Pearce Paul Creasman

Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman is an archaeologist who specializes in ancient Egypt and Nubia (what is today Sudan), maritime archaeology, and study of the ancient environment. Dr. Creasman is an associate professor based in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, with joint or affiliate appointments in the School of Anthropology, Departments of Classics, Religious Studies, and Arid Lands. He directs the activities of the University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition, and is author or co-author of 100 scholarly articles and six edited volumes, including Pharaoh's Land and Beyond: Ancient Egypt and Its Neighbors (Oxford University Press 2017; edited with Prof. R.H. Wilkinson). Prof. Creasman's research primarily focuses on understanding ancient human and environmental interactions, especially as it relates to the use and acquisition of natural resources, and to life along the Nile River and Red Sea. His current excavations are at the pyramids and royal necropolis of Nuri, Sudan: a UNESCO World Heritage Site that served as the cemetery for more than 60 pharaohs and Nubian kings and queens.