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Peter Magee Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Bryn Mawr College 101 North Merion Avenue Bryn Mawr PA 19010 USA 1 November 2016 Professor Peter Magee Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Bryn Mawr College 101 North Merion Avenue Bryn Mawr PA 19010 USA EDUCATION 1992-1996: PhD., Cultural Variability, Change and Settlement in Southeastern Arabia, 1300-300 B.C. University of Sydney. 1987-1990: B.A. (Honours Class 1). University of Sydney. APPOINTMENTS Current: Chair and Professor, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College Current: Director, Middle Eastern Studies Program, Bryn Mawr College. 2010-2012: Special Assistant to the President of Bryn Mawr College on International Education Initiatives 2006–2013: Associate Professor, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College. 2002-2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College. 1998-2001:U2000 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Archaeology, University of Sydney. 1997: Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Research Fellow, Department of Near Eastern Archaeology and Languages, University of Gent, Belgium. 1996: Visiting Lecturer, Department of Archaeology, University of New England, Australia. 1992-1995: Associate Lecturer, Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney. 1995: Museum Assistant, Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney. FIELD EXPERIENCE 1994-Current: Director, Excavations at Muweilah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2007-Current: Director, Excavations at Tell Abraq and Hamriyah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 1997-2001: co-Director with the British Museum, Excavations at Akra, Pakistan. 1994: Survey Director, Russian Excavations at Qana, Yemen. 1989-1993: Student participation in excavations in Australia, Greece, Jordan, Syria and the UAE. RESEARCH AWARDS AND GRANTS 2014: Research Funding Agreement with the Government of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates for excavations at Muweilah and Tell Abraq: Contribution to cover costs of excavation etc. valued at c. $40,000 per year. 2014: Mellon Foundation Curriculum Development Award (For Digital Teaching in the Humanities): $3000 2014: Bryn Mawr College: Faculty Grant: $5000 2012: National Science Foundation. Dissertation Improvement Grant for Steven Karacic. $8,326. 2011: National Geographic Grant: Dating the appearance of domesticated dromedary camel in the Middle East. $12,000 2010: Bryn Mawr College: Faculty Grant 2007-2013: Research Funding Agreement with the Government of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates for excavations at Muweilah and Tell Abraq. Contribution to cover costs of excavation etc. valued at c. $40,000 per year. 2005: Mellon Foundation: Research Seed Grant. 2005: Bryn Mawr College: Faculty Grant: $3500 2004: Bryn Mawr College: Faculty Grant: $3000 2003-2006: Bryn Mawr College: Rosalyn Schwartz Named Lecturer for excellence in teaching and research. $1000 per year. 2001: Nationally Competitive Grant Scheme: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering. Facility time grant for analysis of archaeological ceramics. 2001: University of Sydney. Sesqui Grant for excavations at Muweilah, United Arab Emirates. 2000-2002: Australian Research Council. Large Grant for Archaeological Research at Akra, NWFP, Pakistan. $95,000. 2000: Australian Research Council. Small Grant for excavations at Muweilah, United Arab Emirates. 2 1999: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering. Facility time grant for radiocarbon dating. 1999: University of Sydney. Research Grant. 1998: University of Sydney. Research Travel Grant Scheme. Travel Grant. 1997: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering. Facility time grant for radiocarbon dating. 1996: Australian Academy of the Humanities. Travelling Postdoctoral Fellowship. 1996: British School of Archaeology in Iraq. Research Grant. 1994: University of Sydney. Research Grant Scheme. 1993: University of Sydney. James Kentley Travelling Scholarship. 1993: Near Eastern Archaeological Foundation. Grant in Aid. 1992: Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation. Catherine Southwell Keely Travelling Scholarship in Near Eastern Archaeology. 1992: Cypriot Archaeological Research Fund. Research Award. 1991: University of Sydney. Dani Petocz Award in Archaeology. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE Current: Member, American Schools of Oriental Research Current: Member American Anthropological Association Current: Member, Society for American Archaeology 2009-2011: Trustee, Archaeological Institute of America. 2009-2011: Fellowships Committee, Archaeological Institute of America. 2009-2011: Wiseman Book Award Committee, Archaeological Institute of America. EDITORIAL BOARDS Current: Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Current: Adumatu. Journal of Saudi Arabian Archaeology GRANT AND PUBLICATION REVIEW Grant Reviewer National Science Foundation HERA (Humanities in the European Research Agenda) National Geographic Foundation Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Organization Netherlands Scientific Research Organization American Schools of Oriental Research Publication Reviewer Oxford University Press Austrian Academy of Sciences Antiquity University of Pennsylvania Press Journal of Archaeological Science Current Anthropology Iranica Antiqua Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Quaternary Research Journal of Field Archaeology TENURE AND PROMOTION REVEW Bryn Mawr College University of Pennsylvania Temple University University College, London. STUDENT RESEARCH ADVISING (at Bryn Mawr unless noted) 3 PhD Advisor (in progress) Barker (Sydney): The second and third millennium ceramics and stratigraphy from Tell Abraq, UAE. Matthew Jameson: The technology of ceramic change between the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age PhD Advisor (completed) Emre Kurucayirli 2015: The metals trade in southeastern Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean in the Middle Bronze Age Steve Karacic 2014: The Archaeology of Hittite Imperialism and Ceramic Production in Late Bronze Age II Tarsus, Gözlükule, Turkey. Crystal Fritz 2009: A regional ceramic analysis of Iron Age II southeastern Arabia Elif Denel 2006: Development of elite cultures and socio-political complexity in early Iron Age kingdoms of northern Syria and southeastern Anatolia. Andrea de Giorgi 2007: Socio-economic studies in the terrritory of Antioch in the High Roman Empire. (with Professor Darby Scott, Classics). PhD Supervising Committee and Examiner Aksoy, C. 2016: (Institute of Archaeology, University College, London). Iron Age warfare in southern Arabia. Azzara, V. 2015: (University of Paris I. Sorbonne): L’architecture domestique et l’organisation de maisonée dans le peninsula d’Oman à l’age du Bronze ancient (IIIe millénnaire av. N.E.) Brunet, O. 2014: (University of Paris I. Sorbonne): Les Éléments de parure en pierre de la peninsula Omanaise du 6e au 2e millénaire AV. J.C. Diakou, S. 2013: Lapithos: the Upper Geometric Cemetery Surtees, L. 2012: On the Surface of a Thessalian City: The Urban Survey of Kastro Kallithea, Greece. Pizzorno, G. 2011 (University of Pennsylvania): The archaeology of Late Bronze Age and Iron Age Dinkha Tepe. Blackwell, N. 2011: Middle and Late Bronze Age metal tools from the Aegean, eastern Mediterranean, and Anatolia: Implications for cultural/regional interaction and craftsmanship. Sikla, A. 2007: Configurations of the symbolism of the bull in early Late Bronze Age Crete: A case study in the interpretation of Minoan Religion. Schon, R. 2002: Seeding the landscape: Experimental contributions to regional survey methodology. Smith, A. 2003: The Tombs of Mochlos and Myrsini: Pottery and Cultural Regionalism in Late Minoan III Crete. PUBLICATIONS *=Peer Reviewed Academic Books in preparation: (Editor) (under contract): The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Arabia, Oxford University Press. In preparation: (under contract) with C.A. Petrie: Resistance at the Edge of Empires: the Archaeology and History of the Bannu basin from 1000 BC to AD 1200 Oxbow Books. *2014: The Archaeology of prehistoric Arabia: Social formation and adaptation from the Neolithic to the Iron Age, Cambridge University Press *2004: The Iron Age settlement at Tepe Yahya, southeastern Iran. Harvard University Press/Peabody Museum 2000: Khan F, Knox JR, Magee P and Thomas KD: Akra: The ancient capital of Bannu, NWFP, Pakistan. (= Journal of Asian Civilisations Vol. XXIII (1): 1-202). Chapters in Books Invited: Conclusions, challenges, and the future of mortuary archaeology and bioarchaeology in Arabia In: Gregoricka, L . and Williams, K. (eds.) Life and Death in Ancient Arabia: Mortuary and Bioarchaeological Perspectives, University Press of Florida In press: Geochemical analysis of putative local and Ubaid ceramics from Dosariyah, Saudi Arabia In: Drechsler, P. (ed.). Dosariyah - a Neolithic coastal community in Eastern Arabia. German Archaeological Institute 2013: The Iron Age in southeastern Iran, In: The Oxford Handbook to the Archaeology of Iran, Oxford University Press, 493-502. 2012: The Foundations of Antiquities Departments, In: A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Wiley, Blackwell, London: 70-87. 4 *2011a: Ceramic production and exchange and the impact of domesticated camelus dromedarius in southeastern Arabia, In: Between Sand and Sea: The archaeology and human ecology of southwestern Asia. Festschrift in honor of Hans-Peter Uerpmann. Tübinger Monographien zur Urgeschichte. Tübingen: 213-227. * 2011b: Iran And The Gulf in the first half of the first millennium BC, In: Eastern Arabia in the first millennium BC, L’Erma di Bretschneider, Rome: 45-56. *2010: Magee, P and C. Petrie, West of the Indus—East of the Empire:
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