In The Field
- Adopt-a-Dig
- Center for Ancient Middle Eastern Landscapes (CAMEL)
- Diyala Project
- Epigraphic Survey
- Galilee Prehistory Project: Marj Rabba
- Giza Plateau Mapping Project
- Hamoukar Expedition
- Iranian Prehistoric Project
- Iraq Museum Database
- Jericho Mafjar Project
- Modeling Ancient Settlement Systems (MASS)
- Nippur Expedition
- Nubian Expedition
- Persian Expedition
- Hadir Qinnasrin Project
- Tall-e Bakun Project
- Tell Edfu Project
- Tell Zeidan Project
- Yemen Project
- Zincirli Project
- The Kerkenes Dag Project
In Publication or Inactive
- Abydos Project
- Alalakh Expedition
- Amuq Survey
- Aqaba Project
- Bir Umm Fawakhir Survey
- Chogha Mish Project
- Göltepe/Kestel Project
- Khorsabad Excavations
- Joint Prehistoric Project
- Landscape Studies In Upper Mesopotamia
- Luxor-Farshût Desert Road Survey
- Nubia Salvage Project
- Tell es-Sweyhat Expedition
- Yaqush Expedition
- Oriental Institute Map Series
- 993 Archaeological Site Photographs: Mesopotamia (414); Egypt (579).
Archaeological research at the Oriental Institute falls into several categories: 1) on-going field projects that involve excavations, regional surveys and environmental studies, and preliminary publication; 2) analysis and publication of recently completed field projects; 3) special studies of published or unpublished data from previous expeditions; and 4) broadly synthetic interpretative studies based on ancient Near Eastern archaeological, philological, and historical literature.
In general, research in the first two categories is collaborative, involving members of the faculty, research staff, and graduate students, often including collaborators from other institutions as well. These projects require specialists in archaeozoology, art history, environmental studies, ethnobotany, epigraphy, geomorphology, materials science, and remote sensing. Some of these specialities are represented on the Institute staff (epigraphy, geomorphology, remote sensing) and the others are recruited from other institutions. Research in third and fourth categories is usually the product of individual scholarship, either dissertation research under the supervision of a faculty member or post doctoral research by a member of the faculty, staff, former graduate students, or scholars from other institutions.