What's new? - 2010

Future events:

23-28 August 2010
11th International Council for Archaeozoology, Paris, France. Dr Marjan Mashkour and myself are co-organising a session on "Old World Camelids" (S1-3) on Wednesday 25th August 2010 from 9.00 - 12.30. This will take place at the Amphitheatre Astier, Université Pierre and Marie Curie Paris 6 (UPMC). To download the programme click here (pdf).

22-24 July 2010
Seminar for Arabian Studies at the British Museum, London.

4-6 May 2010
2nd Adumatu Conference - Man and Environment in the Arab World in the light of Archaeological Discoveries - Sakaka, Saudi Arabia, where I am presenting a paper entitled: "In the Land of the Ichthyophagi: Prehistoric occupation of the coast and islands of the southern Arabian Gulf - a regional review".
Abstract: This paper provides a regional review of the prehistoric occupation of the coast and islands of the southern Arabian Gulf. The earliest archaeological evidence for settlement in this region dates to the Middle Palaeolithic, between around 200,000 to 150,000 years ago. The site of Jebel Barakah, whilst located on the present day coastline of Abu Dhabi emirate's Western Region, was at that time a hill overlooking the eastern edge of the Sabkha Matti river valley, which flowed northwards into the Gulf basin. Innundation of the Gulf took place from around 18,000 years ago. The earliest radiocarbon dates for occupation of the coast and islands of the southern Gulf suggest that human occupation flourished here by the mid to late 6th millennium BC These were Ubaid-related sites founded soon after the filling up of the Gulf to its maximum sea level stand, nearly two metres above present at around 6000 BC. The results of the author's excavations on Dalma and Marawah Islands will be discussed. New evidence will be presented which demonstrates that the people of the southern Gulf formed a cohesive social group distinguishing themselves from the peoples of the central and northern Gulf. Evidence for coastal activities during the Bronze and Iron Age periods is also discussed.

22-24 April 2010
WOMAD Abu Dhabi

29 March - 1 April 2010
ADACH Intangible Heritage Department - Symposium on Heritage Education.

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15-17 March 2010

Attending GISWORX 2010 in Dubai on behalf of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage..

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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8 million year old fossil crocodiles discovered in Al Gharbia (Source: Al Hayat)
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8 million year old fossils in Al Gharbia discovered (Source: Al Ittihad)
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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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8-m-year-old fossils discovered in Al Gharbia (Source: Gulf News)
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New fossils found in Abu Dhabi (Source: Gulf Today)
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Important New Fossils Found in Abu Dhabi (Source: Khaleej Times)
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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.

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