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Timothy Harrison

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ProfessorDepartment of Near and Middle Eastern CivilizationsUniversity of Toronto

Timothy Harrison

Professor

Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations

Faculty of Arts and Science

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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No publications on record.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (10 SSHRC), most recently in 2021.

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Tayinat Archaeological Project: Investigating Craft Production, Political Economy, and Early State Formation in Southeastern Turkey
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$103,570
The Gadachrili Gora Regional Archaeological Project Expedition (GRAPE): Chronology and Technology of the Caucasian Chalcolithic
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$71,950
Tayinat Archaeological Project: Investigating Craft Production, Political Economy, and Early State Formation in Southeastern Turkey
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$52,639

All 12 grants and awards

Tayinat Archaeological Project: Investigating Craft Production, Political Economy, and Early State Formation in Southeastern Turkey

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Harrison, Timothy P.

Keywords: complex societies; early civilizations; early state formation; human-environment interaction; cultural interaction; cultural innovation; craft production; urbanization; ethnicity

$103,570

The Gadachrili Gora Regional Archaeological Project Expedition (GRAPE): Chronology and Technology of the Caucasian Chalcolithic

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Harrison, Timothy

Keywords: Archaeology; Archaeometry; Anthropology; Material Sciences; Near East; Caucasus; Interregional Trade; Migration

$71,950

Tayinat Archaeological Project: Investigating Craft Production, Political Economy, and Early State Formation in Southeastern Turkey

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Harrison, Timothy P.

Keywords: complex societies; early civilizations; early state formation; human-environment interaction; cultural interaction; cultural innovation; craft production; urbanization; ethnicity

$52,639

Tayinat archaeological project: investigating early state formation in South Eastern Turkey

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Harrison, Timothy P.

Keywords: complex societies; early civilizations; early state formation; cultural interaction; cultural innovation; urbanization; Near Eastern archaeology; ethnicity; interregional economic networks

$291,900

Tayinat archaeological project: investigating early state formation in Southeastern Turkey

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Harrison, Timothy P.

Keywords: complex societies; early civilizations; early state formation; cultural interaction; urbanization; interregional economic networks; Near Eastern archaeology; bronze ages; iron ages

$99,890

Geomatics for Informed Decisions/La géomatique pour des inerventions et des décisions éclairées

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Chrisman, Nicholas

$7,883,000

Tayinat archaeological project: cultural interaction, regional integration and early state formation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Harrison, Timothy P.

Keywords: complex societies; early civilizations; bronze and iron ages; state formation; craft specialization; regional trade and exchange networks; ethnicity

$149,985

Geomatics for Informed Decisions/La géomatique pour des inerventions et des décisions éclairées

Co-investigatorNSERC2005Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Chrisman, Nicholas

$11,391,000

Cyprus, The Sea Peoples and the Eastern Mediterranean

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Harrison, Timothy P.

Keywords: early civilizations; Near Eastern archaeology; Aegean prehistory; Mycenaean civilization; cultural identity; cultural interaction; ethnicity; the Sea Peoples; the Philistines; migrations

$14,580

Tayinat archaeological project: cultural interaction, urbanization and regional integration in Southeastern Turkey

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Harrison, Timothy P.

Keywords: complex societies; early civilizations; urbanism; bronze and iron ages; craft specialization; ethnicity; regional trade and exchange networks

$166,123

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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