University Of Birmingham

Faculty Member, Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity

Research Fellow

About

Dr. Jeffrey I. Rose is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham. His areas of interest include prehistoric archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula, modern human origins, stone tool technology, human genetics, rock art, geoarchaeology, underwater archaeology, and geomythology. He holds a B.A. in Classics, an M.A. in Archaeology from Boston University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from Southern Methodist University.

Over the past 22 years, Jeff has conducted archaeological fieldwork in North America, Wales, Ukraine, Israel, Portugal, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman. Since 2000, he has directed an ongoing archaeological survey and excavation project in southern Arabia to explore early human dispersals into Arabia. The project was recently featured in the 2009 BBC documentary series "Incredible Human Journey," a clip of which can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIJeFL6uOqU

Jeff currently resides in Muscat, Oman where he runs the Dhofar Archaeological Project (DAP). DAP is a comprehensive investigation of prehistoric archaeology, palaeoenvironments, and human genetics in the Dhofar region of Oman (link to the project's website:  http://dhofar.arabian-prehistory.org). You can also follow DAP on Twitter @dhofarproject for expedition updates during our annual winter field season.

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