Books and Monographs by Peter Magee
Extract from The Archaeology of Prehistoric Arabia
"""Table of Contents.
1. Arabia and the study of the ancient Near East.
2. Ecological and envir... more """Table of Contents.
1. Arabia and the study of the ancient Near East.
2. Ecological and environmental diversity in Arabia.
3. The formation of Arabian society: 7000 to 3000 BC.
4. Eastern Arabia from 3000 to 2000 BC.
5. The Bronze Age in western Arabia.
6. Eastern Arabia from 2000 to 1300 BC.
7. Humans, dromedaries, and the transformation of ancient Arabia.
8. Intensification and consolidation: Arabia from 1300 to 800 BC.
9. Expansion and engagement: Arabia and the ancient Near East.
10. Adaptation and social formation in ancient Arabia."""
= Journal of Asian Civilizations XXIII: 1-202.
Tepe Yahya provides a stratigraphic sequence that stretches some 6,000 years, from the Neolithic ... more Tepe Yahya provides a stratigraphic sequence that stretches some 6,000 years, from the Neolithic period to the early centuries AD. As a result, the site is critical for understanding cultural processes in southeastern Iran. In this fifth volume of results of the excavations at Tepe Yahya, Peter Magee presents evidence from the Iron Age occupation of the site. Looking beyond the epigraphic and historical data and examining the insights provided by the artifactual record, Magee describes how a small settlement, located some distance from the main centers of power, came into being and was affected by the emergence of the Achaemenid imperial system, which stretched from Pakistan to Libya.
Papers by Peter Magee
Dromedaries have been fundamental to the development of human societies in arid landscapes and fo... more Dromedaries have been fundamental to the development of human societies in arid landscapes and for long-distance trade across hostile hot terrains for 3,000 y. Today they continue to be an important livestock resource in marginal agro-ecological zones. However, the history of dromedary domestication and the influence of ancient trading networks on their genetic structure have remained elusive. We combined ancient DNA sequences of wild and early-domesticated dromedary samples from arid regions with nuclear microsatellite and mitochondrial genotype information from 1,083 extant animals collected across the species' range. We observe little phylogeographic signal in the modern population, indicative of extensive gene flow and virtually affecting all regions except East Africa, where dromedary populations have remained relatively isolated. In agreement with archaeological findings, we identify wild dromedaries from the southeast Arabian Peninsula among the founders of the domestic dromedary gene pool. Approximate Bayesian computations further support the " restocking from the wild " hypothesis, with an initial domestication followed by introgression from individuals from wild, now-extinct populations. Compared with other livestock, which show a long history of gene flow with their wild ancestors, we find a high initial diversity relative to the native distribution of the wild ancestor on the Arabian Peninsula and to the brief coexistence of early-domesticated and wild individuals. This study also demonstrates the potential to retrieve ancient DNA sequences from osseous remains excavated in hot and dry desert environments. anthropogenic admixture | Camelus dromedarius | demographic history | paleogenetics | wild dromedary T he dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) is one of the largest domestic ungulates and one of the most recent additions to livestock. Known as the " ship of the desert " (1), it enabled the transportation of people and valuable goods (e.g., salt, incense, spices) over long distances connecting Arabia, the Near East, and North Africa. This multipurpose animal has outperformed all other domestic mammals, including the donkey, in arid environments and continues to provide basic commodities to millions of people inhabiting marginal agro-ecological zones. In the current context of advancing desertification and global climate change, there is renewed interest in the biology and production traits of the species (2), with the first annotated genome drafts having been recently released (3, 4). In contrast to other livestock species, the evolutionary history and domestication of Old World camelids (Camelini) have Significance The dromedary is one of the largest domesticates, sustainably used in arid and hostile environments. It provides food and transport to millions of people in marginal agricultural areas. We show how important long-distance and back-and-forth movements in ancient caravan routes shaped the species' genetic diversity. Using a global sample set and ancient mitochondrial DNA analyses, we describe the population structure in modern dromedaries and their wild extinct ancestors. Phylogenetic analyses of ancient and modern dromedaries suggest a history of restocking from wild animals from the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Dromedaries now extend the list of species for which classic models of domestication from a single center and from wild conspecific individuals in isolation are rejected.
Iranica Antiqua, 1999
... Titre du document / Document title. The Iron Age platforms at Tepe Yahya = Plateformes de l&#... more ... Titre du document / Document title. The Iron Age platforms at Tepe Yahya = Plateformes de l'Âge du Fer à Tepe Yahya. Auteur(s) / Author(s). LAMBERG-KARLOVSKY CC (1) ;MAGEE P. (2) ; Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s). ...
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 1998
Zeitschrift für Orient-Archäologie 8: 253-278.
This paper presents an overview of the state of ev... more Zeitschrift für Orient-Archäologie 8: 253-278.
This paper presents an overview of the state of evidence concerning the of domesticated dromedary camel in the ancient Near East. It draws upon artifactual, textual, and archaeological evidence from southern Arabia to Syria, including recently excavated material from the United Arab Emirates.
Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2013
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 2009
Indian Rouletted Ware pottery is the iconic marker of the overseas reach of the subcontinent at t... more 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 distributed long term over south India, Rouletted ware is made in at least two regional centres for coastal communities using a new ceramic language, one appropriate to an emerging international merchant class.
This article summarizes the outcome of a workshop sponsored by the Durham University Centre for I... more This article summarizes the outcome of a workshop sponsored by the Durham University Centre for Iranian Cultural Studies, where papers were presented on the entire chronological range of water management systems in Iran from around 8000 years bc until around 1000 ad. The primary aim was to recognize major research questions that could be used to create an agenda for future studies of ancient water use in the country. In the Durham meeting, it appeared that although the small-scale prehistoric systems probably constituted an example of ‘human niche construction’, the later imperial systems did not. Despite the recognition of occasional irrigation systems of third millennium bc date in the Deh Luran plain by Neely and Wright, as well as perhaps in Khuzestan, there appears to be a general dearth of evidence of Chalcolithic and Bronze Age systems in Iran. However, by the first millennium bc there was a considerable increase in the construction of major water management systems, some of which were, at least as far as the associated evidence suggests, constructed by imperial authorities. All agreed, however, that just because a system appeared large in scale, it was not necessarily a result of imperial management. For the subject of qanats it was argued that not only were they usually built by small-scale societies, but also that there may have been multiple centres of origin; one primary centre being a broad zone of south-east Iran, Pakistan and south-east Arabia.
Iranica antiqua, Jan 1, 2005
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Jan 1, 2007
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Jan 1, 1999
PSAS, Jan 1, 2003
... New Data Muweilah Muweilah is located in the arid sand belt that separates the coast from the... more ... New Data Muweilah Muweilah is located in the arid sand belt that separates the coast from the inland piedmont plain in the Emirate of Sharjah. ... OZB802 date seed destruction layer 2406±1 34 81 0-1 97 ВС OZB803 wood charcoal destruction layer 2427±78 780-394 ВС ...
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Books and Monographs by Peter Magee
1. Arabia and the study of the ancient Near East.
2. Ecological and environmental diversity in Arabia.
3. The formation of Arabian society: 7000 to 3000 BC.
4. Eastern Arabia from 3000 to 2000 BC.
5. The Bronze Age in western Arabia.
6. Eastern Arabia from 2000 to 1300 BC.
7. Humans, dromedaries, and the transformation of ancient Arabia.
8. Intensification and consolidation: Arabia from 1300 to 800 BC.
9. Expansion and engagement: Arabia and the ancient Near East.
10. Adaptation and social formation in ancient Arabia."""
Papers by Peter Magee
This paper presents an overview of the state of evidence concerning the of domesticated dromedary camel in the ancient Near East. It draws upon artifactual, textual, and archaeological evidence from southern Arabia to Syria, including recently excavated material from the United Arab Emirates.
1. Arabia and the study of the ancient Near East.
2. Ecological and environmental diversity in Arabia.
3. The formation of Arabian society: 7000 to 3000 BC.
4. Eastern Arabia from 3000 to 2000 BC.
5. The Bronze Age in western Arabia.
6. Eastern Arabia from 2000 to 1300 BC.
7. Humans, dromedaries, and the transformation of ancient Arabia.
8. Intensification and consolidation: Arabia from 1300 to 800 BC.
9. Expansion and engagement: Arabia and the ancient Near East.
10. Adaptation and social formation in ancient Arabia."""
This paper presents an overview of the state of evidence concerning the of domesticated dromedary camel in the ancient Near East. It draws upon artifactual, textual, and archaeological evidence from southern Arabia to Syria, including recently excavated material from the United Arab Emirates.