Wales Qatar Archaeological Project

This project is part of the Qatar Islamic Archaeology and Heritage Projects which is run in collaboration with the Qatar Museums Authority and the University of Copenhagen.

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The project is concerned with the research excavation and survey of number of coastal sites in northern Qatar. Currently the University of Wales Trinity Saint David is working on two sites Ruwaydha and Rubayqa under the direction of Dr.Andrew Petersen. Preliminary reports on both sites have been published in the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. The excavation team comprises a number of former students of archaeology from the University.

In addition to fieldwork in Qatar Dr. Petersen has also organised a conference on the archaeology of Wales and Qatar in partnership with LNG South Hook. This international conference, Nations of the Sea, was held at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff in September 2010 and brought together researchers from diverse backgrounds to discuss common themes in the archaeology of Wales and Qatar. Plans for publishing the proceedings are currently in progress.