David F. Grose

David Grose is an archaeologist and ancient historian with primary research interests in social, economic, and technological history. He specializes in ancient, medieval, and Islamic glass found in Europe, the Mediterranean region, and Western and Eastern Asia. He has worked on numerous excavations over the past quarter century. These include sites in Britain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Tunisia, Egypt, and Israel. He also has excavated for the Smithsonian Institution on native American sites, namely Arikara/Hidatsa villages in the Dakotas, and most recently has surveyed the finds of western archaeological artifacts along the route of the so-called Silk Road in China, Korea, and Japan. He has been actively involved with many of the major museums of North America, Europe, and Asia.

At the present time, he is involved in a ten-year project with American and European colleagues to publish a comprehensive volume on the history of glass (including archaeometry, art history, dirt archaeology, economic and social history, technology, etc.) He firmly believes that a multi-disciplinary approach to archaeological discoveries, including Material Sciences, is essential to understanding more fully the societies that preceded us, yet still inform us the about development of human civilizations. The integration of the sciences, social sciences, and humanities is very important in the reconstruction of the ancient past.