Introduction, with A. van As. Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology: From Sardinia to Iraq. Papers presented at the 1997 ASOR Annual Meeting. Newsletter of Pottery Technology. Leiden University. Vol. 16/17: 5-11. 1998/1999.

Potters in Cyprus: Twelve Years Later. Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology: From Sardinia to Iraq. Papers presented at the 1997 ASOR Annual Meeting. Newsletter of Pottery Technology. Leiden University. Vol. 16/17:57-68. 1998/1999.

Ancient Ammonites and Modern Arabs. With D. R. Clark. Author and Co-Editor. Amman: ACOR. 1997.

Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology; Ceramics: Typology and technology; and Experimental Archaeology, Encyclopedia of Near Eastern Archaeology. Pp. 448-453; 295-296. Ed. E. Meyers. New York: Oxford University. 1996.

Why Painted Pottery Disappeared at the End of the Second Millennium B.C.E. With H. J. Franken. Biblical Archaeologist 58:214-222. 1996.

Tells: City Center or Home? Eretz Israel in honor of A. Biran, Volume 23:71*-79*. 1992.

An Ethnoarchaeological Survey of Potters in Northern Jordan, with M. Sinclair. Pp. 420-428 in Madaba Plains Project 2, eds. L. G. Herr, et al. Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University/Institute of Archaeology. 1991.

Aspects of the Early Bronze and Late Iron Age Ceramic Technology at Tell el-'Umeiri. Pp. 383-419 in Madaba Plains Project 2, eds. L. G. Herr, et al. Berrien Springs: Andrews University/Institute of Archaeology 1991.

Ethnoarchaeological evidence of variation in Cypriot ceramics and its implications for the taxonomy of ancient pottery. Pp. 221-235 in Cypriot Ceramics: Reading the Prehistoric Record, eds. J. Barlow, D. Bolger, and B. Kling, Philadelphia: University Museum. 1991.

Preliminary Petrographic Analysis of Pottery from Tell el-`Umeiri and Hinterland Sites, 1987, Pp. 429-439 in Madaba Plains Project 2, eds. L. G. Herr, et al. Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University/Institute of Archaeology. 1991.

Standardization and variation in the work of craft specialists, Pp. 182-204 in Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology, ed. W. A. Longacre. Tucson: University of Arizona. 1991.

A Comparison of Two Contemporaneous Lifestyles of the Late Second Millennium B.C., Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 273:37-55. 1989.

Past Present: Village Potters in Cyprus, Biblical Archaeologist 52:219-229. 1989.

Traditional Pottery in Cyprus. Mainz: Philipp von Zabern. 1989.

On fig leaves, itinerant potters, and pottery production locations in Cyprus. Pp. 65-80 in Cross-craft and Cross-cultural Interactions in Ceramics, eds. P. E. McGovern and M. R. Notis. Ceramics and Civilization IV, ed. W. D. Kingery. Westerville, Ohio: American Ceramic Society. 1989.

The organization of the Early Bronze II and III Ceramics Industry at Tell Yarmuth: A Preliminary Report. Pp. 117-124 in Yarmouth I, Rapport sur les trois premiere campagnes de fouilles a Tel Yarmouth (Israel), l980-l982. P. de Miroschedji, et al. Memoire No. 76. Paris: Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations. l988.

Cypriote Potters: Past and Present, Report of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, l987: 319-322. 1987.

Homage to the Elders, Biblical Archaeologist 50:2:70-74. 1987.

Identification of Individual Potters Past and Present. Pp. 58-76 in Bijdragen tot de technologische studie van het aardwerk (Contributions to the study of pottery technology). Gallo-Romeins Pub. 34. Tongeren, Belgium: Gallo-Romeins Museum. l987.

Pre-Patriarchal Society: Homage to the Elders. Pp. 137-143 in Community and Culture: Essays in Jewish Studies In Honor of the 90th Anniversary of Gratz College, ed. N. Waldman. Philadelphia: Gratz College. l987.

Regionalism in Traditional Cypriote Ceramics, A Knapsack Full of Pottery. Archaeo-Ceramological Miscellanea Dedicated to H. J. Franken. Newsletter of Pottery Technology 5:125-136. l987.

Dung-tempered Clay. Journal of Field Archaeology 8:189-195. 1981.

A Late Second Millennium B.C. Potting Puzzle. With J. Kalsbeek. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 232:48-56. 1978.