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Dr Mark Beech

Honorary Visiting Fellow
Department of Archaeology
University of York
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Cultural Landscapes Manager
Historic Environment Department
Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH)


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Dr Mark Beech at the Qasr Al Hosn Fort in Abu Dhabi


Skeleton of a dromedary

  





(1992-2006)

Last update: 15 January 2012

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**NEWS**

3 November 2011
Wadi Mayh Bandar Khayran draw geotourism delegates (Source: Breaking Travel News)

2 November 2011
Ancient settlements detected at Dalma Island and Al Khan (Source: The Nationa)

Tourism experts call for geo focus (Source: Times of Oman)

1 November 2011
Exploring Coastal Heritage of Dalma Island (Source: Middle East Online)

31 October 2011
Geotourism conference draws top delegates (Source: Oman Observer)

28 October 2011
Act now … or history is sunk (Source: The National)

27 October 2011
Exploring geotourism avenues (Source: Oman Observer)

New Publications...

J.R. Stewart, S. Aspinall, M. Beech, P. Fenberg, P. Hellyer, N. Larkin, S.W. Lokier, F.G. Marx, M. Meyer, R. Miller, P.S. Rainbow, J.D. Taylor, J.E. Whittaker, K. Al-Mehsin, & C.J. Strohmenger. 2011. Biotically constrained palaeoenvironmental conditions of a mid-Holocene intertidal lagoon on the southern shore of the Arabian Gulf: evidence associated with a whale skeleton at Musaffah, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Quaternary Science Reviews 30 (25-26): 3675-3690.

Chen, W., M. Al-Husaini, M. Beech, K. Al-Enezi and S. Rajab. 2011. Discriminant analysis as a tool to identify catfish (Ariidae) species of the excavated archaeological otoliths. Environmental Biology of Fishes 90 (3): 287-299. [ click here to download this article in Acrobat .pdf format (630 Kb) ].

Beech, M. 2010. Chapter 7: The Animal and Fish Bones. Pages 129-156, in: R. Carter and H. Crawford (eds.), Maritime Interactions in the Arabian Neolithic - The Evidence from H3, As-Sabiyah, an Ubaid-related site in Kuwait. American School of Prehistoric Research Monograph Series, 8. Hardback. Number of pages: xxiv, 384 pp. ISBN-13: 978 90 04 16359 1. ISBN-10: 90 04 16359 X. Price: 50.00 Euros / 50.00 USD. [click here to order this book]

Beech, M.J. 2010. Mermaids of the Arabian Gulf: Archaeological Evidence for the Exploitation of Dugongs from Prehistory to the Present. Liwa (Journal of the National Center for Documentation and Research) 2 (3): 3-18. [ click here to download this article in Acrobat .pdf format (1.66 MB) ].


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