What's new? - 2002

15 December 2001- 12 January 2002

Worked in the United Arab Emirates for the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS).

30 January - 28 March 2002

Worked in collaboration with Dr. Harriet Crawford and Dr. Robert Carter (Institute of Archaeology, University College, London)  at site H3, as-Sabiyah, Kuwait, a 5th millennium BC settlement site located on the north coast of Kuwait Bay.

7-29 April 2002

Worked in the United Arab Emirates for the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS). This included fieldwork with Dr. Peter Hogarth (Department of Biology, University of York) building a comparative collection of crabs from the coastline of the United Arab Emirates, as well as work on the Abu Dhabi Airport Late Stone age site with Dr. Heiko Kallweit.

16-18 April 2002

Attended the 4th conference of the GCC History and Archaeology Society at Sharjah Archaeology Museum, United Arab Emirates. For further details contact, Dr. Sabah Jasim, email: ejasim@emirates.net.ae

9 May 2002

Added two new articles to my list of publications:

Hogarth, P. and M. Beech. 2002. A first modern record of the Mangrove Crab Scylla serrata in the U.A.E. and south-eastern Arabian Gulf. Tribulus (Bulletin of the Emirates Natural History Group) 11.2: 30.

Zajonz, U., M. Beech and A.C. Gill.  2002.  Fishes of sabkha-related habitats. pages 283-298. In: H-J. Barth and B. Böer (eds.), Sabkha Ecosystems - Volume I: The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Countries. Tasks for Vegetation Sciences Vol 36. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-0504-0. March 2002, 368 pp. [ To purchase a copy of the Sabkha Ecosystems book click here ]

May-September 2002

Based in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York, where I am worked on the animal bones from the Sasanian/Islamic tell of Kush, Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.

18-20 July 2002

I attended the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the British Museum, London. This included a visit to the Queen of Sheba: Treasures of Ancient Yemen exhibition at the British Museum.

23-28 August 2002

I was a co-organiser, together with Caroline Cartwright (Department of Scientific Research, British Museum),  of a session entitled "Coastal adaptations in arid environments" at the 9th Conference of the International Council of Archaeozoology (ICAZ) to be held at the University of Durham, UK. Read a complete list of the session participants, paper titles and abstracts. For details of the paper I co-presented with Dr. Peter Hogarth (Department of Biology, University of York) please click here

30 August - 1 September 2002

I participated in the 6th meeting of the Archaeozoology of South West Asia and Adjacent Areas (ASWA) Working Group, which was held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College, London. For details of the paper I presented at the conference please click here.

15-17 September 2002

I spoke at the International Date Palm Forum, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The conference was organised by the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, on behalf of the Minister of Information and Culture. Further details of the paper I presented can be viewed by clicking here.

1 October 2002

As of October 1st, I am no longer the webmaster for the Association for Environmental Archaeology (AEA) website. Robert Craigie from the Department of Archaeology and Prehistory at the University of Sheffield has now taken over running the AEA website.

22 October 2002

I took up a new post as Senior Resident Archaeologist for the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS), based in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. At the same time, I am also an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York.

November - December 2002

Visit the ADIAS December 2002 newsletter page.

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