Publications
2023
The Organisation, Form and Function of the Fortified Building
Shepperson, M. (2023). The Organisation, Form and Function of the Fortified Building. In Tell Khaiber A Fortified Centre of the First Sealand Dynasty (pp. 51-64). Ludlow, UK: Moonrise Press.
2022
Visibility, Privacy, and Missing Windows: Lighting Domestic Space in Ancient Mesopotamia
Shepperson, M. (2022). Visibility, Privacy, and Missing Windows: Lighting Domestic Space in Ancient Mesopotamia. In C. Papadopoulos, & H. Moyes (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Light in Archaeology (pp. 439-457). Oxford: Oxford University Press, USA.
2021
A Parthian City in the Iran-Iraq War. Incorporating the ancient site of Charax Spasinou into a modern conflict landscape.
Shepperson, M. (2021). A Parthian City in the Iran-Iraq War. Incorporating the ancient site of Charax Spasinou into a modern conflict landscape.. In N. J. Saunders, & P. Cornish (Eds.), Conflict Landscapes. Materiality and Meaning in Contested Places (pp. 344-360). Abingdon: Routledge.
2020
AN ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE SEALAND BUILDING AT TELL KHAIBER, SOUTHERN IRAQ
Shepperson, M. (2020). AN ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE SEALAND BUILDING AT TELL KHAIBER, SOUTHERN IRAQ. Iraq, 82, 207-226. doi:10.1017/irq.2020.8
EXCAVATIONS AT THE DARBAND-I RANIA PASS, KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ: REPORT ON THE 2016 AND 2017 SEASONS
MacGinnis, J., Raheem, K. R., Ismael, B. B., Ahmad, M., Cabral, R., Dusting, A., . . . Williams, C. (2020). EXCAVATIONS AT THE DARBAND-I RANIA PASS, KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ: REPORT ON THE 2016 AND 2017 SEASONS. Iraq, 82, 139-178. doi:10.1017/irq.2019.11
THE LATER PREHISTORY OF THE SHAHRIZOR PLAIN, KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ: FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS AT GURGA CHIYA AND TEPE MARANI
Carter, R., Wengrow, D., Saber, S. A., Hamarashi, S. J., Shepperson, M., Roberts, K., . . . Lockyear, K. (2020). THE LATER PREHISTORY OF THE SHAHRIZOR PLAIN, KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ: FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS AT GURGA CHIYA AND TEPE MARANI. Iraq, 82, 41-71. doi:10.1017/irq.2020.3
2018
charax spasinou: new investigations at the capital of mesene
Shepperson, M. A., Campbell, S., Hauser, S., Killick, R., Moon, J., & Dolezalkova, V. (2018). charax spasinou: new investigations at the capital of mesene. Zeitschrift fur orient - archaologie.
2017
Sunlight and Shade in the First Cities A sensory archaeology of early Iraq
Shepperson, M. (2017). Sunlight and Shade in the First Cities A sensory archaeology of early Iraq. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
2016
Archaeological investigations on the Citadel of Erbil: Background, Framework and Results
Shepperson, M., Macginnis, J., & Al Yaqoobi, D. (2016). Archaeological investigations on the Citadel of Erbil: Background, Framework and Results. In K. Kopanias, & J. MacGinnis (Eds.), The Archaeology of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Adjacent Regions (pp. 1-10). Oxford: Archaeopress.
2015
Ziggurats: a viewer's guide
Shepperson, M. (2015). Ziggurats: a viewer's guide. Archaeological Review From Cambridge.
2012
The Rays of Šamaš: Light in Mesopotamian Architecture and Legal Practice
Shepperson, M. (2012). The Rays of Šamaš: Light in Mesopotamian Architecture and Legal Practice. Iraq, 74, 51-64. doi:10.1017/s0021088900000255