Staff profile

I completed a BSc, MA and PhD in archaeology at Durham University, and am now a PDRA with the EAMENA project. My PhD examined the distribution of Bronze Age tombs in Southeastern Arabia. My areas of interest include the use of GIS and remote sensing, and the landscape archaeology of Arabia and the wider Middle East. 

Projects

• Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA)
• Rustaq Batinah Archaeological Survey (RBAS)
• Qarn al-Harf

Chapter in book

• Discussion
  
  Deadman, W. (2016). Discussion. In B. Saunders (Ed.), Archaeological Rescue Excavations on Packages 3 and 4 of the Batinah Expressway, Sultanate of Oman (pp. 189-206). Archaeopress.

Doctoral Thesis

• Early Bronze Age Society in Eastern Arabia: An Analysis of the Funerary Archaeology of the Hafit Period (3200-2500 BC) in the Northern Oman Peninsula with Special Reference to the Al-Batinah Region
  
  Deadman, W. (2017). Early Bronze Age Society in Eastern Arabia: An Analysis of the Funerary Archaeology of the Hafit Period (3200-2500 BC) in the Northern Oman Peninsula with Special Reference to the Al-Batinah Region [Thesis]. Durham University.

Journal Article

• Understanding the Form and Timing of Damage to Archaeological Sites During the Syrian Conflict by Combining Evidence From Remote Sensing With Ground Observation
  
  Almohamad, A., Hopper, K., Deadman, W., Lawrence, D., & Philip, G. (2025). Understanding the Form and Timing of Damage to Archaeological Sites During the Syrian Conflict by Combining Evidence From Remote Sensing With Ground Observation. Archaeological Prospection. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1997
• Locating al-Qadisiyyah: Mapping Iraq's most famous early Islamic conquest site
  
  Deadman, W. M., Jotheri, J., Hopper, K., Almayali, R., al-Luhaibi, A. A., & Crane, A. (2025). Locating al-Qadisiyyah: Mapping Iraq’s most famous early Islamic conquest site. Antiquity, 99(403), Article e6. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.185
• Karstic Aquifers and Climate Refugia: A Preliminary Outline History of Water-Management Strategy in Bronze and Iron Age Southeast Arabia
  
  de Vreeze, M., Kennet, D., & Deadman, W. M. (2024). Karstic Aquifers and Climate Refugia: A Preliminary Outline History of Water-Management Strategy in Bronze and Iron Age Southeast Arabia. Open Quaternary, 10, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.5334/oq.144
• The nature of third‐millennium settlement: The example of al‐Tikha (Rustaq) an Umm an‐Nar site on the Batinah coast of Oman
  
  Deadman, W. M., Kennet, D., de Vreeze, M., & al‐Jahwari, N. S. (2022). The nature of third‐millennium settlement: The example of al‐Tikha (Rustaq) an Umm an‐Nar site on the Batinah coast of Oman. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 33(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.12218
• Northern Oman's ancient stone tombs
  
  Deadman, W. (2017). Northern Oman’s ancient stone tombs. Anglo-Omani Society Review, 2017, 22-25.
• The Rustaq Batinah Archaeological Survey.
  
  Kennet, D., Deadman, W., & al-Jahwari, N. (2016). The Rustaq Batinah Archaeological Survey. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 46, 155-168.
• Hafit tombs in ash-Sharqiyah, Oman: assessing the accuracy and precision of Google Earth remote-sensing survey and analysing their distribution in the landscape
  
  Deadman, W., & Al-Jahwari, N. S. (2016). Hafit tombs in ash-Sharqiyah, Oman: assessing the accuracy and precision of Google Earth remote-sensing survey and analysing their distribution in the landscape. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 27(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.12061
• Hafit Tombs and the Development of Early Bronze Age Social Hierarchy in Al-Batinah, Oman.
  
  Deadman, W., Kennet, D., & al-Awfi, K. (2015). Hafit Tombs and the Development of Early Bronze Age Social Hierarchy in Al-Batinah, Oman. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 45, 49-56.
• Investigating the orientation of Hafit tomb entrances in Wadi Andam, Oman
  
  Deadman, W. (2014). Investigating the orientation of Hafit tomb entrances in Wadi Andam, Oman. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 44, 139-152.
• Unlocking the Early Bronze Age: attempting to extract Umm an-Nar tombs from a remotely sensed Hafit dataset
  
  Deadman, W. (2012). Unlocking the Early Bronze Age: attempting to extract Umm an-Nar tombs from a remotely sensed Hafit dataset. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 42, 79-85.
• Defining the Early Bronze Age landscape: a remote sensing-based analysis of Hafit tomb distribution in Wadi Andam, Sultanate of Oman
  
  Deadman, W. (2012). Defining the Early Bronze Age landscape: a remote sensing-based analysis of Hafit tomb distribution in Wadi Andam, Sultanate of Oman. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0471.2011.00345.x