Peter M. Fischer

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS / DEGREES / POSITIONS University of Technology, Physics Department, Vienna, 1965 – 1966. University of Vienna, Faculty of Law, Vienna, 1966 – 1967. University of Gothenburg, Sweden, Faculty of Medicine, 1967 – 1972, DDS 1972. University of Gothenburg, Department of Ancient Culture and Civilization, 1976 – : PhD 1981. Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Physics, SIMS-Laboratory, Gothenburg, Research Scientist, 1985 – present. Director of the Swedish Jordan Expedition, 1989 – present (13 seasons): excavations at Tell Abu al-Kharaz (Jordan Valley) and Tell Ain Abdeh (Northern Jordan). Director (co-director Dr. M. Sadeq) of the excavations at Tell el-Ajjul, 1999 – present SCIEM 2000: Austrian Academy of Sciences / Austrian Science Fund, Project Director Palestine/Jordan (1999 – present). Director of the Swedish Cyprus Expedition at Hala Sultan Tekke / Dromolaxia-Vizatzia, 2010 – University of Vienna, Institute of Egyptology, Visiting Professor, 2000. Director Euro-Mediterranean Archaeological Project in Jordan (ESF) in cooperation with the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm (2001). ARCANE: European Science Foundation(ESF) Strasbourg, member of the steering committee (2006 – present). ESF, reviewer Reviewer for various journals (AJA, BASOR etc.) RESEARCH AWARD The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities research award, “Björnstjernska Priset” (1991) for interdisciplinary archaeological research. MEMBER Royal Society of Arts and Sciences, Göteborg Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Stockholm Rotary International The Explorers Club, New York American Schools of Oriental Research British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem and British Institute at Amman for Archaeology and History Deutscher Palästina-Verein Swedish Cypriote Association Swedish Cyprus Expeditions Friends Scandinavian Archaeometry Centre Swedish Archaeological Association Other associations RESEARCH CENTRE Founder and Chairman of SAC (Scandinavian Archaeometry Centre; founded 1988; approved as a research centre by the University of Gothenburg in 1989). SAC is an interdisciplinary researchcentre located at Gothenburg University. ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus, 1977, 78, 79, 80, 81. Åland, Scandinavia, 1983. Midea, Greece, 1983, 84, 85, 87, 89. Kallithea, Greece, 1988. Tell Abu al-Kharaz, Jordan, 1989 – present. Tell cAin cAbdeh, Jordan: 1995. Tell el-cAjjul, Gaza, Palestine: 1999 – present. Publications (selected) Monographs (including publication as editor) 1) Applications of Technical Devices in Archaeology. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology 75. Gothenburg 1980 (PhD thesis). 2) Prehistoric Cypriote Skulls. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology 75. Gothenburg 1986 (Habil.). 3) A Late Bronze to Early Iron Age Tomb at Sahem, Jordan. Abhandlungen des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 21. Wiesbaden 1997. 4) Contributions to the Archaeology and History of the Bronze and Iron Ages in the Eastern Mediterranean. Studies in Honour of Paul Åström, edited by P.M. Fischer, Vienna 2001. 5) Tell Abu al-Kharaz in the Jordan Valley. Volume II: The Middle and Late Bronze Ages. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. Vienna 2006. 6) The Chronology of the Jordan Valley during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages: Pella, Tell Abu al-Kharaz and Tell Deir cAlla, edited by P.M. Fischer, contribution by S. Bourke, P.M. Fischer and G. van der Kooij. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. Vienna 2006. 7) Tell Abu al-Kharaz in the Jordan Valley. Volume I: The Early Bronze Age. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. Vienna 2008. A. Single author 8) Eine Untersuchung der Kieferfragmente und Zähne aus zwei Gräbern von Trypes bei Dromolaxia, Zypern. Opuscula Atheniensia 13:8, 1980, 139-148. 9) The use of a metal detector in archaeology. Opuscula Atheniensia 13:9, 1980, 149-153. 10) Geophysical prospecting at Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus. Journal of Field Archaeology 7, 4, 1980, 479-484. 11) Archaeological prospecting at Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus. Symposium onArchaeometry, Naples, Italy, 1983, 41. 12) Prospecting at Hala Sultan Tekke – The use of a radio-controlled model aircraft. Praktika B‘ Diethnous Kypriologikou Synedriou, Leukosia 1985, 543-544. 13) Cyklopisk mur mätt med Distomaten. Okularet 14, 1985, 5. 14) Ett arkeologiskt skelettmaterial - vad har det att säga? Odontologisk Riksstämma, Stockholm, 1985, 20. 15) En odontologs odyssé i tid och rum. Göteborgs Tandläkare Sällskap, Årsbok, 1986, 27-31. 16) The Cyclopean-built wall of the Mycenaean Citadel of Midea. Journal of Field Archaeology 13, 4, 1986, 499-503. 17) Classification of pottery by Micro Colour Analysis. Hydra 5, 1988, 36-41. 18) Arkeometri. Humanististik Forskning vid Göteborgs universitet 2: Mycket Mänskligt,1989, 23-27. 19) Terrace 1, Trench L: A preliminary report, in P. Åström, K. Demakopoulou, N. Divari-Valaki, P.M. Fischer and G. Walberg: Excavations in Midea 1987. Opuscula Atheniensia 18:1, 1990, 16-19. 20) An archaeometric caleidoscope. SAC-News 2, 1990. 21) Tell Abu al-Kharaz. The Swedish Jordan Expedition 1989. First season preliminary report from trial soundings. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 35, 1991, 67-104. 22) Canaanite potteryfrom Hala Sultan Tekke: Analysis with Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS). Bronze Age Trade in the Mediterranean; ed. N.H.Gale. University of Oxford 1989, 1991, 152-161. 23) Canaanite pottery from Hala Sultan Tekke: Traditional classification and Micro-Colour analysis. Chapter IX in Cypriot ceramics: Reading the prehistoric record, eds. J.A.Barlow, D.L.Bolger and B.Kling, University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 1991, 73-80. 24) A possible Late Bronze Age Sanctuary at Tell Abu al-Kharaz, Transjordan. Journal of Prehistoric Religion 5, 1992, 42-47. 25) Terrace 1, Trench L: A preliminary report, in P. Åström, K.Demakopoulou, N.Divari-Valakou and P.M. Fischer: Excavations in Midea 1989-1990. Opuscula Atheniensia 19:1, 1992, 15-22. 26) Conference Report: Modern Tools in Archaeometry, SAC Symposium, Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-25 May 1991. Review in SAS Bulletin, 14, 4, October-December 1991, Franklin and Marshall College, 12-13; also in SAC-News 4, May1992, 2-4. 27) Cypriot finds at Tell Abu al-Kharaz, Transjordan. Acta Cypria. Acts of an international congress on Cypriote archaeology held in Göteborg on 22-24 August 1991. Abstract in Part 1, 20; article in Part 2, 84-90. 28) Absolute dating by SIMS - The present state of research. Acts of the Second International Colloquium on Absolute Chronology (The Bronze Age in the Mediterranean). Ägypten und Levante 3, ed. M.Bietak, 1992, 53-56. 29) Tell Abu al-Kharaz. The Swedish Jordan Expedition 1991. Second season preliminary excavation report. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 37, 1993, 279-305. 30) Some Cypriot Pottery Wares analyzed with SIMS. Archaeology and Natural Science 1, 1993, 51-57. 31) Tell Abu al-Kharaz, Jordan Valley, in Archaeology ofJordan. American Journalof Archaeology 97, 3, July 1993, 477-478. 32) Tell Abu al-Kharaz, Jordan Valley, in Archaeology of Jordan. American Journal of Archaeology 98, 3, July 1994, 536-537. 33) The Emergence of Civilization. London 1990. Review of Charles Keith Maisel´s book. American Journal of Archaeology 98, 1994, 776-777. 34) Tell Abu al-Kharaz. The Swedish Jordan Expedition 1992. Third season preliminary excavation report. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 38, 1994, 127-145. 35) Silver Statuette of Egyptian Goddess Sekhmet found in Jordan. Minerva. The International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology, 6, 1, 1995, 3. 36) Tell Abual-Kharaz, JordanValley, in Archaeology of Jordan. American Journal of Archaeology 99, 3, 1995, 514-515. 37) Tell Abu al-Kharaz. The Swedish Jordan Expedition 1993. Fourth season preliminary excavation report. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 39, 1995, 93-119. 38) Tell Abu al-Kharaz. The Swedish Jordan Expedition 1994. Fifth season preliminary excavation report. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 40, 1996, 101-110. 39) Tell Abu al-Kharaz, Jordan Valley, in Archaeology of Jordan. American Journal of Archaeology 100, 3, 1996, 520-521. 40) The Mound of the Father of the Beads: Excavating in the Jordan Valley. Minerva 7:5, Sept./Oct.1996, 30-33. 41) Svenska Jordanienexpeditionen 1989-1996. Tell Abu al-Kharaz i det bibliska landskapet Gilead. Medusa 17, 3, 1996, 27-34. 42) Tell Abou al-Kharaz, la Yabesh biblique? le Monde de la Bible 104, 1997, 25-26; see also: le Monde de la Bible 101, 1996, 47. 43) Arkeologisk Expedition i Jordanien. Populär Arkeologi 15, 1, 1997, 35-38. 44) Tell Abu al-Kharaz. The Swedish Jordan Expedition 1995 and 1996. Sixth and seventh season preliminary excavation report. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 41, 1997, 129-144. 45) Tell Abu al-Kharaz: Occupation Throughout the Ages. The Faunal and Botanical Evidence. Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan 6, 159-165. 46) Tell Abu al-Kharaz, Jordan Valley, in Archaeology of Jordan. American Journal of Archaeology 101, 3, 1997, 508. 47) Tell Abu al-Kharaz, Jordan Valley, in Archaeology of Jordan. American Journal of Archaeology 102, 3, 1998, 586-587. 48) A Late Bronze to Early Iron Age Tomb at Sahem, Jordan. Near Eastern Archaeology 61, 4, 1998, 255. 49) Tell Abu al-Kharaz. The Swedish Jordan Expedition 1997. Eight season preliminary excavation report. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 42, Amman 1998, 213-223. 50) Chocolate-on-White Ware: Typology, Chronology and Provenance. The Evi