Welcome to the homepage of
Dr Mark Beech
Honorary
Visiting Fellow
Department of Archaeology
University of York
&
Cultural Landscapes Manager
Historic Environment Department
Abu
Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH)
Formerly, Senior Resident Archaeologist, Abu
Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS): 1992-2006
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Dr Mark Beech at
the Qasr Al Hosn Fort in Abu Dhabi
Skull of one of the 6000 year old camels
Skeleton of
a dromedary
(1992-2006)
Last update: 12 March
2010
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**NEWS**
15
February 2010
For
sale: Iraq's smuggled heritage (Source: The
National)
10 February 2010
Smuggled
Iraqi treasures seized at Dubai airport (Source: The
National)
24 January 2010
8
million year old fossils discovered in Al Gharbia (Source: Al
Bayan)
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scan of the article]
8 million year old fossil
crocodiles discovered in Al Gharbia (Source: Al
Hayat)
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the article]
8 million year old fossils in Al Gharbia discovered (Source: Al
Ittihad)
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scan of the article]
8 million year
old fossils found in Al Gharbia (Source: Al
Khaleej)
Ancient
fossils found in Al Gharbia (Source: Alrroya
Aleqtissadiya Newspaper)
8 million year
old fossils discovered in Al Gharbia (Source: Emaratalyoum)
New
rare fossils found in Al Gharbia area (Source: Emirates
Business 24-7)
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a jpg scan of the article]
8-m-year-old fossils discovered in Al Gharbia (Source: Gulf
News)
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scan of the article]
New
fossils found in Abu Dhabi (Source: Gulf
Today)
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scan of the article]
Important New Fossils Found in Abu Dhabi (Source: Khaleej
Times)
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scan of the article]
New fossil
discoveries in Abu Dhabi (Source: The
Voice of Russia)
Important
new fossils found in Abu Dhabi (Source: UAEInteract.com)
Eight-million-year-old
crocs (Source: 7Days)
23 January 2010
Important
new fossils found in Abu Dhabi (Source:
abudhabicityguide.com)
Important
new fossils found in Abu Dhabi (Source: WAM
Emirates Press Agency)
16 January 2010
Abu
Dhabi 8 million years ago: fossils help paint ancient portrait
(Source: The National)
29 December 2009 - 16 January 2010
Member of ADACH and Yale University (Peabody Museum of Natural History)
team investigating Late Miocene fossil sites in Abu Dhabi's Western
Region.
5
November 2009
Journey
through time (Source: Gulf
News Friday)
New
Publications...
Wahida,
G., W. Yasin Al-Tikriti, M. Beech and A. Al Meqbali. 2009. A Middle
Palaeolithic assemblage from Jabel Barakah, Coastal Abu Dhabi emirate.
Pages 117-124 in: M.D. Petraglia and J.I. Rose (eds.), The
Evolution of Human Populations in Arabia: Paleoenvironments, Prehistory
and Genetics (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series).
Springer: Heidelberg, London, New York. Hardcover:
312 pages. Language: English. ISBN: 978-90-481-2718-4.
Mark
Beech, Marjan Mashkour, Matthias Huels and Antoine Zazzo. 2009. Prehistoric
camels in south-eastern Arabia: the discovery of a new site in Abu Dhabi's
Western Region, United Arab Emirates. Proceedings of the Seminar for
Arabian Studies 39: 39-52.
Mark Beech.
2009. Archaeology of the Late Pre-Islamic to Early Islamic Period with
a particular focus on recent discoveries on Sir Bani Yas Island, Abu
Dhabi Emirate. Pages 99-112 (english version); Pages 105-118 (arabic
version). In: New Perspectives on Recording UAE. Proceedings of the
International History Conference, New Perspectives on Recording UAE
History, National Center for Documentation and Research 40th Anniversary
Conference (23-25 November 2008). National Center for Documentation
and Research, Abu Dhabi, UAE. ISBN 978-9948-05-071-1.
Ghanim Wahida, Walid Yasin al-Tikriti, Mark Beech and Ali al-Meqbali.
2009. Middle Palaeolithic Assemblage in Abu Dhabi Emirate: The view
from Jebel Barakah. Pages 23-36 (english version); Pages 23-37 (arabic
version). In: New Perspectives on Recording UAE. Proceedings of the
International History Conference, New Perspectives on Recording UAE
History, National Center for Documentation and Research 40th Anniversary
Conference (23-25 November 2008). National Center for Documentation
and Research, Abu Dhabi, UAE. ISBN 978-9948-05-071-1.
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