Mark Beech Author, Illustrator & Editor

Marjan Mashkour is a faculty member of CNRS based in Paris. She is the first Iranian to specialize in the field of zooarchaeology and has been engaged in many field and laboratory projects in Iran and the Near East. Her research interests are in the late Palaeolithic fauna of the Zagros Mountains and the domestication of the wild goat in Iran. Mark Beech is Cultural Landscapes Manager in the Historic Environment Department of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage in the United Arab Emirates. He is responsible for undertaking archaeological fieldwork and research within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, including the development of the official Abu Dhabi database of archaeological, palaeontological and cultural heritage sites, as well as the use of GIS as a cultural heritage management tool. He is also an Honorary Visiting Fellow in Zooarchaeology and Environmental Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology, University of York.