[1] The partnership was organized between 1980 and 1981 at Andrews University during a year-long National Endowment for the Humanities-sponsored workshop devoted to planning the final publication series of the Heshbon Expedition.
Randall Younker joined the project in 1990 and expanded MPP to include excavations at Tall Jalul, east of Madaba.
While the prior Heshbon Expedition primarily endeavored to expand knowledge of biblical and classical periods, MPP aimed to further understand the Islamic and recent archaeological records as well.
[6] Research by Bethany Walker also expanded on the abundant, but still poorly understood, Early and Middle Islamic history and material culture.
[5] The project continued to standardize techniques for excavation and recording data and has been at the forefront of adopting new technologies, including ground-penetrating radar, photogrammetry, and drone-assisted photography.