Join us for a lecture by Dr. Peter Magee. In the lecture, we explore how the excavation and interpretation of archaeological sites in the ancient Near East was contoured by Orientalist thought and practice. In particular we focus on the perception of ancient human habitation of desert areas as immutable across time and therefore not worthy of scientific analysis. In contrast, recent research in the Arabian Peninsula has highlighted a dynamic relationship between humans and the environment which resulted in fundamental shifts in human society and organization.
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Dr. Peter Magee is the Director of Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi and a leading archaeologist of the Arabian Gulf.
Formerly Professor and Chair of Archaeology at Bryn Mawr College, he has published extensively, including The Archaeology of Prehistoric Arabia (Cambridge University Press, 2014). A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, he has received numerous awards, among them the Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohamed Award for services to the UAE’s history and archaeology.