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Curriculum Vitae CURRICULUM VITAE OF GREGORY DUNCAN MUMFORD Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Science, Bus: 205 934-0490; Project: 205 933-7552 The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Email: [email protected] Room 320, Heritage Hall, 1401 University Blvd, AL 35294, USA Project: http://www.deltasinai.com see https://web.archive.org/web/20141217032500/http://deltasinai.com/ Affiliated: https://www.globalxplorer.org/ Profile: www.academia.edu EDUCATION 1998: Ph.D. University of Toronto (Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations). Dissertation: International Relations between Egypt, Sinai and Syria-Palestine during the Late Bronze Age to early Persian Period (Dynasties 18–26: ca.1550–525 BC) On-line access: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0020/NQ45825.pdf 1988: M.A. Egyptology, the University of Toronto (Department of Near Eastern Studies) 1987: B.A. (honours) Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology, the University of Toronto EMPLOYMENT Full-time/part-time teaching positions 2013–present Associate Professor Department of Anthropology, CAS, University of Alabama at Birmingham Secondary appointment: Dept. of Art & Art History (Dec. 1, 2014 – present) 2007–2013 Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology, CAS, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2006–2007 Adjunct instructor Dept.of Anthropology & Social Work,University of Alabama at Birmingham 2005–2006 Assistant Professor Dept. of Classics, Ancient History & Egyptology, at the University of Wales (UK “Lecturer B”) Swansea, United Kingdom 1999–2005/6 Adjunct Professor Dept. of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, the University of Toronto. (including part-time teaching and archaeological fieldwork instruction) 1999–2000 Assistant Professor Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA. 1997–1999 Postdoctoral Fellow Dept. of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, the University of Toronto. 1995 Part-time lecturer Dept. of Religion and Culture, Wilfrid Laurier University. Other professional employment 2001–2007 Field instructor & research associate, Tell Borg project (Egypt), Trinity International University 2000–2002 Egyptological Consultant, Tutankhamun Project, TM James Multimedia Services Inc., Toronto. 1999 Field instructor, Mendes (Egypt), Pennsylvania State University Field School 1995–1996 Teaching assistant, Dept. of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, the University of Toronto. 1988–1997 Research Assistant, Akhenaten Temple Project, Dept. NMC, the University of Toronto. Research Areas: Egyptian archaeology; Egypt & its neighbours; Near East; Old Kingdom-FIP; New Kingdom–early Persian periods PRELIMINARY SUBMISSION AND IN-PROGRESS MANUSCRIPT: (285,000 words) In-progress Egypt’s Trade with the Red Sea and Neighbouring Regions: including both Egyptian and Levantine roles in the transmission of “Red Sea” products to the Near East and East Mediterranean (285,000 words) (not reviewed yet; in-progress editing for Oxford University Press editor Stefan Vranka; anticipated 2014) EDITED JOURNALS & BOOKS: * = invited 2015* Gregory Mumford (ed.). The Sinai Peninsula, Special issue of the Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, vol. 7.1 (March, 2015). Lexington: The University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition. Six articles and an editorial introduction (50,905 words) 1 PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS: Peer-reviewed journal research articles (* = invited): 15 articles to-date (n = 124,425 words to-date) In-progress (Gregory Mumford and Nicholas Maloof), "Bes jars and their significance from Late Period contexts at Tell Tebilla (Northeast Delta) and elsewhere in Egypt" … (May 2016). In-progress (Sarah Parcak, Gregory Mumford, and Chase Childs), “Assessing the development and placement of Early Dynastic through early Old Kingdom tombs at North Saqqara, using satellite remote sensing and other data,” … (May 2016). In-progress (Sarah Parcak and Gregory Mumford) “Revealing and assessing the settlement area at Tanis using satellite remote sensing” Journal … (June 2015). In-progress (Sarah Parcak, Chase Childs, and Gregory Mumford) “The application of satellite remote sensing in detecting and clarifying selected subsurface architecture from the Early Dynastic through Late Period at North Saqqara,” Journal … (May 2015). 2016 (Sarah Parcak, David Gathings, Chase Childs, Gregory Mumford, and Eric Cline), “Satellite Evidence of Archaeological Site Looting in Egypt: 2002-2013,” Antiquity vol. 90 (issue 349): 185-205 (6,300 words) 2015 “The Sinai Peninsula and its environs: our changing perceptions of a pivotal land bridge between Egypt, the Levant, and Arabia,” The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 7.1 (2015): 1-24.(14,738 wrds) 2015 “Explorations in el-Markha Plain, South Sinai: preliminary findings at Tell Markha (site 346) and elsewhere,” The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 7.1 (2015): 91-115. (10,280 words) 2015 (Gregory Mumford and Rexine Hummel) “Preliminary findings at a late Old Kingdom fort in South Sinai, including the pottery, from the 2008 season,” The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 7.1 (2015): 52-82. (8,200 of 11,441 words) 2013* “A Late Period riverine and maritime port town and cult center at Tell Tebilla (Ro-nefer),” The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, volume 5 no. 1 (March 2013): 38–67. (12,398 words) https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/jaei/ 2012 (Sarah Parcak and Gregory Mumford) “Satellite imagery detection of a possible hippodrome and other features at the Ptolemaic-Roman port town of Taposiris Magna,” The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, volume 4 no. 4 (November 2012): 30–34. (1,126 words) https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/jaei/ 2012 “On-going investigations at a late Old Kingdom coastal fort at Ras Budran in South Sinai,” The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, volume 4 no. 4 (November 2012): 20–28. (1,901 words) https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/jaei/ 2012* “Ras Budran and the Old Kingdom trade in Red Sea shells and other exotica,” British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan 18 (2012): 107–45. www.britishmuseum.org/research/online_journals/bmsaes/issue_18 (8,574 words) 2008 “A correction regarding ‘a newly attested votive offering of Horemheb’ versus Sety II at Serabit el- Khadim,” Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities 35: 159–62. (949 words) 2006/7 “Egypt’s New Kingdom Levantine empire and Serabit el-Khadim, including a newly attested votive offering of Horemheb” Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities 33: 159–203 (15,056 w) 2006 “Tell Ras Budran (Site 345): Defining Egypt's Eastern Frontier and Mining Operations in South Sinai during the late Old Kingdom (EB IV/MB I)” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 342 (May): 13–67. (23,118 words) 2004* (W. Van Neer, O. Lernau, R. Friedman, G. Mumford, J. Problome and M. Waelkens), “Fish remains from archaeological sites as indicators of former trade connections in the Eastern Mediterranean,” Palaeorient 30/1: 101–48. (7,821 words of a multi-authored paper) 2003 (Gregory Mumford and Sarah Parcak), “Pharaonic ventures into South Sinai: el-Markha Plain Site 346,” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 89: 83–116. (6,650 words of 9,648 words) 2002 (Gregory Mumford and Sarah Parcak), “Satellite image analysis and archaeological fieldwork in el-Markha Plain (South Sinai),” Antiquity 76 (2002): 953–54. (863 words) 1992 “Preliminary archaeological report: Mendes Square HF,” pp. 55–63 in D. B. Redford et. alii., “Three Seasons in Egypt, III. The First Season of Excavations at Mendes (1991),” The Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities 18 (“1988” [= 1992]): 55–63. 4,510+ words in larger article) 2 Peer-reviewed research chapters in books (* = invited): 8-10 chapters to-date (n = 111,976 words to-date) In-progress* “Middle Kingdom: Egypt and the Levant,” pp. xx-xx in Susan Hollis (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Egypt and the Hebrew Bible. Oxford: Oxford University Press (6000-8000 words); For submission June 15, 2017; publication anticipated 2019. In-progress* “The Collapse of the Late Bronze Age and the Sea Peoples Invasion,” pp. xx-xx in Jonathan S Greer, John W. Hilber and John H. Walton (eds.), Behind the Scenes of the Old Testament: Historical, Cultural, and Social Contexts of Ancient Israel, BSOT. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic Press (3,500 words; for submission May 30, 2016) Accepted* (Gregory Mumford), “Pathways to Distant Kingdoms: Land Connections,” Part 1:3 in Pearce Paul Creasman and Richard Wilkinson (eds.), Egyptian Interactions: Ancient Egypt’s Relations with the Surrounding World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (9,072 words) In-press* (Sarah Parcak and Gregory Mumford), “Digital environmental archaeology: Satellite and aerial remote sensing applications and their potential in African archaeology,” pp. xx-xx (chp. 14) in Guo Huadong et. al., (eds.), Manual of Digital Earth. Beijing: Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI), CAS. (6,512 words) 2016* (Sarah Parcak and Gregory Mumford), “Remote sensing in the Valley of the Kings and its Hinterlands,” pp. 497–516 (chp. 33) in R. H. Wilkinson and K. R. Weeks (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Jan. 2016). (4,500 of 7,000 words) 2015* “The Amman Airport structure: a re-assessment of its date-range, function and overall role in The Levant,” pp. 89–198 in Timothy P. Harrison, Edward B. Banning, and Stanley Klassen (eds.). Walls of the Prince: Egyptian Interactions with Southwest Asia in Antiquity.
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