Prof. dr. Peter Akkermans

Position:

Chair Near Eastern Archaeology
Chair of Education
Vice-Dean

Telephone number:	+31 (0)71 527 2391
E-Mail:	p.m.m.g.akkermans@arch.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department:	Faculteit Archeologie, Near Eastern
Office Address:	WSD Reuvensplaats 3-4 2311 BE Leiden Room number 0.01B

Peter Akkermans is Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at Leiden University.

Peter Akkermans (Hulsberg, the Netherlands, 1957) studied Prehistory and Archaeology of Western Asia at the University of Amsterdam, where he also completed (cum laude) his Ph.D on Late Neolithic settlement and subsistence in Syria. From 1990 until 2009 he was Curator of the Dept. of the Ancient Near East in the Netherlands National Museum of Antiquities, in combination with an Extraordinary Professorship of Near Eastern Prehistory at Leiden University. He has directed and participated in archaeological field projects in Germany, Bulgaria, Turkey and Syria for over twenty years. He is director of one of the largest archaeological research projects in Syria, the Tell Sabi Abyad project, which focusses on the evolution of settlement in both the Late Neolithic (ca. 7000-5300 BC) and Late Bronze Age (ca. 1300-1000 BC) of Syria. The extensive, interdisciplinary programme includes surface survey and large-scale excavation at a number of archaeological sites in the Balikh valley of Northern Syria. Together with Glenn M. Schwartz (The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA), he recently published The Archaeology of Syria (Cambridge University Press, 2003), the first book to present a comprehensive review of the archaeology of Syria from the end of the Palaeolithic period to ca. 300 BC.

Research projects

2012

Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Bruning, M. & Hammers, N. & Huigens, H. & Kruijer, L. & Meens, A. & Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. & Raat, A. & Rogmans, E. & Slappendel, C. & Taipale, S. & Tews, S. & Visser, E. (2012)
Burning down the house. The burnt building V6 at Late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria. Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia, 43-44, pp. 305-322.
(Article)
Van der Plicht, J. & Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Buitenhuis, H. & Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. & Russel, A. (2012)
TELL SABI ABYAD, SYRIA: AN INTERPRETATION OF STABLE ISOTOPE VALUES. Radiocarbon, 54 (3-4), pp. 281-289.
(Article)

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2011

Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2011)
Comment to E.B. Banning “So Fair a House". Current Anthropology, 52, pp. 641.
(Article)
Düring, B.S. & Wossink, A. & Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2011)
Correlates of Complexity: Essays in Archaeology and Assyriology dedicated to Diederik J.W. Meijer in Honour of his 65th Birthday. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
(Book (monograph))
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Brüning, M. (2011)
De Midden-Assyrische Dunnu van Tell Sabi Abyad - Bewoningsgeschiedenis van een versterkte nederzetting aan de grens van Assyrie. Phoenix : bulletin uitgegeven door het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux, 56, pp. 5-16.
(Article)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Brüning, M. & Kaneda, A. (2011)
Foundation or Rendezvous? Constructing Platforms in Late Neolithic Syria. In Düring, B.S., Wossink, A., Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (Eds.) Correlates of Complexity (pp. 1-13). Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
Van der Plicht, J. & Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. & Kaneda, A. & Russell, A.L. (2011)
Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria: radiocarbon chronology, cultural change, and the 8.2 ka event. Radiocarbon, 53 (2), pp. 229-243.
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2010

Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2010)
Late Neolithic Architectural Renewal: The Emergence of Round Houses in the Northern Levant, c. 6500-6000 BC. In Bolger, D. & Maguire, L.C. (Eds.) Development of Pre-State Communities in the Ancient Near East (pp. 22-28). Oxford: Oxbow Books.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. & Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Van der Plicht, J. (2010)
Nieuwe vondsten van Tell Sabi Abyad: het oudste aardewerk in het Midden-Oosten. Archeologie Magazine, 02/2010, pp. 16-19.
(Article)
Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. & Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Van der Plicht, J. (2010)
Not So Coarse, Nor Always Plain: The Earliest Pottery of Syria. Antiquity, 84, pp. 71-85.
(Article)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Van der Plicht, J. & Russel, A. & Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. & Kaneda, A. (2010)
Weathering Climate Change in the Near East: Dating and Neolithic Adaptations 8200 years ago. Antiquity, 84, pp. 325.
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2009

Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2009)
Persian Delights in Leiden’s Rijksmuseum van Oudheden. In Gosselink, M. & Tang, D.J. (Eds.) Iran and the Netherlands: Interwoven Through the Ages (pp. 14-19). Gronsveld en Rotterdam: Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn en Co’s Uitgeversmaatschappij.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)

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2008

Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Smits, E. (2008)
A Sealed Double Cremation at Middle Assyrian Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria. In: Bonatz, D., Czichon, R.M., Kreppner, F.J. (Eds.), Fundstellen – Gesammelte Schriften zur Archäologie und Geschichte Altvorderasiens ad honorem Hartmut Kühne, pp. 251-261. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2008)
Burying the Dead in Late Neolithic Syria. In Cordoba, J.M., Molist, M., Perez, C., Rubio, I., Martinez, S. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (pp. 621-645). Madrid: UA Ediciones.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
Evershed, R.M. & Payne, S. & Sherratt, A.G. & Copley, M.S. & Urem-Kotsu, D. & Kotsakis, K. & Özdogan, M. & Özdogan, A. & Bailey, D. & Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. & Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Campbell, S. & Farid, S. & Hodder, I. & Yalman, N. & Özbarasan, M. & Biçakci, E. & Garfinkel, Y. & Levy, T. & Burton, M.M. (2008)
Earliest Date for Milk Use in the Near East and Southeastern Europe Linked to Cattle Herding. Nature, 455, pp. 528-531.
(Article)
Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. & Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Cruells, W. & Molist, M. (2008)
Introduction: a workshop on the origin of the Halaf and rise of styles. Isimu, 10
(Article)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2008)
Iran in Vogelvlucht. RoMeO, 26, pp. 4-7.
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2007

Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Astruc, L. & Gratuze, B. & Pelegrin, J. (2007)
From Production to Use: a Parcel of Obsidian Bladelets at Sabi Abyad II. In: Astruc, L., Binder, D., Briois, F. (Eds.), La diversité des systèmes techniques des communautés du Néolithique pré-céramique: vers la caractérisation des comportements sociaux, pp. 1-15. Antibes: Éditions APDCA.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2007)
Onvoltooid verleden tijd. De opgraving te Tell Sabi Abyad in 2007. Nieuwsbrief Friends of Sabi Abyad, 3, pp. 1-6.
(Article)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2007)
Sieraden afkomstig uit het Oude Nabije Oosten. , Schitterend Sieraad, pp. 36-47. Leiden: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2007)
Tall Sabiy Abyad. Reallexikon der Assyriologie, XI, pp. 31-35.
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2006

Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2006)
Arjoune. [Bespreking van: Excavations at Arjoune, Syria]. In: Ancient West and East, 4, pp. 495-497.
(Book review)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2006)
Das Chalkolithikum in der südlichen Levant. [Bespreking van: S. Kerner. Das Chalkolithikum in der südlichen Levant: Die Entwicklung handwerklicher Spezialisierung und ihre Beziehung zu gesellschaftlicher Komplexität]. In: Bibliotheca Orientalis, LXIII, pp. 598-600.
(Book review)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2006)
De ontdekking van een prehistorisch grafveld. Nieuwsbrief Friends of Sabi Abyad, 2, pp. 12-13.
(Article)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Cappers, R. & Cavallo, C. & Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. & Nilhamn, B. & Otte, I. (2006)
Investigating the Early Pottery Neolithic of Northern Syria: New Evidence from Tell Sabi Abyad. American Journal of Archaeology, 110, pp. 123-156.
(Article)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2006)
Prehistorische dorpjes and Assyrische kastelen: de opgraving op Tell Sabi Abyad 2005. Nieuwsbrief Friends of Sabi Abyad, 2, pp. 2-6.
(Article)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2006)
The Fortress of Ili-pada – Middle Assyrian Architecture at Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria. In Butterlin, P. (Ed.) Les espaces syro-mésopotamiens – Dimensions de l’expérience humaine au proche-orient ancien. Volume d’hommage offert à Jean-Claude Margueron (pp. 201-211). Turnhout: Brepols.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)

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2004

Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2004)
Hunter-Gatherer Continuity: the Transition from the Epipalaeolithic to the Neolithic in Syria. In: Aurenche, O., Mière, M., Le, Sanlaville, P. (Eds.), From the River to the Sea - The Palaeolithic and Neolithic on the Euphrates and in the Northern Levant (British Archaeological Reports International Series), 1263. , pp. 281-293. Oxford
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Duistermaat, K. (2004)
More Seals and Sealings from Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria. Levant, 36, pp. 1-12.
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2003

Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Greco, C. (2003)
Tell Sabi Abyad (Siria). In: Mora, C. & Mozatti, M. (Eds.), Aule del deserto e nella steppa, pp. 87-94. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2003)
Tell Sabi Abyad in Syria. Al-Athar, 5, pp. 10-13.
(Article)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Schwartz, G.M. (2003)
The Archaeology of Syria - From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Society, ca. 16,000-300 BC. Cambridge: Cambrigde University Press.
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2002

Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. (2002)
Bronnen van Inspiratie uit het Oude Syrië. Artissage, 23, pp. 8-49.
(Article)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. (2002)
De archeologie van Syrië in het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden. RoMeO, 14, pp. 3-11.
(Article)
Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. & Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2002)
Het echte Syrië. Artissage, pp. 8-15.
(Article)
Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. & Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2002)
Leermeesters van onze wetenschap. Artissage, pp. 24-27.
(Article)
Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. & Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2002)
Ontdekkers van Syrische oudheden. Artissage, pp. 44-49.
(Article)
Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. & Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2002)
Pioniers van onze economie. Artissage, pp. 28-35.
(Article)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2002)
Review of: H. de Contenson, Ramad - Site néolithique en Damascène, Syrië. [Bespreking van: Site néolithique en Damascène, Syrie]. In: Bibliotheca Orientalis, LIX, pp. 396-398.
(Book review)
Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. & Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2002)
Stamvaders van onze religie. Artissage, pp. 36-43.
(Article)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. (2002)
Syrische archeologie in het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden. Archeobrief, 24, pp. 16-18.
(Article)
Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. & Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2002)
Vormgevers van onze beschaving. Artissage, pp. 16-23.
(Article)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. (2002)
Warlords from the Mountains - Archaeological Treasures from Armenia. Minerva, 13, pp. 9-12.
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2001

Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Duistermaat, K. (2001)
A Middle Assyrian Pottery Kiln at Tell Sabi Abyad. In: Meyer, J.W., Novák, M., Pruss, A. (Eds.), Beiträge zur Vorderasiatischen Archäologie - Winfried Orthmann gewidmet, pp. 12-19. Frankfurt a.M.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. & Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2001)
De archeologie van prehistorisch Armenië. RoMeO vriendenblad, fall (2001)
(Article)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2001)
De archeologie van prehistorisch Armenië. RoMeO, 12, pp. 4-10.
(Article)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2001)
De fascinerende Oriënt. RoMeO, 11, pp. 8-11.
(Article)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2001)
Het land tussen de twee rivieren. [Bespreking van: Ancient Mesopotamia - The Eden That Never Was]. In: Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, 144, pp. 254-255.
(Book review)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Nieuwenhuyse, O.P. (2001)
Rijkdom uit de bergen. Artissage, 22, pp. 14-18.
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2000

Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Verhoeven, M. (2000)
Chronology. In: Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Verhoeven, M. (Eds.), Tell Sabi Abyad II - The Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Settlement, pp. 1-2. Leiden/Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archeologisch Instituut.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Verhoeven, M. (2000)
Conclusions. , Tell Sabi Abyad II - The Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Settlement, pp. 173-180. Leiden/Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archeologisch Instituut.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2000)
Current Research in the Netherlands on the Near Eastern Neolithic. Neo-Lithics, 1 (00), pp. 14-15.
(Article)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. (2000)
Old and New Perspectives on the Origins of the Halaf Culture. In: Rouault, O. & Wäfler, M. (Eds.), La Djéziré et l'Euphrate syriens de la Protohistoire à la fin du IIe millénaire av. J.-C., pp. 43-54. Turnhout: Brepols (Subartu VII).
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Akkermans, P.M.M.G. & Verhoeven, M. (Eds.) (2000)
Tell Sabi Abyad II - The Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Settlement. Leiden/Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archeologisch Instituut.
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