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Lloyd Weeks, BA(Hons), PhD, is a Professor of Archaeology. He studies the late prehistoric societies of Iran and the Arabian Peninsula from the Neolithic to the Iron Age. His research involves multi-disciplinary, collaborative approaches incorporating field survey, excavation, archaeometric studies, and palaeo-environmental reconstructions to understand past human adaptation and resilience. Lloyd is particularly interested in the development of metal production and exchange systems in the ancient Near East, a region that was one of the heartlands of early metal technology.
Research Interests
- Arabia
- Iran
- prehistory
- archaeology
- Neolithic
- Bronze Age
- Iron Age
Approved to Supervise
- Approved PhD/HDR supervisor
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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Bronze Age cymbals from Dahwa: Indus musical traditions in Oman
Douglas, K. A., Al-Jahwari, N. S., de Vreeze, M., Hesein, M., Weeks, L. & Pracejus, B., 8 Apr 2025, In: Antiquity. 99, 404, p. 375-391Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Iron Age copper production and the ‘ritual economy’ of Saruq al-Hadid (Dubai, UAE)
Weeks, L., Valente, T., Franke, K., Contreras, F., Radwan, M. B. & Zein, H., 28 Feb 2024, Proceedings of Abu Dhabi’s Archaeology Conference 2022. Museum, Z. N. (ed.). United Kingdom: Archaeopress, p. 239-269Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Metal artefacts and archaeometallurgical analyses
Weeks, L., Faber, E., Goodburn-Brown, D., Zhao, J.-X., Nguyen, A. D. & Feng, Y., 31 Dec 2024, Southeast Arabia at the Dawn of the Second Millennium: The Bronze Age Collective Graves of Qarn al-Harf, Ras al-Khaimah (UAE). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxbow Books, p. 1-100Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research
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Bronze age stone flaking at Saruq al-Hadid, Dubai, southeastern Arabia
Moore, M. W., Weeks, L., Cable, C., Al-Ali, Y., Boraik, M. & Zein, H., 13 Jul 2022, In: PLOS ONE. 17, 7, p. 1-46 e0270513.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bronze Age microliths at Saruq al-Hadid, Dubai
Moore, M. W., Weeks, L., Cable, C. M., Al-Ali, Y. Y., Boraik, M. & Zein, H., 1 Jan 2020, Stone Tools of Prehistoric Arabia. United Kingdom: Archaeopress, p. 146-166Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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Projects
- 7 Finished
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Continued Research at Shimal, U.A.E.: Exploring cultural transformation in the 2nd millennium BCE
Weeks, L. (UNE Lead Investigator)
1/10/24 → 31/05/25
Project: Grant
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Shimal (U.A.E.) in the Second Millennium BCE
Weeks, L. (UNE Lead Investigator)
23/05/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Grant
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Bronzes of Xinjiang: technology, society and power on the road to China (via USYD)
Weeks, L. (UNE Lead Investigator), Chen, K. (Partner Investigator), Mei, J. (Partner Investigator) & Betts, A. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Grant
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Improving UNEMA's Collections Management System "PastPerfect"
Hopwood, B. (UNE Lead Investigator), Gibbs, M. (Co-Investigator) & Weeks, L. (Co-Investigator)
30/01/17 → 31/05/17
Project: Grant
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Investigation of iron artefacts from the Iron Age site of Saruq al-Hadid (U.A.E.) by neutron tomography (Grant value: $51,100)
Weeks, L. (UNE Lead Investigator)
1/01/17 → 28/02/17
Project: Grant