Prof. DDr.

Peter Fischer

Peter Fischer

Corresponding Member of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences abroad since 2012

  • Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg

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Research Areas:

  • History, Archaeology
  • Archaeometry
  • Archäologie der Bronze- und Eisenzeit, Mittelmeerraum und des Vorderen Orient

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Selected Memberships:

  • Königlich Schwedische Gelehrsamkeits-, Geschichts- und Antiquitätenakademie
  • Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg, Sweden

Selected Prizes:

  • The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities research award, "Björnstjernska Priset for important international archaeometric research"

Selected Publications:

  • The Chronology of the Jordan Valley during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages: Pella, Tell Abu al-Kharaz and Tell Deir cAlla, edited by P.M. Fischer, contributions by S. Bourke, P.M. Fischer and G. van der Kooij. Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean 12, Vienna 2006..
  • “Sea Peoples” Up-to-Date. New Research on Transformations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 13th–11th Centuries BCE, edited by P.M. Fischer and T. Bürge. Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean 35, Vienna 2017..
  • Two Late Cypriote City Quarters at Hala Sultan Tekke. The Söderberg Expedition 2010–2017 by P.M. Fischer and T. Bürge. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology 117, Uppsala 2018..
  • Tell Abu al-Kharaz in the Jordan Valley. Volume I: The Early Bronze Age. Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean 16, Vienna 2008..
  • Tell Abu al-Kharaz in the Jordan Valley. Volume III: The Iron Age. Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean 34, Vienna 2013..