Pearce Paul Creasman (born 1981) is an American archaeologist in the fields of Egyptology, maritime archaeology, and dendrochronology.
[1][2] Beginning in 2020, he was appointed executive director of the American Center of Oriental Research.
He has been conducting archaeological and environmental research in Egypt and Sudan since 2004[3] and is editor of the peer-reviewed Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections.
[4] Prof. Creasman is author or co-author of more than 100 articles and edited books and has been awarded more than 60 competitive research grants, including from the National Geographic Society,[5] the National Science Foundation,[6] and the Save America's Treasures program.
[11] Prof. Creasman and his colleagues previously excavated the royal Theban temple of the pharaoh Tausret,[12][13] a queen who ruled independently as king at the end of the 19th Dynasty, and is now primarily excavating at the pyramids and royal cemetery of Nuri, Sudan.