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Dr Mark Altaweel
103
31-34 Gordon Square
London
UK
WC1H 0PY
Tel: 44 (0)20 7679 4607
Appointment
- Reader in Near East Archaeology
- Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square
- Institute of Archaeology
- Faculty of S&HS
Biography
BA, MS, PhD
Reader in Near East Archaeology
Reader in Near East Archaeology
Associate Editor: Social Science Computer Review, Iraq (editorial board)
Educational Background
PhD (University of Chicago, 2004)
MS (University of Chicago, 2000)
BA (University of Illinois, 1997)
PhD (University of Chicago, 2004)
MS (University of Chicago, 2000)
BA (University of Illinois, 1997)
Research Themes
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Research Interests
Agent-based modelling
GIS and land use
Complex adaptive systems
Computational Social Science
Mesopotamian history and archaeology
Research Projects
Documentation of Iraqi Archaeological Sites
Restructuring the social and social-ecological sciences in the 21st century
Salinisation in Mesopotamia
Shahrizor Research Project
SHULGI: A Geospatial Tool for Modelling Human Movement and Interaction
Social Perceptions, Water Use and Climate Change
Fieldwork
Agent-based modelling
GIS and land use
Complex adaptive systems
Computational Social Science
Mesopotamian history and archaeology
Research Projects
Documentation of Iraqi Archaeological Sites
Restructuring the social and social-ecological sciences in the 21st century
Salinisation in Mesopotamia
Shahrizor Research Project
SHULGI: A Geospatial Tool for Modelling Human Movement and Interaction
Social Perceptions, Water Use and Climate Change
Fieldwork
- 2011: Archaeological project conducted in Kurdistan, Iraq (near Sulaymaniyah). Work focuses on studying anthropogenic landscape change in the past using soil analysis, remote sensing, and archaeological survey. Work conducted with the University of Heidelberg.
- 2008-2010: Co-PI on archaeological documentation projected sponsored by the United States State Department with data collected focusing on ancient Mesopotamian sites in southern and northern Iraq. Work included training Iraqis on the use of archaeological survey methods and GPS. Project was conducted near Istanbul, Turkey and Amman, Jordan.
- 2006-2008: Co-PI on archaeological documentation projected sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities with data collected focusing on ancient Mesopotamian sites in southern and northern Iraq. Work included training Iraqis on the use of archaeological survey methods and GPS on archaeological sites in Jordan. Project work was conducted in Homs, Syria and Amman, Jordan.
- 2004-5: PI on archaeological data collection project for sites in northern Mesopotamia with data focused on surveys and excavations conducted in the 1980s and 1990s. Project included training Iraqis on the useof GPS and other survey techniques on sites in Jordan. Project conducted in and near Amman, Jordan.
- 2003: Archaeological site damage assessment survey in Iraq sponsored by National Geographic Society (see October 2003 issue of National Geographic). Conducted near Baghdad, Mosul, and Samarra, Iraq.
Teaching Summary
Mark takes an interdisciplinary perspective in his teaching philosophy and integrates a variety of methods and fields in his courses. He has taught courses on Near Eastern history and archaeology, GIS, remote sensing methods, computational modelling, data science, social-ecological theory, introduction to archaeology, and on land use and environmental change.Mark helped establish the UK's first data science focus in archaeology while his courses in the Near East focus on material culture and its change over time and space.
- Co-ordinator: ARCL007 Introduction to Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology
- Co-ordinator: ARCL0160 Archaeological Data Science
- Co-ordinator: ARCL0200 Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the Near East: City-States and Empires
Appointments
| 01-OCT-2015 | Reader in Near East Archaeology | Institute of Archaeology | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 01-JUN-2012 | Visiting Fellow | Computation Institute | University of Chicago, United States |
| 15-FEB-2012 | Visiting Research Scientist | Decision and Information Sciences | Argonne National Laboratory, United States |
| 01-SEP-2011 – 30-SEP-2015 | Lecturer in Near Eastern Archaeology | Institute of Archaeology | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 01-JUN-2008 – 31-AUG-2011 | Fellow | Computation Institute | University of Chicago, United States |
| 01-MAY-2008 – 30-JUN-2011 | Visiting Professor | Geography and Environmental Studies | University of Alaska, United States |
| 01-AUG-2005 – 30-AUG-2011 | Computational Social Scientist | Decision and Information Sciences | Argonne National Laboratory, United States |
| 01-JUN-2003 – 31-JUL-2005 | Research Associate | Decision and Information Sciences | Argonne National Laboratory, United States |
