Rate My Professor Don Boyer

Dr. Don Boyer, also known as David Donald Boyer, serves as an Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Humanities, Discipline of Classics and Ancient History, at the University of Western Australia. He holds a BSc with Honours from the University of Wales and a PhD from the University of Western Australia. His research specializes in aerial archaeology, geoarchaeology, ancient history, and palaeolandscape studies, with particular attention to water management systems in the Greco-Roman Decapolis city of Gerasa (modern Jarash, Jordan), from Roman times through to AD 750. Boyer's work also encompasses the occupational history and Christian churches of Gerasa as recorded by early 19th-century visitors, as well as monumental structures including mustatils, kites, and Middle Holocene funerary avenues in north-west Arabia, AlUla County, and the Ḥarrat ʿUwayriḍ and Ḥarrat Khaybar regions of Saudi Arabia.

In his professional roles, Boyer has directed the Jarash Water Project since 2012, acts as Research Officer for the Aerial Archaeology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Al-Ula Project (AAKSAU), and has contributed to the Aerial Photographic Archive for Archaeology in the Middle East (APAAME) project as a member since 2008. He participated in the Jarash Hinterland Survey during the 2008 and 2010 seasons. His major publications include the book Water Management in Gerasa and its Hinterland: From the Romans to AD 750 (Jerash Papers 10, 2022); The Mustatils of North-west Arabia (Antiquity, 2021); The Middle Holocene 'Funerary Avenues' of North-West Arabia (The Holocene, 2021); Fresh Insights into the Christian Churches of Gerasa from the Records of Early 19th Century Visitors (Aram Periodical, 2018); Aqueducts and Birkets: New Evidence of the Water Management System Servicing Gerasa (Jarash), Jordan (Proceedings of the 9th ICAANE Conference, 2016); and Recent Advances in Understanding the Water Delivery System to Gerasa of the Decapolis (Babesch Annual Papers on Mediterranean Archaeology Supplement 27, 2016). The Roman Archaeology Group at the University of Western Australia offers the Don Boyer Roman Archaeology Travel Scholarship.