Michael Roaf
Michael Douglas Roaf (born May 20, 1947 in Oxford , England) is a British archaeologist from the Near East .
Michael D. Roaf first studied mathematics at the University of Oxford . After studying archeology of West Asia at University College London , he received his doctorate in Oxford in 1977 with the dissertation Sculptures and Sculptors at Persepolis . From 1981 to 1985 he headed the British School of Archeology in Iraq before becoming a professor at the University of California, Berkeley . From 1995 to 2012 he was Professor of Near Eastern Archeology and Director of the Department for Cultural Studies and Classical Studies at the University of Munich . After his retirement in 2012, he again represented the professorship at the Munich institute in the 2012/2013 winter semester.
His early research focus was in particular the archeology of Iran . Roaf participated in excavations in Iran, Iraq , Syria , Turkey and in Bahrain . He was deputy director of the excavation excavation in the Median settlement of Nush-i Jan . He is currently working in Giricano and Ziyaret Tepe in Turkey.
Web links
- Michael D. Roaf on the homepage of the LMU Munich
- CV ( Memento from December 29, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
Publications (selection)
- Sculptures and Sculptors at Persepolis. Iran. The Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies 21, The British Institute of Persian Studies, London 1983.
- The Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East. Facts on File, New York 1990. ISBN 0-8160-2218-6
- with Giovanni B. Lafranchi, Robert Rollinger (Eds.): Continuity of empire (?). Assyria, Media, Persia. Sargon, Padua 2003.
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| SURNAME | Roaf, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roaf, Michael Douglas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Near Eastern archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxford , England |