Peter Magee Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Bryn Mawr College 101 North Merion Avenue Bryn Mawr PA 19010 USA

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: The Archaeology of the Pre-Achaemenid and Achaemenid Periods in Baluchistan and the North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan, In: The World of Achaemenid Persia. History, Art and Society in Iran and The Ancient Near East. Proceedings of a conference at the British Museum. I.B. Tauris, London: 503-522. 2008: F. Khan. JR Knox, P Magee, K. Thomas and C. Petrie: Further research on the later prehistory of the Bannu Basin: The 1998 excavations at Akra. In: South Asian Archaeology, XV, Egbert Forsten Publishing, Leiden. 2003a: Evangelista, R., Magee, P., and Wedepohl, E., 2002. 3D imaging of an Iron Age archaeological site: GPR analysis at Muweilah, United Arab Emirates (UAE)." In: Ninth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Proceedings of SPIE. Volume 4758: 108-114. 2003b: Authority, Legitimisation and Columned Halls in the southeast Arabian Iron Age. In: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates. Trident Press, London: 181-194. 2003d: The Late Arabian Littoral, Encyclopedia of Prehistory Volume 8: South and Southwest Asia, Springer. 2000: RJ Knox, K Thomas, F Khan and P Magee: Akra. An ancient city in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, In M. Taddei (ed.) South Asian Archaeology, XIV Naples: 843-856. 1998a: Muweilah. In M Mouton (Ed.), Assemblages céramiques des sites de l'Age du Fer de la péninsule d'Oman, Documents des Ateliers d'Archéologie de l'Arabie n°1, GREMMO/Maison de l'Orient. (CD). 1998b: Tell Abraq. In M Mouton (Ed.), Assemblages céramiques des sites de l'Age du Fer de la péninsule d'Oman, Documents des Ateliers d'Archéologie de l'Arabie n°1, GREMMO/Maison de l'Orient. (CD). 1998c: W Yasin, A Benoist and P Magee: Hili 17. In M. Mouton (Ed.), Assemblages céramiques des sites de l'Age du Fer de la péninsule d'Oman, Documents des Ateliers d'Archéologie de l'Arabie n°1, GREMMO/Maison de l'Orient. (CD). 1994: Ceramic variability and production. A case study from southeastern Arabia. in Ruys A (Ed.) International Ceramic Monographic Series, XVI: 22-27.

Journal Articles (sole author unless otherwise noted) *2016: Pamela Burger, Joris Peters, Peter Magee and Olivier Hanotte, 2016: Reply to Marom et al.,: Mitochondrial panmixia in dromedaries predates ancient caravan trading, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113. 32: E4853-E4584 *2016: Faisal Almathen, Pauline Charruau, Elmira Mohandesan, Joram M. Mwacharo, Pablo Orozco-ter Wengel, Abdussamad M. Abdussamad, Margarethe Uerpmann, Hans-Peter Uerpmann, Bea De Cupere, Peter Magee, Majed Alnaqeeb, Bashir Salim, Abdul Raziq, Bernard Faye, Marzook Al-Eknah, Chris Walzer, Michael Hofreiter, Joris Peters, Olivier Hanotte, Pamela A. Burger: Ancient and modern DNA reveal dynamics of domestication and cross continental dispersal of the dromedary, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 9:201519508 *2015: When was the dromedary domesticated in the ancient Near East? Zeitschrift für Orient-Archäologie 8: 253-277. *2013: (invited): Comment on: McCorriston J. Pastoralism and Pilgrimage: Ibn Khaldun’s Bayt-State model and the rise of Arabian Kingdoms, Current Anthropology 54: 630-631. *2012: The Achaemenid expansion to the Indus and Alexander's invasion of north-west South Asia. Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2(1), 1-25. 2012: Wilkinson, T.J., Boucharlat, R., Ertsen, M.W., Gillmore, G. Kennet, D., Magee, P., Rezakhani, K. de Schacht, T. From human niche construction to imperial power: long-term trends in ancient Iranian water systems, Water History 4: 155-176. *2010: Revisiting Indian Rouletted Ware and the impact of Indian Ocean trade in early historic south Asia, Antiquity 326: 1043- 1054. *2009: Magee, P. H.-P. Uerpmann, M. Uerpmann, S.A. Jasim, M. Handel, D. Barber, C. Fritz and E. Hammer. Multi-disciplinary research on the past human ecology of the east Arabian coast: Excavations at Hamriya and Tell Abraq (Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates), Arabian archaeology and epigraphy 20: 18-29. *2009: Petrie, C. Magee, P and M.N. Nasim. Emulation at the edge of Empire: the adoption of non-local vessel forms in the North West Frontier Province, Pakistan during the mid- to late first millennium BC. Ghandaran Studies 2: 1-10. *2008: Perceptions on the Morphology and Style of Artefacts vs the Carbon Cycle: A Reply to O.W. Muscarella, Ancient West and East 8: 201-215. 5

*2008: Petrie C.A., Khan F., Knox J.R., Magee P., Morris J.C. and Thomas K.D. Prehistoric and Historic ceramic production in the Bannu Basin, N.W.F.P., Pakistan: A review. Ancient Pakistan 19, 1-14. *2008: Deconstructing the destruction of Hasanlu: Archaeology, Imperialism and the Chronology of the Iranian Iron Age, Iranica Antiqua XLIII: 89-106. *2007: C. Petrie and P. Magee, Histories, Epigraphy and Authority: Achaemenid and Indigenous Control in Pakistan in the 1st millennium BC Ghandaran Studies 1: 1-15. *2007: Beyond the desert and the sown: Settlement intensification in late prehistoric southeastern Arabia, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 347: 83-105. *2005: The production, distribution, and function of Iron Age bridge-spouted vessels in Iran and Arabia: Results from recent excavations and geochemical analysis. Iran. Journal of the British Institute for Persian Studies XVI: 93-105. *2005: Magee, P., Barber, D., Sobur, M., and S. Jasim, Sourcing Iron Age steatite artefacts in southeastern Arabia: Results from a pilot program of analysis using Inductively Coupled Plasma – MS/OES. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 16: 129-143. *2005: Magee, P., Petrie, C., Knox R.J. Thomas, K., and F., Khan, The Achaemenid Empire in south Asia and recent excavations at Akra, (NWFP, Pakistan). The American Journal of Archaeology 109: 711-741. *2005: Columned halls, bridge-spouted vessels, C14 dates and the chronology of the east Arabian Iron Age: A response to some recent comments by Muscarella . Ancient West and East 4: 160-169. *2005: The chronology and environmental background of Iron Age settlement in southeastern Iran and the question of the origin of the qanat irrigation system. Iranica Antiqua 40: 217-231. *2005: Investigating cross-Gulf trade in the Iron Age III period: Chronological and compositional data on Burnished Maroon Slipped Ware (BMSW) in southeastern Arabia and Iran. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 16: 82-92. *2005: Mind the Gap: The chronology of Painted Grey Ware and the prelude to Early Historic urbanism in northern south Asia. Journal of the British Academy Society for South Asian Studies 20: 37-44. *2004: The impact of southeast Arabian intra-regional trade on settlement location and organization during the Iron Age II period. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 15: 24-42. *2003: New chronometric data defining the Iron Age II in southeastern Arabia. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 33: 20-30. *2002: Magee, P., Thompson, E., Mackay, A., Kottaras, P., and L. Weeks. Further evidence of desert settlement complexity. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 13: 133-156. 2002: The indigenous context of foreign exchange between Iran and southeastern Arabia in the Iron Age, Journal of Oman Studies 12:161-168. *2001: Excavations at the Iron Age settlement of Muweilah 1997-2000, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 31:115- 130. *2000: Blau, S., Denham, T., Magee, P., Biggins, A., Robinson, J., and S. Jasim. Seeing through the Dunes: Geophysical Investigations at Muweilah, United Arab Emirates. Journal of Field Archaeology. 27: 117-129. 2000: Khan F, Knox JR, Magee P, Petrie C and Thomas KD. The 2000 season of excavations at Akra by the Bannu Archaeological Project, Journal of Asian Civilisations. XXIII(2) 105-136. *2000: A proposed function for late prehistoric arrowheads from southeastern Arabia, Isimu. Revista sobre Oriente Próximo y Egipto en la antigüedad 2: 353-363. 2000: Khan F, Knox JR, Thomas K and Magee P: Excavations at Akra. A preliminary report on the 1996-1997 seasons, Punjab Journal of Archaeology and History 1: 23-29. *2000: Patterns of settlement in the southeast Arabian Age, Adumatu. 1: 29-39. *1999: P Magee and R Carter: Agglomeration and diversification: Southeastern Arabia between 1400 and 1100BC. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 10: 161-179. *1999: Writing in the Iron Age. The earliest south Arabian inscription from southeastern Arabia, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 10: 43-50. *1999: Settlement patterns, polities and regional complexity in the southeast Arabian Iron Age, Paléorient 24: 49-60. *1999: Lamberg-Karlovsky CC and Magee P: The Iron Age platforms at Tepe Yahya (Iran), Iranica Antiqua XXXIV (=Festschrift for David Stronach): 41-52. *1998: Cultural interchange and the emergence of social complexity in the southeast Arabian Iron Age, Iranica Antiqua XXXIII (=Festschrift for David Stronach): 135-142. *1998: Magee P., Grave P., Yasin W., Barbetti M., Zhou Y., and Bailey G: New evidence for specialised ceramic production and exchange in the southeast Arabian Iron Age. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 9: 236-245. 6

*1998: The chronology and regional context of late prehistoric incised arrowheads in southeastern Arabia, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 9: 1-12. *1998: New evidence for the initial appearance of iron in southeastern Arabia, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 9: 112-117. *1997: The Iron Age in Iran and the chronology of settlement in southeastern Arabia, Iranica Antiqua XXXII: 91-109. *1996: Excavations at Muweilah. Preliminary report on the first two seasons, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 7: 195-213. *1996: The chronology of the southeast Arabian Iron Age, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 7: 240-252. *1996: DT Potts, L Weeks, P Magee, E Thompson and P Smart, Husn Awhala: A late prehistoric settlement in southern Fujairah, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 7: 214-239.

Reviews 2015: Cross Roads. Early and Late Iron Age southeastern Arabia, Antiquity 2012: An archaeological guide to Bahrain, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2008: The Early Dilmun Settlement at Saar, American Journal of Archaeology. 2008: In the shadows of the ancestors. The prehistoric foundations of the early Arabian civilization in Oman. By S. Cleuziou and M. Tosi, The American Journal of Archaeology 112: 3-4. 2008: A history of the ancient Near East. By M. van de Mieroop Second Edition, Bryn Mawr Classical Review (http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2008/2008-05-06.html). 2007: A history of the ancient Near East. By M. van de Mieroop First Edition, Bryn Mawr Classical Review (http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2006/2006-09-24.html). 2006: Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen. Vol. 9. by I. Gerlach et al. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 65: 128-129. 2005: Archaeological Geography of the Ganga Plain by D. Chakrabarti. South Asian Studies 2005: Excavations at Ed-Dur. Volume II, by Ernie Haerinck. Ancient East and West 2004: Dancing at the Dawn of Agriculture. By I Garfinkel. Bryn Mawr Classical Review (http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2003/2003-09-40.html) 2002a: Arabia and the Arabs. From the Bronze Age to Coming of Islam, by Robert G. Hoyland. Bryn Mawr Classical Review (http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2003/2003-02-27.html) 2000: Qala'at al Bahrain 2 by F. Højlund and H. Hellmuth-Andersen, Arkiv für Orientforschung.XLVI/XLVII: 427-429.

Presented Conference Papers November 2014: When, and for what purpose, were dromedary camels used for overland trade in the ancient Near East? American Schools of Oriental Research, San Diego October 2014: The qanāt within the long-durée process of water exploitation in prehistoric southeastern Arabia, The Qanat: Archaeology and Environment. The University of Durham, UK. April 2014: Discussant on Archaeology, Death, and change in Ancient Arabia, Society for American Archaeology, Austin. November 2012: From hunting to herded: The archaeology of dromedary domestication in the Arabian peninsula, American Schools of Oriental Research, Baltimore. July 2011: Renewed excavations at Tell Abraq in the United Arab Emirates, Seminar for Arabian Studies, London. June 2011: The qanat as arid-zone adaptation: new evidence for Iran and southeastern Arabia, From Human Niche Construction to Imperial Power: Long-Term Trends in Ancient Iranian Water Systems The University of Durham, UK. March 2011: The domestication of the dromedary camel and the organization of trade in ancient southwestern Asia, Society for American Archaeology Sacramento March 2011: Iron Age fortification systems at a trade nexus in coastal southeastern Arabia, Society for American Archaeology Sacramento with Emily Hammer and Marc Handel. April 2010: Inter specific radiocarbon age differences in mollusc shelles from archaeological deposits, Southeastern Arabia. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Baltimore. with S. Wolfenden and D Barber (Bryn Mawr College) July 2009: A mysterious barrier or just business as usual? First millennium BC trade in the Arabian Gulf. Seminar for Arabian Studies, The British Museum, London. with Amber Zambelli (Bryn Mawr College) and Flemming Højlund (Moesgård Museum) July 2008: The provenance postulate in softstone analysis: recent results from research on Iranian and Arabian artifacts, Seminar for Arabian Studies, The British Museum, London. April 2008: Excavations at Muweilah 2002-2008, Fifth International Conference on the Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 7

April 2008: (with H.P, Uerpmann, D Barbar and C. Fritz) Two seasons of research at al-Hamriya, Fifth International Conference on the Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates, al-Ain, United Arab Emirates November 2007: Imported and Local Behaviors and Vessels: ICP-MS/OES Analysis of Ceramics from an Iron Age settlement in Southeastern Arabia. American Schools of Oriental Research, San Diego, November 2007. October 2007: (with D. Barber): Comparing Iron Age softstone artifats with samples from ancient quarries in the Semail Ophiolite, southeast Arabia: XRD Mineralogy and Elemental Abundances by ICP-MS, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver. July 2007: Excavations at Muweilah 2002-2007, Seminar for Arabian Studies, The British Museum, London. July 2007: (with H.P, Uerpmann, D Barbar and C. Fritz) Two seasons of research at al-Hamriya, Seminar for Arabian Studies, The British Museum. London. October 2006: (with D. Barbar) Developing lab activities to teach geophysical and geochemical analysis techniques in an interdisciplinary geoarchaeology course Geological Society of American Annual Meeting, Philadelphia. September 2005: The Achaemenid period in south Asia. The Art and Archaeology of the Achaemenid Empire. The British Museum, London. April 2005: Excavations at Muweilah, Third international conference on the archaeology of the United Arab Emirates. Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates. November 2003: The Iron Age at Tepe Yahya and regional integration in southeastern Iran. The Iron Age in the Iranian World. University of Ghent, Belgium. July 2003: The 2002-3 Research at Muweilah, Seminar for Arabian Studies, British Museum, London. July 2003: The Assyrian Empire and Long-distance trade, Rencontre d’Assyriologie International. British Museum. London. July 2002: Intensification and resource diversity in late prehistoric southeastern Arabia, Seminar for Arabian Studies British Museum, London. April 2002: New evidence for the impact of the Achaemenid Empire on its eastern provinces, Third International Conference on the archaeology of the ancient Near East. Paris. April 2002: Aridity and complexity in the southeast Arabian Iron Age, Third International Conference on the archaeology of the ancient Near East. Paris. March 2001: Between the East and West: Foreign relations at the Iron Age settlement of Muweilah, First International Conference on the Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi. July 2000: The foreign relations of Iron Age Oman Historic Oman: Trade, Culture and Contact, British Museum, London. July 2000: Excavations at Muweilah 1995-2000, Seminar for Arabian Studies, London. July 1999: A re-analysis of the 14c chronology of Painted Grey Ware in the Ganges Valley. XVth International Conference on South Asian Archaeology. Leiden. July 1999: with F. Khan. RJ Knox, K. Thomas and C. Petrie: Recent Excavations at Akra, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan, XVth International Conference on South Asian Archaeology, Leiden. September 1998: Archaeological investigations on an eastern frontier of the Achaemenid Empire, Australasian Society for Inner Asian Studies International Conference. Macquarie University, Australia. July 1998: New evidence on regional interaction and complexity in late prehistoric southeastern Arabia, Rencontre d’Assyriologie International. Harvard University, USA. July 1997: (with RJ Knox, F. Khan and KD Thomas): Akra. An Ancient City in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, XIVth European Association of South Asian Archaeologists, Rome, Italy. July 1996: Excavations at Muweilah, Seminar for Arabian Studies, University College London, London. September 1994: Iran and Southeastern Arabia in the Iron Age, Cultural Interaction in the Ancient Near East, University of Melbourne, Australia. August 1994: Ceramic variability and production. A case study from southeastern Arabia, Austceramic International Ceramic Conference, Sydney, Australia. July 1994: New light on the late second and early first millennium B.C. in the Oman Peninsula, Seminar for Arabian Studies, Oxford University, UK.

Conference Chair/Convenor November 2015: Chair, Arabian Archaeology Section, American Schools of Oriental Research Meeting November 2014: Chair, Arabian Archaeology Section, American Schools of Oriental Research Meeting November 2013: Chair, Arabian Archaeology Section, American Schools of Oriental Research Meeting November 2012: Chair, Arabian Archaeology Section, American Schools of Oriental Research Meeting 8

July 2008: East Arabian archaeology section. Seminar for Arabian Studies, British Museum April 2008: Fifth International Conference on the Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. July 2007: Archaeology Section. Seminar for Arabian Studies, British Museum April 2005: Third international conference on the archaeology of the United Arab Emirates. Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates. November 2003: The Iron Age in the Iranian World. University of Ghent, Belgium. July 2003: Archaeology Section. Seminar for Arabian Studies, British Museum July 2000: Archaeology Section. Seminar for Arabian Studies, British Museum

Invited Lectures & Seminars June 2016: Weapon production and ritual in southeast Arabian prehistory, German Archaeological Institute, Lisbon. February 2016: The UAE in the Ancient World: Adaptation, Technology, and Social Cohesion : The Place of the UAE in Ancient World Studies, New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates January 2016: Qanat/Falaj Technology in the Longue Durée of Arid Zone Occupation in the Ancient Near East, Yale University. Agrarian Studies Seminar. July 2015: Turning the world upside down: the emergence of camel caravans and overland trade in the ancient Near EastMBI al Jabber Foundation Public Lecture, The British Museum, London. December 2014: The Impact of technical innovations in the Later Prehistory of the Persian Gulf Region, German Archaeological Institute, Berlin. February 2014: The archaeology of the prehistoric United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Emirates Natural History Group February 2012: NYU-Abu Dhabi conference on Conservation and Archaeology, Abu Dhabi. September 2011: British Academy Workshop on Indian Ocean trade and the archaeology of technology, Kerala, India (declined). September 2011: Settlement intensification in late prehistoric southeastern Arabia. University of Pennsylvania July 2011: Nabonidus, the camel and the trade in ancient southwestern Asia. University of Sydney June 2011: The qanat as arid zone adaptation. University of Durham (UK) Center for Iranian Studies. April 2010: Lectures on excavations in the UAE, the domestication of the dromedary and the organization of trade in the Arabia Gulf, Visiting Lecturer at The University of Ghent, Belgium April 2008: The domestication of camelus dromedarius and the impact on inter-regional trade in the Arabian peninsula, University of Tübingen, Germany Festschrift for Prof. Hans-Peter Uerpmann. April 2008: Eastern Arabia in the first millennium BC. University of Pisa, Italy. August 2007: The origin and diffusion of the qanat irrigation system, arvard University. April 2002: New research on the eastern satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire, AIA Guest Lecture, University of Pennsylvania. February 2000: The Bannu Archaeological Project: Recent results, Lahore Museum, Lahore, Pakistan. January 2000: Recent excavations at Akra, NWFP. Taxila Institute for Asian Civilisations, Islamabad, Pakistan. July 1999: Hindus, Thatagus and Ghandara: Recent archaeological research in the North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Near Eastern Archaeological Foundation, University of Sydney. June 1998: Late prehistoric settlement in southeastern Arabia, University of New England, Australia. September 1997: Excavations in the North-West Frontier, Pakistan: Investigations at Akra. University of Ghent, Belgium. September 1996:Settlement patterns in the southeast Arabian Iron Age, University of California, Berkeley, USA. September 1996: Archaeological investigations at Muweilah, UAE, University of California, Berkeley, USA. September 1996: Exploring human habitation in a Hyper-Arid Environment, Centre for Archaeological Investigations, Carbondale, University of Southern Illinois, USA. August 1996: Excavations at a late prehistoric desert site in the United Arab Emirates, Hampshire College, Massachusetts, USA. August 1996: Excavations at Muweilah, Seminar for Harappan Studies, Harvard University, USA. April 1996: Exploring human habitation in the hyper-arid environment of the northern Rub al-Khali, United Arab Emirates, University of New England, Australia. August 1995: Settlement patterns in the southeast Arabian Iron Age, University of Melbourne, Australia.