MARK BEECH - PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS



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Beech, M., F. Bibi, P. Sheehan, W.Y. Al-Tikriti and E. Yildirim. 2009. Cultural Heritage Resources in Abu Dhabi Emirate. Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) & Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD). 94 pages.

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Albarella, A., M. Beech, J. Curl, A. Locker, M. Moreno-Garcia and J. Mulville. 2009. Norwich Castle: Excavations and Historical Survey 1987-98. Part III A Zooarchaeological Study. 188 pages, 145 illustrations. East Anglian Archaeology Occasional Paper 22. ISBN-13: 978-0-905594-50-7. ISBN-10: 0-905594-50-9. Paperback. Price GB £20.00. Click here to order.

Abstract:
In the 1980s work began on construction of the vast underground Castle Mall shopping centre in Norwich. The associated archaeological excavation was one of the largest of its kind in northern Europe, designed to investigate not only the castle bailey but also pre-Conquest settlement and, for the post-Conquest period, areas of the surrounding medieval city.

The report describes evidence for late Saxon streets, houses and graveyards; the developing fortifications of an urban castle established before 1100; gradual encroachment by the townspeople into the castle precinct after the 13th century; documentation relating to the ownership and development of properties within the Castle Fee; crafts and industries associated with these plots - notably bell-founding; a late medieval assemblage of great significance from the barbican well including ironwork, leather waste, bird and animal bone; and sizeable finds assemblages resulting from the steady infilling of castle ditches with domestic and commercial refuse.

Beech, M. and P. Hellyer (Eds.). 2005. Abu Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago - Late Miocene Fossils from the Western Region. Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS)/ Dar Al Fajr Printing Press, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
68 pages; 73 figures, maps, plans, drawings, photographs. ISBN 9948-03-188-1.

The book features the following chapters:
Foreword by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Patron, Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS); Chapter 1 - The impact of archaeology on the palaeontology of the Western Region of Abu Dhabi: the History of Palaeontological Research by Walid Yasin Al-Tikriti (pages 10-13); Chapter 2 - Miocene Geology and Fossils of Abu Dhabi by John R. Stewart (pages 14-20); Chapter 3 - The Late Miocene fossil site at Ruwais by Mark Beech (pages 21-33); Chapter 4 - Conservation of Late Miocene fossils from Abu Dhabi by Nigel Larkin (pages 34-36); Chapter 5 -The Fossil Trackway at Mleisa by Will Higgs (pages 37-41); Chapter 6 - Conclusion: the importance of Abu Dhabi's Late Miocene fossil sites by Mark Beech and Peter Hellyer (pages 42-43); Appendix 1 - Catalogue of the Fossils in the Exhibition "Abu Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago - Fossils from the western Region" by Mark Beech (pages 43-55); Appendix 2 - Constructing the scale model of Stegotetrabelodon syrticus by Abdul Hafeez, Izhar Hafeez and Mark Beech (pages 56-59); Appendix 3 - The reconstruction painting "Abu Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago" by Gemma Goodall and Nigel Larkin (pages 60-62); Appendix 4 - Details of the audio-visual presentations in the Exhibition, "Abu Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago - Fossils from the western Region" (pages 63-64); Appendix 5 - List of Contributors (page 65); Bibliography: Books, Websites & Scientific references (pages 66-68).

Beech, M.J. 2004. In the Land of the Ichthyophagi: Modelling fish exploitation in the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman from the 5th millennium BC to the Late Islamic period - Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey Monograph 1. British Archaeological Reports International Series S1217. ISBN 1841715778. Price £ 39.00 UK pounds. xxi + 293 pages; 126 figures, maps, plans, drawings, photographs; 232 tables; 8 Appendices of data, remains and sites.

Fishing forms an important activity in many societies throughout the world today and played a significant role in the life and subsistence of many prehistoric societies. Past archaeological research on fishing has often tended to concentrate on particular sites or chronological periods. This study aims to adopt an inter-disciplinary approach to model regional interactions between coastal communities and their environment. The geographical framework for this study is the Arabian Gulf/Gulf of Oman, with a particular focus on the southern Gulf region and present day coastline of the United Arab Emirates. The environmental and archaeological background to the region is considered first and modern fisheries data, as well as ethnographic data relating to traditional fisheries is presented. An evaluation is carried out of all the archaeological evidence for the adoption of particular fisheries technology. The principal data forming the basis for this study are 23 archaeological fish bone assemblages from sites located throughout the Arabian Gulf/Gulf of Oman. The chronological focus is from the 5th millennium BC to the Late Islamic period. In order to comprehend the regional variation in fisheries, sites were selected on the basis that they represented a variety of site types in different environments scattered throughout the region. This research provides for the first time a detailed insight into the status of past fisheries resources in the region as well as an insight into the fishing strategies utilised by the early coastal inhabitants of the Gulf during the course of the past 7000 years. The work’s special focus is on the use of biometrical techniques to enable size reconstruction of economically important fish groups. The overall aim of this research (the first in a planned series of Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey Monographs) is to consider the interactions between the goals of the coastal societies, their fishing strategies and environment; the work overall goes some way towards addressing some of the key questions of relevance to the archaeology of south-east Arabia.

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Review 1:

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Review 2:

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Dreslerova, D. and M. Beech. 1995. A Late Hallstatt settlement in Bohemia - Excavations at Jenstejn, 1984. Prague-East District Museum, Brandys nad Labem, in collaboration with the Institute of Archaeology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague. ISBN 80-901026-9-7.

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Dennell, R. and M. Beech. 1990. New Discoveries of Earliest Pakistan. Cresswell Heritage Trust, Whaley Thorns, Nottinghamshire. 

ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS




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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.




Beech M, M. Mashkour, M. Huels and A. 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: 17-30.



Wahida, G., W. Yasin Al-Tikriti and M. Beech. 2008. Barakah: a Middle Palaeolithic site in Abu Dhabi emirate. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 38: 55-64
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Méry, S., V. Charpentier and M. Beech. 2008. First evidence of shell fish-hook technology in the Gulf. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 19 (1): 15-21.
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Cuttler, R., M. Beech, H. Kallweit, A. Zander and W.Y. Al-Tikriti. 2007. Pastoral nomadic communities of the Holocene climatic optimum: excavation and research at Kharimat Khor al Manahil and Khor Al Manahil in the Rub al-Khali, Abu Dhabi. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 37: 61-78.



Stewart, J.R. and M. Beech. 2006. The Miocene birds of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) with a discussion of the age of modern species and genera. Historical Biology: A Journal of Paleobiology 18(2): 103-113. Click here for link to abstract.



Beech, M. and E. Glover. 2005. The environment and economy of an Ubaid-related settlement on Dalma island, United Arab Emirates. Paléorient 31/1: 97-107.
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Beech M., R. Cuttler, D. Moscrop, H. Kallweit & J. Martin. 2005. New evidence for the Neolithic settlement of Marawah Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 35: 37-56.
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Kallweit H., M. Beech & W.Y. Al-Tikriti. 2005. Kharimat Khor al-Manahil and Khor Al Manahil — New Neolithic sites in the south-eastern desert of the UAE. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 35: 97-113.
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Dennell, R.W., R. Coard, M. Beech, M. Anwar and A. Turner. 2005. Locality 642, An Upper Siwalik (Pinjor Stage) Fossil Accumulation in the Pabbi Hills, Pakistan. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 50(1): 83-92.
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Beech, M., H. Kallweit and P. Hellyer. 2004. New archaeological investigations at Abu Dhabi Airport, United Arab Emirates. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 34: 1-15.
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Beech, M. and N. Al Shaiba. 2004. Intertidal Archaeology on Marawah Island: New Evidence for Ancient Boat Mooring Sites. Tribulus (Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group) 14.2: 8-16.
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Beech, M. 2003. The diet of Osprey Pandion haliaetus on Marawah island, Abu Dhabi emirate, UAE. Tribulus (Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group) 13.1: 22-25.
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Beech, M. 2002. Fishing in the ‘Ubaid: a Review of Fish-bone Assemblages from Early Prehistoric Coastal Settlements in the Arabian Gulf. Journal of Oman Studies 12: 25-40.
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Hogarth, P. and M. Beech. 2002. An ambidextrous fiddler crab. Tribulus (Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group) 12.2: 24-25.
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Beech, M. and E. Shepherd.  2001.  Archaeobotanical evidence for early date consumption on Dalma Island, United Arab Emirates. Antiquity 75 (No.287, March 2001): 83-9.  
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Beech, M., J. Elders and E. Shepherd.  2000.  Reconsidering the 'Ubaid of the Southern Gulf: new results from excavations on Dalma Island, U.A.E. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 30: 41-47.
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Blau, S. and Beech, M. 1999. One woman and her dog: An Umm an-Nar example from the United Arab Emirates. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 10: 34-42
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Beech, M. 1999. Srbec: The Animal Bones. Památky archeologické 90: 57-63.
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Beech, M. 1998. Comments on two vertebrate samples from early Islamic Jazirat al-Hulaylah (5th-9th c. AD) and Islamic Julfar (mid-14th - 16th c. AD), United Arab Emirates. Bulletin of Archaeology, University of Kanazawa 24: 197-203.
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Beech, M. and Pipe, A. 1997. The Animal Bones. In: Kennet, D., Kush: a Sasanian and Islamic-period archaeological tell in Ras al-Khaimah (U.A.E.). Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 8: 284-302 (pp.297-298). 



Beech, M. 1993. Post-Processual Archaeology: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly": Some comments by an archaeozoologist working in the Czech Republic. Archeologické rozhledy 45.3: 375-380. 
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Beech, M. 1993. Archaeozoology and Archaeobotany: its role in the ALRNB project. Památky archeologické 84.2: 137-142. 
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CHAPTERS IN BOOKS



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. To order this book via Amazon click here.




Beech, M. 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 History. 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.

Wahida, G., W.Y. al-Tikriti, M. Beech and A. 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 History. 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.




Beech, M., R. Cuttler, D. Moscrop, H. Kallweit and J. Martin. 2008. Excavations at the Neolithic Settlement of MR11 on Marawah Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: 2004 Season. Pages 25-53. In: P. Hellyer and M. Ziolkowski (eds.), Emirates Heritage Vol.2 - Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Symposium on Recent Archaeological Discoveries in the Emirates and of the Symposium on the History of the Emirates, Al Ain, 2004. Zayed Center for Heritage and History, Al Ain. ISBN 978-9949-06-078-9.

Kallweit, H., M. Beech and W.Y. Al-Tikriti. 2008. New Neolithic sites in the Rub al-Khali: survey and excavations at Umm az-Zamul - the 2004 season. Pages 6-24. In: P. Hellyer and M. Ziolkowski (eds.), Emirates Heritage Vol.2 - Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Symposium on Recent Archaeological Discoveries in the Emirates and of the Symposium on the History of the Emirates, Al Ain, 2004. Zayed Center for Heritage and History, Al Ain. ISBN 978-9949-06-078-9.




Beech, M., P. Hogarth and C. Phillips. 2008. Zooarchaeological Evidence for Trade in Marine Resources in South-East Arabia. Pages 329-335. In: E. Olijdam and R.H. Spoor (eds.), Intercultural relations between South and Southwest Arabia. Studies in Commemoration of E.C.L. During Caspers (1934-1996). British Archaeological Reports International Series 1826. Society for Arabian Studies Monographs no.7. Archaeopress, Oxford.
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Beech, M. 2008. The Environmental Archaeology Research Programme at Nicopolis-ad-Istrum: Methodology and Results. Pages 219-250. In: A. Poulter (ed.), The Transition to Late Antiquity, on the Danube and Beyond. Proceedings of the British Academy Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN-10: 0197264026. ISBN-13: 978-0197264027. Hardback 24.8 x 20 x 5cm. 430 pages.
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Beech, M. 2008. Appendix 9 - Animal and Fish Bones (on the CD). In: Graeme Barker, David Gilbertson, and David Mattingly (Eds.), Archaeology and Desertification: The Wadi Faynan Landscape Survey, Southern Jordan. 502p, 397 b/w illus, 61 tabs, CD with col illus. Wadi Faynan Series volume 2, Levant Supplementary Series 6, Council for British Research in the Levant in Association with Oxbow Books 2008. ISBN-13: 978-1-84217-286-5. ISBN-10: 1-84217-286-7.
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Synopsis:
The Wadi Faynan is a harshly beautiful and desertic landscape in southern Jordan, situated between the hyper-arid deserts of the Wadi 'Arabah and the rugged and wetter Mountains of Edom. "Archaeology and Desertification" presents the results of the Wadi Faynan Landscape Survey, an inter-disciplinary study of landscape change undertaken in the Wadi Faynan by a team of archaeologists and geographers with the goal of contributing to present-day desertification debates by providing a long-term perspective on the relationship between environmental change and human history. The Wadi Faynan was the focus for some of the earliest farming in the Near East, and the earliest metallurgy, and in Roman times was a centre for copper and lead mining. The project reveals how past communities of farmers, shepherds, and miners managed their challenging environment, the solutions they developed, their successes and failures, and their short- and long-term environmental impacts. The richness of the palaeoclimatic, archaeological and palaeoecological data reveals an environmental/cultural history of complex pathways, synergies, and feedbacks operating at many different geographical scales, rates, and intensities. The project's findings on the complexity of past and present people:environment relations in the Wadi Faynan affirm the power of inter-disciplinary landscape archaeology to contribute significantly to the desertification debate. With global warming likely to threaten the lives of millions of people in the semi-arid and arid lands that comprise over a third of the planet through the course of this century, with potentially dire consequences for adjacent populations in better-watered regions, understanding the complexity of past responses to aridification has never been more urgent.



Beech, M. 2008. Animal bones. In: Anwen Cooper and Mark Edmonds, Past and Present: Excavations at Broom, Bedfordshire 1996-2005. Illustrations by Andrew Hall. Cambridge Archaeological Unit. 281 pages. 11.00x9.00x0.50 inches. Hardcover. ISBN-13: 978-0-9544824-4-2. ISBN-10: 0-9544824-4-1. Price GB £30.00.
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Documenting the results of some ten years of fieldwork, this volume explores the prehistoric occupation of a small valley near Broom, on the Bedfordshire gravels. It traces a biography of the landscape from the later Mesolithic through to the Iron Age, a sequence that saw profound changes in the character, scale and temporality of occupation. Undertaken in advance of gravel extraction, the scale of the fieldwork reported here made it possibe to track not only the sequence of occupation, but also how prehistoric communities encountered, appropriated or ignored the 'archaeology' of their time. Set against sequences from across southern England, this work sheds important light on the relationship between local histories and broader processes, and on the complex and geographically varied ways in which the past itself was understood in the past.




Beech, M. 2007. The Late Stone Age of South-Eastern Arabia: New Results from Excavations on Marawah Island and Umm az-Zamul, Abu Dhabi emirate, UAE. In: J. and J. Orchard (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium - Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula Through the Ages 7th-9th May 2006. Monograph No.134. Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. pp.110-141.




Beech, M. 2007. Chapter 10 - The Large Mammal and Reptile Bones. Pages 154-197. In: A. Poulter (ed.), Nicopolis Ad Istrum III: A Roman to Early Byzantine Site: the Finds And Environmental Evidence. Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Oxbow Books. ISBN-10: 1842171828. ISBN-13: 978-1842171820. 280 pages, 114 b/w illus, 54 tabs. Oxbow Books for the Society of Antiquaries 2007.
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Beech, M. 2007. Chapter 16 - The Mollusca. Pages 292-296. In: A. Poulter (ed.), Nicopolis Ad Istrum III: A Roman to Early Byzantine Site: the Finds And Environmental Evidence. Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Oxbow Books. ISBN-10: 1842171828. ISBN-13: 978-1842171820. 280 pages, 114 b/w illus, 54 tabs. Oxbow Books for the Society of Antiquaries 2007.
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Beech, M. and B. Irving. 2007. Chapter 12 - The Fish Remains. Pages 223-240. In: A. Poulter (ed.), Nicopolis Ad Istrum III: A Roman to Early Byzantine Site: the Finds And Environmental Evidence. Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Oxbow Books. ISBN-10: 1842171828. ISBN-13: 978-1842171820. 280 pages, 114 b/w illus, 54 tabs. Oxbow Books for the Society of Antiquaries 2007.
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Boev, Z. and M. Beech. 2007. Chapter 13 - The Bird Bones. Pages 241-252. In: A. Poulter (ed.), Nicopolis Ad Istrum III: A Roman to Early Byzantine Site: the Finds And Environmental Evidence. Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Oxbow Books. ISBN-10: 1842171828. ISBN-13: 978-1842171820. 280 pages, 114 b/w illus, 54 tabs. Oxbow Books for the Society of Antiquaries 2007.
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Beech, M. 2006. Chapter 8, The Roman Landscape: Queensholme excavations - "Animal bone" (pp.435-440). In: C. Evans and I. Hodder: Marshland communities and cultural landscapes from the Bronze Age to present day. The Haddenham Project Vol.2. McDonald Institute Monograph. ISBN-10: 1-902937-32-5. ISBN-13: 9871-902937-32-8. ISSN: 1363-1349.
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Beech, M. 2006. Chapter 7, The Shrine Complex: Situating Ritual (HAD III) - "Animal remains: evidence of animal sacrifice" (pp.369-396). In: C. Evans and I. Hodder: Marshland communities and cultural landscapes from the Bronze Age to present day. The Haddenham Project Vol.2. McDonald Institute Monograph. ISBN-10: 1-902937-32-5. ISBN-13: 9871-902937-32-8. ISSN: 1363-1349.
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Beech, M. 2006. Chapter 2, Barrow Investigations - "Animal bone" (p.36). In: C. Evans and I. Hodder: Marshland communities and cultural landscapes from the Bronze Age to present day. The Haddenham Project Vol.2. McDonald Institute Monograph. ISBN-10: 1-902937-32-5. ISBN-13: 9871-902937-32-8. ISSN: 1363-1349.
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Beech, M. 2005. The Faunal and Botanical Remains. Part 3 - The Fish Bones & Appendix 5.3 - Fish Bone Data Tables. In: T. Insoll, The Land of Enki in the Islamic Era - Pearls, Palms and Religious Identity in Bahrain. Kegan Paul, London, New York, Bahrain. pp.240-251 & 463-479. [ to order this book via Oxbow click here or from Amazon ]



Beech, M. and M. Al-Husaini. 2005. Preliminary report on the vertebrate fauna from site H3, Sabiyah:
an Arabian Neolithic / 'Ubaid site in Kuwait. In: H. Buitenhuis, A.M. Choyke, L. Martin, L. Bartosiewicz and M. Mashkour (eds.), Archaeozoology of the Near East VI: Proceedings of the sixth international symposium on the archaeozoology of southwestern Asia and adjacent areas. ARC Publicaties 123. Groningen, Netherlands. pp.124-138.
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Beech, M., O. Pozzan and S. Aspinall. 2005. The Cave Fauna of Jebel Hafit. In: P. Hellyer and S. Aspinall (eds.), The Emirates - A Natural History. Trident Press, London. pp.108-109.
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Beech, M., T.Z. Al-Abdessalaam and J.P. Hoolihan. 2005. Marine Fish. In: P. Hellyer and S. Aspinall (eds.), The Emirates - A Natural History. Trident Press, London. pp.260-281.
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Hogarth, P. and M. Beech. 2005. Crabs. In: P. Hellyer and S. Aspinall (eds.), The Emirates - A Natural History. Trident Press, London. pp.208-210.
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Beech, M. and W. Higgs. 2005. A New Late Miocene Fossil Site In Ruwais, Western Region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In: P. Hellyer and M. Ziolkowski (eds.), Emirates Heritage Vol. 1 - Proceedings of the 1st Annual Symposium on Recent Palaeontological and Archaeological Discoveries in the Emirates, Al Ain. Zayed Centre for Heritage and History, Al Ain. pp.6-21. ISBN 9948-06-130-6.
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Higgs, W., A. Gardner and M. Beech. 2005. A Fossil Proboscidean Trackway at Mleisa, Western Region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In: P. Hellyer and M. Ziolkowski (eds.), Emirates Heritage Vol. 1 - Proceedings of the 1st Annual Symposium on Recent Palaeontological and Archaeological Discoveries in the Emirates, Al Ain. Zayed Centre for Heritage and History, Al Ain. pp.21-27. ISBN 9948-06-130-6.
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Beech, M.J. 2004. The Fish Fauna of Abu Dhabi Emirate. In: Marine Atlas of Abu Dhabi. Emirates Heritage Club. Milan, Italy: Centro Poligrafico Milano SpA. pp.153-183. ISBN 1-904566-40-5.



Beech, M., O. Pozzan and S. Aspinall. 2004. Troglobites. In: S. Aspinall and P. Hellyer (eds.), Jebel Hafit: A Natural History. Emirates Natural History Group (ENHG). Sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO). ISBN 9948-03-143-1. pp.147-8.

Beech, M. and M. Anwar. 2004. The excavation of fossil locality 642. Chapter 9, in: R.W. Dennell, Early Hominin Landscapes in Northern Pakistan: Investigations in the Pabbi Hills. British Archaeological Reports (International series) S1265. pp.328-352. ISBN 1841713716.
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Anwar, M. and Beech, M. 2004. The excavation of site 362. Chapter 9, in: R.W. Dennell, Early Hominin Landscapes in Northern Pakistan: Investigations in the Pabbi Hills. British Archaeological Reports (International series) S1265. pp.314-327. ISBN 1841713716.
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Beech, M., D. Hull and S. Rowland. 2003. Radiocarbon dating. Page 51, In: King, G.R.D. (ed.) 2003. Sulphur, Camels and Gunpowder - The Sulphur Mines at Jebel Dhanna, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - An archaeological site of the late Islamic period. Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS) and the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO), Abu Dhabi. ISBN 1-904566-43-X. LCCN 2003 113985.
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Beech, M. 2003.The development of fishing in the United Arab Emirates: a zooarchaeological perspective. In: D.T. Potts, H. Naboodah and P. Hellyer (eds.), Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Archaeology of the UAE. Trident Press Ltd., London. pp.289-308.
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Beech, M. 2003. Archaeobotanical Evidence for Early Date Consumption in the Arabian Gulf. Pages 11-31. In: ECSSR (ed), The Date Palm - From Traditional Resource to Green Wealth. Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi. Paperback edition ISBN 9948-00-550-3.
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Beech, M. and Hogarth, P. 2002. An archaeological perspective on the development and exploitation of mangroves in the United Arab Emirates. In: Salim Javid and Amrita G. de Soyza (eds.), Research and Management Options for Mangrove and Salt Marsh Ecosystems - Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium and Workshop on Arid Zone Environments (22-24 December 2001, Abu Dhabi, UAE). Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA), Abu Dhabi, UAE. pp.196-198.
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Zajonz, U., M. Beech and A.C. Gill.  2002.  Fishes of sabkha-related habitats. pages 283-298. In: H-J. Barth and B. Böer (eds.), Sabkha Ecosystems - Volume I: The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Countries. Tasks for Vegetation Sciences Vol 36. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-0504-0. March 2002, 368 pp.
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Hellyer, P. and M. Beech. 2001.  Protected Areas and Cultural Heritage: An Abu Dhabi Case Study. In: Research and Management Options for Protected Areas. Proceedings of the First International Symposium and Workshop on Arid Zone Environments (January 2000). Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency, Abu Dhabi.  pp.195-213.  
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Beech, M. 2000. Preliminary report on the faunal remains from an 'Ubaid settlement on Dalma island, United Arab Emirates. In: M. Mashkour, A.M. Choyke, H. Buitenhuis and F. Poplin (eds.), Archaeozoology of the Near East IV: Volume B - Proceedings of the fourth international symposium on the archaeozoology of southwestern Asia and adjacent areas. ARC Publicatie 32. Groningen, Netherlands. pp.68-78.
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Dobney, K., Beech, M. and Jaques, D. 1999. Hunting the Broad Spectrum Revolution: The Characterisation of Early Neolithic Animal Exploitation at Qermez Dere, Northern Mesopotamia.  In: J.C. Driver (Ed.), Zooarchaeology of the Pleistocene/Holocene Boundary - Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the 8th Congress of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - August 1998. British Archaeological Reports (BAR) International Series 800. pp.47-57 [ to download this article in Acrobat pdf format, please click here (4.1 MB). ]
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Beech, M. 1998. Animal Bones from Mšecké Zehrovice. In: N.Venclova (ed.) Mšecké Zehrovice in Bohemia: Archaeological Background to a Celtic Hero 3rd-2nd cent. B.C.  Kronos B.Y., Paris. pp.225-258. 
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Beech, M. 1997. The Economy and Environment of a Roman, late-Roman and early Byzantine town in north-central Bulgaria: The mammalian fauna from Nicopolis-ad-Istrum. In:  M.Kokabi and J.Wahl (eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference for Archaeozoology, ICAZ, Constance, September 1994. Anthropozoologica 25-26 (1997): 619-630.
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Beech, M. 1995. The Animal Bones from the Hallstatt settlement of Jenstejn, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic. In: Dreslerova, D. and Beech, M.- A Late Hallstatt settlement in Bohemia - Excavations at Jenstejn, 1984. Institute of Archaeology, Prague. pp.99-140. 
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Beech, M. 1995. Whither archaeozoology? In: Kuna, M. and Venclova, N. (eds.), Whither Archaeology - Papers in honour of Evzen Neustupny. Institute of Archaeology, Prague. pp.97-109.
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Beech, M. 1995. A matter of taste? Some evidence for the butchery of horses, dogs and bears at the La Tène Settlement of Jenišuv Újezd. In: Blazek, J. and Meduna, P. (eds.), Archeologické výzkumy v severozápadních Cechách v letech 1983-1992. Ústav archeologické památkové péce severozápadních Cech, Most. pp.165-170. 

Dennell, R.W., Hurcombe, L.M., Coard, R., Beech, M., Anwar, M. and ul Haq, S. 1992. The 1990 field season of the British Archaeological Mission to Pakistan in the Baroth area of the Pabbi Hills, northern Pakistan. South Asian Archaeology 1991 (Proceedings of the Conference of South Asian Archaeologists in Europe, Berlin, July 1991), 1-14.



Jones, R.T., Sly, J., Beech, M. and Parfitt, S. 1988. The Vertebrate Remains. Pages ***-***. In: E. Martin, Burgh: The Iron Age and Roman Enclosure. East Anglian Archaeology Volume 40. Suffolk County Council.
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OTHER ARTICLES



Beech, M. 2008. The Marvels of Millennia. The Arts of Islam - Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection - The Canvas Supplement, January 2008: 16-18.
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Beech, M. 2006. Book review of "Hans-Peter Uerpmann, Margarethe Uerpmann and Sabah Abboud Jasim (eds.), 2006. Funeral Monuments and Human Remains from Jebel al-Buhais. The Archaeology of Jebel Al-Buhais, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Vol.1. Department of Culture & Information, Government of Sharjah, UAE, Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters Universität Tübingen, Germany, and Kerns Verlag, Tübingen. 385 pages. Hardback. ISBN: 3-935751-06-0", in Tribulus (Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group) 16.2: 36-37.



Beech, M., H. Kallweit, R. Cuttler and W.Y. Al-Tikriti. 2006. Neolithic sites in Umm az-Zamul. Bulletin of the Society for Arabian Studies 11: 17-26.
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Beech, M. 2006. Book review of "Reef Fishes: UAE and Gulf of Oman" by Richard Field. Dubai: Motivate publishing, in Tribulus (Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group) 15.2: **-**.

Beech, M. 2006. Book review of "The Early Dilmun Settlement at Saar", edited by Robert Killick and Jane Moon, London-Bahrain Archaeological Expedition Saar Excavation Report 3. xii+367 pages, 536 colour illustrations, tables. 2005. Ludlow: Archaeology International; 0-9539561-1-3 hardback" in Antiquity 80 (No.307, March 2006): 227-228.
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Beech, M. 2005. Abu Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago - Late Miocene Fossils from the Western Region. A4 folded leaflet, double sided with colour photographs. Designed by Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS) / Don-Rite, Abu Dhabi. Available in both Arabic and English.

Beech, M. 2004. Book review of "Stone Age Sites and their Natural Environment - The Capital Area of Northern Oman Part III by Hans-Peter Uerpmann and Margarethe Uerpmann, with a contribution by Stefan Scholer, 2003. Beihefte zum Tubinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients - Reihe A (Naturwissenschaften) Nr. 31/3. Dr Ludwig Reichert, Wiesbaden, Germany" in Tribulus (Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group) 14.1: 25-26.
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Beech, M., K. Cooper and H. Kallweit. 2003. Archaeology at the Al Ghazal Golf Club. ADIAS, Abu Dhabi.
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Beech, M. and H. Kallweit.  2001.  A Note on the Archaeological and Environmental remains from Site JH-57, a 5th-4th Millennium BC shell midden in Jazirat al-Hamra, Ra's al-Khaimah. Tribulus (Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group) 11.1: 17-20.
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Hellyer, P. and M. Beech. 2001. C14 dating of Iron Age hearths on the island of Rufayq, Abu Dhabi. Tribulus (Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group) 11.1: 21-23.
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Hogarth, P. and M. Beech. 2001. A first modern record of the Mangrove Crab Scylla serrata in the U.A.E. and south-eastern Arabian Gulf. Tribulus (Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group) 11.2: 30.
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Beech, M. 1999. Dalma archaeological site yields Arabia's oldest date stones. Tribulus (Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group) 9.1: 18.
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Beech, M. 1999. A new species of triggerfish recorded for the Arabian Gulf. Tribulus (Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group) 9.1: 18-20.
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Beech, M. and Elders, J. 1999. An 'Ubaid-related settlement on Dalma Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates. Bulletin of the Society of Arabian Studies 4: 17-21. 
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Beech, M. 1998. Ancient marine resource exploitation in the southern Arabian Gulf:  an archaeozoological perspective (Research in Progress - Archaeology). Tribulus (Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group) 8.2: 31-32.
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Elders, J. and Beech, M. 1998. Oldest houses in UAE discovered. Emirates News, Tuesday, May 12, 1998. p.5.

Beech, M. and Kuna, M. 1993. Archaeological Theory in Europe - The Last Three Decades. Book review (in Czech). Archeologické rozhledy 45.2: 349-350.
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Beech, M. 1993. Waste disposal in Historic Prague: archaeology, toilets and faeces. Eko Journal 6.2: 20-21. 

Beech, M. 1993. The Animal Bones. In: Kinsley, A.G., Excavations on the Saxo-Norman Town defences at Slaughter House Lane, Newark-on-Trent, Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire 97: 14-63 (pp.52-54).
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Beech, M. 1993. From our foreign correspondent: The life of an English Archaeologist in Prague. Young Archaeologist 81: 8. Council for British Archaeology, York.
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Beech, M. 1993. The medieval settlement near to St.Peter's church - environment and economy. Mediaevalia Archaeologica Bohemica: Supplementum 2, Institute of Archaeology, Prague, 215-218.
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Beech, M. 1992. Animal Bones. In: Politis, K.D., Excavations at Deir 'Ain 'Abata 1991. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 36: 281-290 (p. 284).
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Beech, M. 1992. Environmental archaeology: The study of Man and Environment. Eko Journal 9.1: 19. 

Jones, R.T., Sly, J., Beech, M. and Parfitt, S. 1987. Burgh, Suffolk: The Vertebrate Remains. Ancient Monuments Laboratory Report 14/87.
[ this was subsequently published as Jones, R.T., Sly, J., Beech, M. and Parfitt, S. 1988. The Vertebrate Remains. Pages ***-***. In: E. Martin, Burgh: The Iron Age and Roman Enclosure. East Anglian Archaeology Volume 40. Suffolk County Council. To order this volume click here ] 

Beech, M. 1986. Agricultural economy and environment - The Animal Bones. In: Holgate, R. Excavations at the Late Prehistoric and Roman-British enclosure complex at Carne's Seat, Goodwood, West Sussex, 1984. Sussex Archaeological Collections 124, 35-50 (pp.45-47).
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Beech, M. 1986. The Animal Bones. In: Holgate, R. Excavations at Lordington, Stoughton, West Sussex. Sussex Archaeological Collections 124, 244-251 (pp.249-251). 
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DVD:

Abu Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago - Fossils from the Western Region

2005.

Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS).

Available in both Arabic and English, featuring:

(1) Fossils from Western Abu Dhabi - The Animals of 8 Million Years Ago (4 mins, 12 secs). Presentation produced and directed by Will Higgs and Dr Mark Beech (ADIAS) - 2005.

(2) Hot Fossils from Abu Dhabi (5 mins, 27 secs) - Presenter: David Attenborough. Film produced and directed by Dave Holmes RKD Productions Ltd., London - 1991. Arabic version produced by Dr Mark Beech (ADIAS) - 2005.

(3) Abu Dhabi - the Missing Link (28 mins, 47 secs). Film produced and directed by Brooke Film Productions for the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) - 1991.

FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS
 
BOOKS

Glover, E. and M.J. Beech (in prep./ to be published in 2010). Shells and Archaeology in Eastern Arabia. Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS) / Shell Middle East, Abu Dhabi. 100 pages+.

Shepherd-Popescu, E. and M.J. Beech (eds.). (in prep./ to be published in 2010). Excavations at an Ubaid-related site on Dalma Island. British Archaeological Reports International Series. Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey Monograph 2. ArchaeoPress, Oxford. 350 pages+.

ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

Beech, M. (in press). In Search of the Ichthyophagoi: Neolithic Fishing Communities of the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Journal of Magan Studies.

Méry, S., J. Blackman and M. Beech. (in prep). An interesting ceramic jar from an Ubaid-related settlement on Marawah island, Abu Dhabi emirate. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy.

Hogarth, P. and M. Beech (in prep). The exploitation of crabs in Eastern Arabia from the Neolithic to Islamic period. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Beech, M., M. Mashkour, A. Parker and A. Parton. 2010, in prep. Wild Camels, Lakes and the end of the Holocene Climatic Optimum. In: D.T. Potts and P. Hellyer (eds.), 2nd International Conference on Archaeology of the UAE.

Beech, M., V. Charpentier and K. McSweeney. 2010, in prep. Neolithic life on Marawah Island - new perspectives and future prospects. In: D.T. Potts and P. Hellyer (eds.), 2nd International Conference on Archaeology of the UAE.

Beech, M. (in press). The Mammal and Fish Bones. In: R. Carter and H. Crawford (eds.), Early Settlement and Seafaring in the Persian Gulf - The view from an Ubaid-related Neolithic site in As-Sabiyah, Kuwait (6th-5th millennium BCE). National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters and Shell Kuwait, Kuwait. American School of Prehistoric Research Bulletin, Peabody Museum Press, Harvard University Press.

Beech, M. (in press). The Mammal Bones. In: K.D. Politis (ed.) Excavations at Deir 'Ain 'Abata: A Byzantine Church and Monastery in Jordan. British Museum Press, London. 

Beech, M. and Prance, C. (in press). The Fish Bones. In: K.D. Politis (ed.) Excavations at Deir 'Ain 'Abata: A Byzantine Church and Monastery in Jordan. British Museum Press, London. 

Beech, M. and Rielly, K. (in press). The Bird Bones. In: K.D. Politis (ed.) Excavations at Deir 'Ain 'Abata: A Byzantine Church and Monastery in Jordan. British Museum Press, London. 

Beech, M., J. Stewart and H. Kallweit. (in prep.). Umm al-Ishtan and Bida al-Mutawa: new Late Miocene fossil sites in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi Emirate. In: P. Hellyer and M. Ziolkowski (eds.). 4th Annual Symposium on Recent Archaeological Work in the Emirates. Zayed Centre for Heritage and History.

Kallweit, H., R. Cuttler and M. Beech. (in prep.). Archaeological survey and excavations on Sadiyat island, Abu Dhabi Emirate: 2005 and 2006 seasons. In: P. Hellyer and M. Ziolkowski (eds.). 4th Annual Symposium on Recent Archaeological Work in the Emirates. Zayed Centre for Heritage and History.

Kallweit, H., R. Cuttler, M. Beech and W.Y. Al-Tikriti. (in prep). Investigating the Desert Neolithic: a report on the 3rd season of archaeological survey and excavations at Umm az-Zamul, Abu Dhabi Emirate. In: P. Hellyer and M. Ziolkowski (eds.). 4th Annual Symposium on Recent Archaeological Work in the Emirates. Zayed Centre for Heritage and History.

Beech, M. (in press). The Animal Bones. In: J. Plouviez (ed.). Excavations at Pakenham, a Roman military and civilian settlement in Suffolk. East Anglia Archaeology Series.

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