DrMelissa Kennedy

Melissa is the co-director of the Prehistoric AlUla and Khaybar Excavation Project (PAKEP) and the Ha'il Archaeology Identification Project (HAIP).

She is exploring the shifting landscapes of architectural monumentality in the Middle Holocene of Saudi Arabia, with particular emphasis on the mustatil tradition.

Her work is also focused on exploring the social and cultural impacts of the end of the Holocene Humid Period in northwest Arabia.

Melissa’s research is also focused on exploring the social and cultural impacts of the 4.2 kyr BP ‘climatic event’ on the Levant and northern Arabia in the 3rd millennium BCE.

She is also interested in cultural hybridisation and documenting cultural boundaries and interaction spheres in antiquity.