Peter Magee
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3623183 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Peter Magee |
| NOMBRES | Peter |
| APELLIDO | Magee |
| FIRMA | MAGEE P |
| AFILIACIONES | Bryn Mawr College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2986-426X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 37 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 148 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 37 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1996 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Plaster production in the Late-Seventh Millennium BCE
Reservoir Effects from Shells of Tell Abraq, Sharjah Emirate, UAE
We present reservoir effects on shells of species Terebralia palustris and Marcia spp. that were recovered during archaeological excavations at the multi-period site of Tell Abraq, Sharjah Emirate, UAE (This paper was presented at the combined 24th Radiocarbon and 10th Radiocarbon & Archaeology International Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, Sept. 2022.). The site was inhabited during the mid to late Holocene. It is situated in a lagoonal environm…
Another Brick in the Wall
The Iron Age II site of Hili 2 (Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) is remarkable because of its preservation. The initial excavations, begun in the 1970s, unearthed mudbrick walls preserved in places two meters high. Fieldwork recommenced at Hili 2 in 2018 and as part of this effort the previously exposed architecture was re‐examined. Of particular interest were three collapsed mudbrick walls that were excavated in order to conserve the …
The architecture of the Iron Age II fortified settlement at Muweilah (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
Excavations at Muweilah have uncovered twelve buildings encircled by two pairs of walls and ditches. We have published preliminary studies of several buildings. Research has now progressed to a stage where it is possible to produce a more complete analysis of the architecture. In this report, we present a detailed discussion of the fortifications and each building with its installations. Our assessment of the architecture identified the repeated …
Methodologies for the investigation of corroded iron objects
Ancient iron objects from early Iron Age archaeological sites are almost always severely corroded, which can severely limit the possibilities for their archaeometallurgical analysis. In this paper, a range of corroded iron objects from different sites and regions of the ancient Near East are investigated with the purpose of developing an integrated scientific approach to the investigation of such materials, outlining the capabilities and major te…
Tell Abraq during the second and first millennia BC
Research recommenced at Tell Abraq in 2007, carried out by Bryn Mawr College with an international team in co‐operation with the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. Between 2007 and 2010 fieldwork was limited to documenting sections of the previous excavations and one small sounding while our attention focused mainly on the nearby shell‐midden site of Hamriya and the fortified Iron Age settlement site of Muweilah. Since 2010, large‐scale excavations h…
Paul Yule . Cross-roads
Paul Yule . Cross-roads: Early and Late Iron Age south-eastern Arabia (Abhandlungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 30). 2014. 120 pages, numerous colour plates and b&w illustrations, several tables. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz; 978-3-447-10127-1 hardback €48. - Volume 90 Issue 349
The Archaeology of Prehistoric Arabia
Encompassing a landmass greater than the rest of the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean combined, the Arabian peninsula remains one of the last great unexplored regions of the ancient world. This book provides the first extensive coverage of the archaeology of this region from c.9000 to 800 BC. Peter Magee argues that a unique social system, which relied on social cohesion and actively resisted the hierarchical structures of adjacent states, eme…
From human niche construction to imperial power
West of the Indus—East of the Empire
Revisiting Indian Rouletted Ware and the impact of Indian Ocean trade in Early Historic south Asia
Indian Rouletted Ware pottery is the iconic marker of the overseas reach of the subcontinent at the turn of the first millennium AD. In the mid twentieth century this was naturally seen as prompted by the contemporary Roman Empire, while the later post-colonial discourse has emphasised the independence and long life of Indian initiatives. In this new analysis the author demonstrates a more complex socio-economic situation. While Greyware is distr…
Multi‐disciplinary research on the past human ecology of the east Arabian coast
The results of two seasons of research at Hamriya and Tell Abraq (Sharjah, UAE) by an international team of researchers are presented. The research has revealed extensive evidence for occupation from c. 5000 BC to the recent past adjoining lagoon areas that face the Arabian Gulf. C 14 analysis of shells has contributed to understanding the chronology of settlement and also assisted our understanding of species‐specific deviation from the global r…
Deconstructing the Destruction of Hasanlu
The destruction of Hasanlu IVb at or near 800 BC has remained a fix-point for Iranian and near eastern archaeology for nearly half a century. In this paper the methodological basis for this interpretation are analyzed. Moving from this, a complete stratigraphical and statistical re-analysis of the carbon-14 data from Hasanlu IVB is presented. When combined, these avenues of analysis show that a destruction date in the eighth century BC is not onl…
In the Shadow of the Ancestors
Beyond the Desert and the Sown
Arabia lies outside the focus of most archaeologists working in western Asia and is considered to have been a periphery in the past and therefore peripheral to contemporary research interests. The reasons for this include generalized assumptions about human-environmental dynamics and a belief in the necessity of foreign intervention as a spur for innovation and change in arid environments. In this paper, these two assumptions are examined, and a …
The Chronology and Environmental Background of Iron Age Settlement in Southeastern Iran and the Question of The Origin of the Qanat Irrigation System
The Iranian Iron Age and the Chronology of Settlement in Southeastern Arabia
Sourcing Iron Age softstone artefacts in southeastern Arabia
Iron Age softstone vessels manufactured in southeastern Arabia are widely distributed across that region and in lesser amounts throughout Western Asia. Results from a pilot programme of analysis using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry/Optical Emission Spectrometry on vessel fragments from two southeast Arabian sites are presented. These results indicate the existence of geochemically distinct groups that are separated by both transitio…
Investigating cross‐Gulf trade in the Iron Age III period
Recently obtained ceramic compositional data from the late Iron Age sites of Tepe Yahya in Iran and Sharm in the United Arab Emirates is presented in this paper. Analysis of this data suggests that a distinctive ceramic, Burnished Maroon Slipped Ware (BMSW), was produced somewhere in southern Iran and exported across the Gulf to eastern Arabia. That this trade was not limited to any defined historical period, such as that represented by the Achae…
The Production, Distribution and Function of Iron Age Bridge-Spouted Vessels in Iran and Arabia
The Achaemenid Empire in South Asia and Recent Excavations in Akra in Northwest Pakistan
The impact of the Achaemenid annexation of northwestern Pakistan has remained a focus for archaeological research for more than a century. A lack of well-stratified settlements and a focus on artifacts that are not necessarily appropriate for assessing the effects of imperial control have until now obfuscated our understanding of this issue. In this article, we present the results of three seasons of excavations at Akra located in the North West …
The impact of southeast Arabian intra‐regional trade on settlement location and organization during the Iron Age II period
The impact of camel domestication on the location and organisation of settlements dating between 1000 and 600 BC in southeastern Arabia is discussed. It is argued that the ability to transport goods across regions that were hitherto inaccessible encouraged settlement growth in previously unsettled areas. Furthermore, access to elite goods such as painted ceramics, iron and incense provided the impetus for the emergence of new forms of political e…
Mind the Gap
(2004). Mind the Gap: The chronology of Painted Grey Ware and the prelude to Early Historic urbanism in northern south Asia. South Asian Studies: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 37-44
Further evidence of desert settlement complexity
Seeing through the Dunes
Geophysical techniques have been developed and used in the investigation of archaeological sites predominantly in temperate climates in northern Europe and North America; relatively little geophysical work has been undertaken on sites in arid environments. This article presents a magnetometry survey of the Iron Age (ca. 1300–300 B.C.) site of Muweilah, United Arab Emirates and examines the problems specific to geophysical investigations in arid e…
The Chronology of the Southeast Arabian Iron Age
Drawing on the results of the Australian Archaeological Expedition's excavation of Tell Abraq, a three‐fold division of the southeast Arabian Iron Age is suggested. A re‐analysis of 14 C data in line with the latest agreed calibration curve together with an analysis of the foreign parallels of southeast Arabian Iron Age pottery permits the construction of a complete Iron Age sequence. The results argue for a lower chronology for the Iron II and I…
Excavations at Muweilah. Preliminary Report on the First Two Seasons
Two seasons of excavation have been completed at the site of Muweilah in the United Arab Emirates. The excavation is prompted by a desire to examine the manner in which humans inhabited arid regions in the past. The project seeks to understand the subsistence practices at this site within the broader context of settlement patterns in late prehistoric southeastern Arabia and to examine some of the biases and prior assumptions concerning human occu…
From human niche construction to imperial power
Revisiting Indian Rouletted Ware and the impact of Indian Ocean trade in Early Historic south Asia
Indian Rouletted Ware pottery is the iconic marker of the overseas reach of the subcontinent at the turn of the first millennium AD. In the mid twentieth century this was naturally seen as prompted by the contemporary Roman Empire, while the later post-colonial discourse has emphasised the independence and long life of Indian initiatives. In this new analysis the author demonstrates a more complex socio-economic situation. While Greyware is distr…
New evidence for specialised ceramic production and exchange in the southeast Arabian Iron Age
Results from a programme of PIXE‐PIGME analysis of Iron Age ceramics from southeastern Arabia are presented. Compositional analysis indicates the existence of two discrete Iron Age II ceramic assemblages. A combination of geological and archaeological evidence suggests that one of these was produced in the inland oasis of al‐Ain. Geological evidence in combination with previously published data on the elemental composition of southeast Iranian ce…
The impact of southeast Arabian intra‐regional trade on settlement location and organization during the Iron Age II period
The impact of camel domestication on the location and organisation of settlements dating between 1000 and 600 BC in southeastern Arabia is discussed. It is argued that the ability to transport goods across regions that were hitherto inaccessible encouraged settlement growth in previously unsettled areas. Furthermore, access to elite goods such as painted ceramics, iron and incense provided the impetus for the emergence of new forms of political e…
Settlement patterns, polities and regional complexity in the Southeast Arabian Iron Age
Analysis of environmental and settlement data highlights the existence of a series of piedmont settlements with which are associated : irrigation systems, the potential for intensive agriculture and the ability to control and defend such resources. When combined with historical evidence, these are interpreted as a series of politically complex polities existing in a restricted environmental z.one. The focus of fieldwork in southeastern Arabia has…
Tell Abraq during the second and first millennia BC
Research recommenced at Tell Abraq in 2007, carried out by Bryn Mawr College with an international team in co‐operation with the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. Between 2007 and 2010 fieldwork was limited to documenting sections of the previous excavations and one small sounding while our attention focused mainly on the nearby shell‐midden site of Hamriya and the fortified Iron Age settlement site of Muweilah. Since 2010, large‐scale excavations h…
Agglomeration and regionalism
The excavation of several stratified settlements has transformed our knowledge of southeast Arabian prehistory from a series of snapshots to a more or less continuous exposure. In this paper we would like to explore the recently clarified period between c.1300 and 1100 BC (the Iron Age I period) (2). Although the existence of a discrete material culture horizon belonging to this period is now well established, there has been a reluctance on the p…
Further evidence of desert settlement complexity
New Evidence of the Initial Appearance of Iron in Southeastern Arabia
The third season of excavations at Muweilah in the United Arab Emirates has revealed new evidence of the initial use of iron in southeastern Arabia. The evidence is contextualised within existing evidence of iron use in this region and some tentative interpretations of the importance of the find are presented
Multi‐disciplinary research on the past human ecology of the east Arabian coast
The results of two seasons of research at Hamriya and Tell Abraq (Sharjah, UAE) by an international team of researchers are presented. The research has revealed extensive evidence for occupation from c. 5000 BC to the recent past adjoining lagoon areas that face the Arabian Gulf. C 14 analysis of shells has contributed to understanding the chronology of settlement and also assisted our understanding of species‐specific deviation from the global r…
Investigating cross‐Gulf trade in the Iron Age III period
Recently obtained ceramic compositional data from the late Iron Age sites of Tepe Yahya in Iran and Sharm in the United Arab Emirates is presented in this paper. Analysis of this data suggests that a distinctive ceramic, Burnished Maroon Slipped Ware (BMSW), was produced somewhere in southern Iran and exported across the Gulf to eastern Arabia. That this trade was not limited to any defined historical period, such as that represented by the Achae…
The Production, Distribution and Function of Iron Age Bridge-Spouted Vessels in Iran and Arabia
Husn Awhala
On 2 January 1996, a previously unrecorded prehistoric settlement was discovered at Awhala by a team from the University of Sydney's Australian Expedition to the United Arab Emirates, working in conjunction with the Department of Antiquities and Heritage of the Government of Fujairah (1). Located in the southeastern corner of the Emirate of Fujairah, Awhala is only 9 km as the crow flies from the Batinah coast town of A1 Murayr in the Sultanate o…
Sourcing Iron Age softstone artefacts in southeastern Arabia
Iron Age softstone vessels manufactured in southeastern Arabia are widely distributed across that region and in lesser amounts throughout Western Asia. Results from a pilot programme of analysis using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry/Optical Emission Spectrometry on vessel fragments from two southeast Arabian sites are presented. These results indicate the existence of geochemically distinct groups that are separated by both transitio…
Writing in the Iron Age
Another Brick in the Wall
The Iron Age II site of Hili 2 (Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) is remarkable because of its preservation. The initial excavations, begun in the 1970s, unearthed mudbrick walls preserved in places two meters high. Fieldwork recommenced at Hili 2 in 2018 and as part of this effort the previously exposed architecture was re‐examined. Of particular interest were three collapsed mudbrick walls that were excavated in order to conserve the …
The architecture of the Iron Age II fortified settlement at Muweilah (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
Excavations at Muweilah have uncovered twelve buildings encircled by two pairs of walls and ditches. We have published preliminary studies of several buildings. Research has now progressed to a stage where it is possible to produce a more complete analysis of the architecture. In this report, we present a detailed discussion of the fortifications and each building with its installations. Our assessment of the architecture identified the repeated …
The Achaemenid Empire in South Asia and Recent Excavations in Akra in Northwest Pakistan
The impact of the Achaemenid annexation of northwestern Pakistan has remained a focus for archaeological research for more than a century. A lack of well-stratified settlements and a focus on artifacts that are not necessarily appropriate for assessing the effects of imperial control have until now obfuscated our understanding of this issue. In this article, we present the results of three seasons of excavations at Akra located in the North West …
Seeing through the Dunes
Geophysical techniques have been developed and used in the investigation of archaeological sites predominantly in temperate climates in northern Europe and North America; relatively little geophysical work has been undertaken on sites in arid environments. This article presents a magnetometry survey of the Iron Age (ca. 1300–300 B.C.) site of Muweilah, United Arab Emirates and examines the problems specific to geophysical investigations in arid e…
The chronology and regional context of late prehistoric incised arrowheads in southeastern Arabia
The typology, distribution and chronology of incised arrowheads is examined. A lower chronology than has hitherto been suggested for their occurrence is then argued. Evidence from other areas is used to illustrate the point that the examples from southeastern Arabia are unique and are chronologically unrelated to other ancient west Asian examples
Mind the Gap
(2004). Mind the Gap: The chronology of Painted Grey Ware and the prelude to Early Historic urbanism in northern south Asia. South Asian Studies: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 37-44
Husn Awhala
On 2 January 1996, a previously unrecorded prehistoric settlement was discovered at Awhala by a team from the University of Sydney's Australian Expedition to the United Arab Emirates, working in conjunction with the Department of Antiquities and Heritage of the Government of Fujairah (1). Located in the southeastern corner of the Emirate of Fujairah, Awhala is only 9 km as the crow flies from the Batinah coast town of A1 Murayr in the Sultanate o…
The Chronology of the Southeast Arabian Iron Age
Drawing on the results of the Australian Archaeological Expedition's excavation of Tell Abraq, a three‐fold division of the southeast Arabian Iron Age is suggested. A re‐analysis of 14 C data in line with the latest agreed calibration curve together with an analysis of the foreign parallels of southeast Arabian Iron Age pottery permits the construction of a complete Iron Age sequence. The results argue for a lower chronology for the Iron II and I…
Excavations at Muweilah. Preliminary Report on the First Two Seasons
Two seasons of excavation have been completed at the site of Muweilah in the United Arab Emirates. The excavation is prompted by a desire to examine the manner in which humans inhabited arid regions in the past. The project seeks to understand the subsistence practices at this site within the broader context of settlement patterns in late prehistoric southeastern Arabia and to examine some of the biases and prior assumptions concerning human occu…
The Iranian Iron Age and the Chronology of Settlement in Southeastern Arabia
L'objectif de cet article est de mettre l'accent sur l'importance des contacts entre les populations du Golfe durant l'Age du Fer et en particulier, sur l'influence de l'Iran sur les cultures du sud de l'Arabie, en proposant une chronologie de l'assemblage ceramique de Rumeilah (Oman), recemment reevalue par une datation absolue (1991), en particulier, et de l'habitat du sud-est de la peninsule arabique, en general
Cultural Interaction and Social Complexity in the Southeast Arabian Iron Age
L'auteur de cet article s'interesse au role des echanges internationaux dans l'evolution de la culture du sud-est de l'Arabie a l'Âge du Fer. Il propose des temoignages de l'importation de marchandises etrangeres sur le site de Muweilah et debat du role que ces objets peut avoir joue dans le domaine socio-politique
New Evidence of the Initial Appearance of Iron in Southeastern Arabia
The third season of excavations at Muweilah in the United Arab Emirates has revealed new evidence of the initial use of iron in southeastern Arabia. The evidence is contextualised within existing evidence of iron use in this region and some tentative interpretations of the importance of the find are presented
The chronology and regional context of late prehistoric incised arrowheads in southeastern Arabia
The typology, distribution and chronology of incised arrowheads is examined. A lower chronology than has hitherto been suggested for their occurrence is then argued. Evidence from other areas is used to illustrate the point that the examples from southeastern Arabia are unique and are chronologically unrelated to other ancient west Asian examples
New evidence for specialised ceramic production and exchange in the southeast Arabian Iron Age
Results from a programme of PIXE‐PIGME analysis of Iron Age ceramics from southeastern Arabia are presented. Compositional analysis indicates the existence of two discrete Iron Age II ceramic assemblages. A combination of geological and archaeological evidence suggests that one of these was produced in the inland oasis of al‐Ain. Geological evidence in combination with previously published data on the elemental composition of southeast Iranian ce…
Settlement patterns, polities and regional complexity in the Southeast Arabian Iron Age
Analysis of environmental and settlement data highlights the existence of a series of piedmont settlements with which are associated : irrigation systems, the potential for intensive agriculture and the ability to control and defend such resources. When combined with historical evidence, these are interpreted as a series of politically complex polities existing in a restricted environmental z.one. The focus of fieldwork in southeastern Arabia has…
The Iron Age Platforms at Tepe Yahya
Etude de deux plateformes de briques du site de Tepe Yahya. La premiere des deux fut construite sur les vestiges d'un village de l'Âge du Fer (periode III) qui consistait en au moins deux bâtiments approximativement carres, l'un d'entre eux comportant en son centre un pilier. La plateforme la plus ancienne recouvre quant a elle les fondations de cette meme structure de l'Âge du Fer dans leur partie septentrionale. L'auteur se propose plus particu…
Writing in the Iron Age
Agglomeration and regionalism
The excavation of several stratified settlements has transformed our knowledge of southeast Arabian prehistory from a series of snapshots to a more or less continuous exposure. In this paper we would like to explore the recently clarified period between c.1300 and 1100 BC (the Iron Age I period) (2). Although the existence of a discrete material culture horizon belonging to this period is now well established, there has been a reluctance on the p…
Seeing through the Dunes
Geophysical techniques have been developed and used in the investigation of archaeological sites predominantly in temperate climates in northern Europe and North America; relatively little geophysical work has been undertaken on sites in arid environments. This article presents a magnetometry survey of the Iron Age (ca. 1300–300 B.C.) site of Muweilah, United Arab Emirates and examines the problems specific to geophysical investigations in arid e…
Further evidence of desert settlement complexity
The impact of southeast Arabian intra‐regional trade on settlement location and organization during the Iron Age II period
The impact of camel domestication on the location and organisation of settlements dating between 1000 and 600 BC in southeastern Arabia is discussed. It is argued that the ability to transport goods across regions that were hitherto inaccessible encouraged settlement growth in previously unsettled areas. Furthermore, access to elite goods such as painted ceramics, iron and incense provided the impetus for the emergence of new forms of political e…
Mind the Gap
(2004). Mind the Gap: The chronology of Painted Grey Ware and the prelude to Early Historic urbanism in northern south Asia. South Asian Studies: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 37-44
The Chronology and Environmental Background of Iron Age Settlement in Southeastern Iran and the Question of The Origin of the Qanat Irrigation System
The Iranian Iron Age and the Chronology of Settlement in Southeastern Arabia
Sourcing Iron Age softstone artefacts in southeastern Arabia
Iron Age softstone vessels manufactured in southeastern Arabia are widely distributed across that region and in lesser amounts throughout Western Asia. Results from a pilot programme of analysis using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry/Optical Emission Spectrometry on vessel fragments from two southeast Arabian sites are presented. These results indicate the existence of geochemically distinct groups that are separated by both transitio…
Investigating cross‐Gulf trade in the Iron Age III period
Recently obtained ceramic compositional data from the late Iron Age sites of Tepe Yahya in Iran and Sharm in the United Arab Emirates is presented in this paper. Analysis of this data suggests that a distinctive ceramic, Burnished Maroon Slipped Ware (BMSW), was produced somewhere in southern Iran and exported across the Gulf to eastern Arabia. That this trade was not limited to any defined historical period, such as that represented by the Achae…
The Production, Distribution and Function of Iron Age Bridge-Spouted Vessels in Iran and Arabia
The Achaemenid Empire in South Asia and Recent Excavations in Akra in Northwest Pakistan
The impact of the Achaemenid annexation of northwestern Pakistan has remained a focus for archaeological research for more than a century. A lack of well-stratified settlements and a focus on artifacts that are not necessarily appropriate for assessing the effects of imperial control have until now obfuscated our understanding of this issue. In this article, we present the results of three seasons of excavations at Akra located in the North West …
Beyond the Desert and the Sown
Arabia lies outside the focus of most archaeologists working in western Asia and is considered to have been a periphery in the past and therefore peripheral to contemporary research interests. The reasons for this include generalized assumptions about human-environmental dynamics and a belief in the necessity of foreign intervention as a spur for innovation and change in arid environments. In this paper, these two assumptions are examined, and a …
Deconstructing the Destruction of Hasanlu
The destruction of Hasanlu IVb at or near 800 BC has remained a fix-point for Iranian and near eastern archaeology for nearly half a century. In this paper the methodological basis for this interpretation are analyzed. Moving from this, a complete stratigraphical and statistical re-analysis of the carbon-14 data from Hasanlu IVB is presented. When combined, these avenues of analysis show that a destruction date in the eighth century BC is not onl…
In the Shadow of the Ancestors
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