Pearce Paul Creasman

Pearce Paul Creasman (born 1981) is an archaeologist in the fields of Egyptology, maritime archaeology, and dendrochronology. He is an associate professor at the University of Arizona, where he serves as director of the Egyptian Expedition and curator of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. He has been conducting archaeological research in Egypt since 2004 and is currently editor of the Directory of North American Egyptologists and editor of the peer-reviewed Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections. Creasman has been awarded highly competitive research grants, including from the National Geographic Society, the National Science Foundation, and the Save America's Treasures program. He has held a number of professional offices and received several academic and educational honors and awards The Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University awarded him a doctorate. Prof. Creasman and his team are currently excavating the royal Theban temple of the pharaoh Tausret, a queen who ruled independently as king at the end of the 19th Dynasty. His primary research interests are maritime life in ancient Egypt, Egyptian archaeology, and human/environment interactions. He is best known for his work regarding ancient Egyptian maritime life.

• Archaeological Research in the Valley of the Kings and Ancient Thebes (editor), Wilkinson Egyptology Series I. (2013).
• "Tree Rings and the Chronology of Ancient Egypt," Radiocarbon 56.4: S85-S92 (2014).
• "Foundation or Completion? The Status of Pharaoh-Queen Tausret's Temple of Millions of Years," with W.R. Johnson, J.B. McClain, R.H. Wilkinson. Near Eastern Archaeology 77.4: 274-283 (2014).
• "Ship Timber and the Reuse of Wood in Ancient Egypt," Journal of Egyptian History 6.2: 152-176 (2013).
• "Reflections on the Foundation, Persistence, and Growth of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, circa 1930-1960," with B. Bannister, R.H. Towner, J.S. Dean, and S.W. Leavitt, Tree-Ring Research 68.2 (2012): 81-89.
• "Basic Principles and Methods of Dendrochronological Specimen Curation," Tree-Ring Research 67.2 (2011): 103-115.
• "A Further Investigation of the Cairo Dahshur Boats," Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 96 (2010: 101-124, pl. II.