Pearce Paul Creasman
Pearce Paul Creasman (born 1981) is an American
archaeologist in the fields of
Egyptology,
maritime archaeology, and
dendrochronology. In recognition of his work he has been made a fellow of the Explorer's Club, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Linnean Society, among others. From 2009 to 2020, he was a professor and curator at the
University of Arizona, where he served as director of the Egyptian Expedition. Beginning in 2020, he was appointed executive director of the
American Center of Oriental Research. He has been conducting archaeological and environmental research in Egypt and Sudan since 2004 and is editor of the peer-reviewed ''Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections''. Prof. Creasman is author or co-author of more than 100 articles and edited books and has been awarded more than 60 competitive research grants, including from the
National Geographic Society, the
National Science Foundation, and the
Save America's Treasures program. He has held a number of professional offices and received several academic and educational honors and awards, including recognition from the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy [https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2016/12/09/finding-federal-scientific-collections-just-got-easier-1] and National Geographic [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/dive-ancient-pyramid-nuri-sudan]. He earned his doctorate from the
Nautical Archaeology Program at
Texas A&M University.
Prof. Creasman and his colleagues previously excavated the royal Theban temple of the
pharaoh Tausret, a queen who ruled independently as king at the end of the
19th Dynasty, and is now primarily excavating at the pyramids and royal cemetery of
Nuri, Sudan. His primary research interests are maritime life in
ancient Egypt, Sudanese/Egyptian archaeology, underwater archaeology, and human/environment interactions. He is best known for his work regarding ancient maritime life and studies of human/environmental interactions.
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