Pearce Paul Creasman Explained

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.^{[1] [2]} 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^[3] and is editor of the peer-reviewed Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections.^[4] 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,^[5] the National Science Foundation,^[6] and the Save America's Treasures program.^[7] 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.^[8] He earned his doctorate from the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University.^[9] Prof. Creasman and his colleagues previously excavated the royal Theban temple of the pharaoh Tausret,^{[10] [11]} 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.^[12] He is best known for his work regarding ancient maritime life and studies of human/environmental interactions.

Publications

Books

• Culture in Crisis: Flows of People, Artifacts & Ideas 2 vols. (editor, with F. Balaawi and C.L. Sulosky Weaver), Department of Antiquities, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (2022).
• Origins and Afterlives of Kush (editor, with S.T. Smith), The Egyptian Expedition (2022).
• Udjahorresnet and His World: Diplomacy in the Ancient Near East (editor, with M. Wasmuth), The Egyptian Expedition (2020).
• Pharaoh's Land and Beyond: Ancient Egypt and Its Neighbors (editor, with R.H. Wilkinson), Oxford University Press (2017).
• Flora Trade Between Egypt and Africa in Antiquity (editor with I. Incordino), Oxbow Books (2017).
• Archaeological Research in the Valley of the Kings and Ancient Thebes (editor), Wilkinson Egyptology Series I. (2013).

Notes and References

1. http://egypt.arizona.edu/content/fieldwork Fieldwork/Egyptian Expedition
2. Ikram, S. "Nile Currents," Kmt 23.4 (2012): 6.
3. Creasman, P. P. "The Cairo Dashur Boats," INA Quarterly 32.1 (2005): 15-19.
4. https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/jaei/about/editorialTeam Editorial Team/Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections.
5. National Geographic Society, Waitt Grants complete list https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/grants-and-investments/.
6. NSF Award Search: Award Abstract #1203445 - CSBR: Natural History Collections: Urgent Improvements to Housing and Accessibility of the World's Largest, Most Diverse & Significant Dendrochronological Collection https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1203445.
7. "UA Awarded Two Save America's Treasures Grants," http://anthropology.arizona.edu/node/769.
8. Web site: Pearce Paul Creasman '03: A renowned scholar explores ancient maritime life among the temples and tombs of Egypt . University of Maine Alumni Association.
9. ProQuest Citation: Creasman, P. P. (2010). Extracting cultural information from ship timber. (Order No. 3446659, Texas A&M University). ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 227. Abstract: http://nautarch.tamu.edu/Theses/abstracts/creasmanphd.html.
10. Spencer, P. "Digging Diary 2012," Egyptian Archaeology 42 (2013): 26.
11. Creasman, P. P. "Tausret Temple Project: Report for the 2011 Season," The Ostracon 23 (2012): 3-7 http://egypt.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/Tausert_11_Season.pdf .
12. Peeples, L. "Rings and Worms Tell the Tale of a Shipwreck Found at Ground Zero," Scientific American, 10 June 2011 http://www.scientificmerican.com/article.cfm?id=rings-worms-tale-ground-zero-shipwreck