Michael Roaf
Encyclopedia
Michael Roaf is a British
archeologist, who specialized in ancient Iranian studies
and Assyriology
. He studied archaeology
of Western Asia at the University College of London, and wrote his doctoral thesis, Sculptures and Sculptors at Persepolis (published, 1983) at Oxford. From 1981 to 1985 he was director of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq
. He taught at the University of California, Berkeley
, and currently is Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Munich.
Regarding his field work, Roaf dug in Iran
, Iraq
, Turkey
, and Bahrein. In Iran he dug at Tepe Nush-i Jan under the direction of David Stronach
, with whom he wrote Nush-i Jan I. The Major Buildings of the Median Settlement. With the Munich University team, he has recently worked in the archaeological expeditions at Gircano and Ziyaret Tepe -ancient Tushhan
-, Turkey
.
United Kingdom
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archeologist, who specialized in ancient Iranian studies
Iranian Studies
Iranian studies , is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of the Iranian people. It is a part of the wider field of Oriental studies....
and Assyriology
Assyriology
Assyriology is the archaeological, historical, and linguistic study of ancient Mesopotamia and the related cultures that used cuneiform writing. The field covers the Akkadian sister-cultures of Assyria and Babylonia, together with their cultural predecessor; Sumer...
. He studied archaeology
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
of Western Asia at the University College of London, and wrote his doctoral thesis, Sculptures and Sculptors at Persepolis (published, 1983) at Oxford. From 1981 to 1985 he was director of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq
British School of Archaeology in Iraq
The British Institute for the Study of Iraq is the only body in Britain devoted to research into the ancient civilizations and languages of Mesopotamia....
. He taught at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, and currently is Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Munich.
Regarding his field work, Roaf dug in Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, and Bahrein. In Iran he dug at Tepe Nush-i Jan under the direction of David Stronach
David Stronach
David Stronach is a Scottish archeologist of ancient Iran and Iraq. He is currently a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.Stronach is a leading Western expert on the city of Pasargadae. He obtained an Master of Arts from Cambridge University in 1958. In the 1960s and 1970s he was...
, with whom he wrote Nush-i Jan I. The Major Buildings of the Median Settlement. With the Munich University team, he has recently worked in the archaeological expeditions at Gircano and Ziyaret Tepe -ancient Tushhan
Tushhan
Tushhan was a northern Assyrian provincial capital in the upper Tigris river valley, on the south bank. It was inhabited since Mittani period, and mainly during the Neo-Assyrian period during the Iron Age....
-, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
.
Works
- Sculptures and Sculptors at Persepolis (1983) - doctoral thesis. Published in full in Iran: Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies vol. XXI, 1983.
- The Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East (1990) - divulgation.
- Continuity of Empire (?): Assyria, Media, Persia (2003) - Proceedings of the International Meeting held in Padova, 2001; ed. with Giovanni Lanfranchi and Robert Rollinger.
External links
- http://www.iranheritage.org/achaemenidconference/biogs_full.htm