Andrew M. T. Moore
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Andrew M. T. Moore is an archaeologist and professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology
The Rochester Institute of Technology is a private university, located within the town of Henrietta in metropolitan Rochester, New York, United States...

 (RIT).

Andrew Moore was born in Devon, England. He read Modern History at Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

 and in 1966 he joined Kathleen Kenyon
Kathleen Kenyon
Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon , was a leading archaeologist of Neolithic culture in the Fertile Crescent. She is best known for her excavations in Jericho in 1952-1958.-Early life:...

's excavation in Jerusalem. His postgraduate studies were at the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

 under John Evans
John Davies Evans
John Davies Evans OBE was an English archaeologist and academic, renowned for his research into the prehistory of the Mediterranean, and especially the prehistoric cultures of Malta. He was a former Director of the Institute of Archaeology in London, a position he held from 1975 until his...

. His doctoral thesis, entitled The Neolithic of the Levant, was completed in 1978. He is currently director of the Abu Hureyra site.

From 2000 to 2007, Moore served as the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at RIT. Since 2007 he has been Dean of Graduate Studies at RIT.

Books by Andrew Moore

  • Moore, Andrew M. T., Hillman, Gordon C.
    Gordon Hillman
    Professor Gordon Hillman B.Sc is Honorary Visiting Professor in Archaeobotany at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London ....

    , and Legge, Anthony J.
    Anthony Legge
    Professor Anthony James Legge was born in Cambridge in 1939. After attending the Cambridge High School for Boys, he began work at the Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge, in the Pig Physiology unit with Dr Lawrence Mount. After National Service, Legge returned to the Babraham...

     (2000). Village on the Euphrates: From Foraging to Farming at Abu Hureyra. 585 pages. Oxford University Press
    Oxford University Press
    Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...

    . ISBN 978-0-19-510806-4.
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