Robert A CarterDr. Robert Carter gained a first-class degree in Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford, before obtaining his PhD at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UCL), where he began his archaeological career. He has since worked on xcavations throughout the Gulf. He has lectured at various British universities, and from 2003 to 2006, was Gerald Averay Wainwright Research Fellow in Near Eastern Archaeology at Oxford University. Since then, he has worked as a consultant on rescue excavations in the Gulf, both independently and as leader of Oxford Brookes Archaeology and Heritage. He has been awarded various scholarships, grants and prizes, was chairman of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 2005 and sits on the committee of the British Foundation for the Study of Arabia. Dr. Carter worked as an advisor to BACA, helping develop and set up the Pearling Path and carrying out archaeological research in Bahrain. He is currently Senior Lecturer at UCL-Qatar, where he lives with his wife and two daughters. Read More Read Less