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• Son of Murray Eiland Jr. and writer on rugs. Murray is an archeologist.

• Eiland, Murray III. " FORUM". Hali 99, 1998. page 57. A cache of carpet fragments in a museum in Tbilisi leads Eiland, Murray III on a journey to a remote cave site in Georgia, and opens up the debate on early pile weaving traditions in the Transcaucasus

• Eiland, Murray III. "FRAGMENTS". Hali 97, 1998. page 65. "preserving Macclesfield's Paradise Mill."

• Articles by Eiland, Murray L., III . Oriental Rug Review

  • Contemporary Rug Weaving in Eastern Turkestan, by Murray L. Eiland III (Vol. 15, No. 6, August/September, 1955)

  • The 4th International Conference on Persian Carpets: The Future of the Persian Carpet, review by Murray Lee Eiland III (#124, Vol. 16/1, October/November, 1995)

  • Persepolis, by Murray L. Eiland III, As part of the June 1992 Tehran Conference, delegates enjoyed a tour, Vol. 13/3

• Dr. Murray Eiland received his BA degree in Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and Art History and was initiated into PBK at UC Berkeley in 1990. He received his PhD in Oriental Archaeology from Oxford University in the United Kingdom. He is now pursuing an MS degree in Earth Sciences at UC Santa Cruz where he is working on applying modern methods of analysis such as infra-red spectroscopy to archaeological ceramics. His objective is to unite science with archaeology to facilitate the analysis and evaluation of ceramic samples. Phi Beta Kappa PBK Northern California Association Honor Society 1998 Scholarships

• SELECTED TO RECEIVE 1999-2000 AFMS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION GRANTS Murray Lee Eiland, a native of Vallejo, California, began his studies in Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and Art History at the University of California, Berkeley, and received a degree from Oxford University, England, in Oriental Archaeology. Currently at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he is working on his M.S. in Earth Science. His thesis topic is the mineralogical analysis (using infrared spectroscopy) of archaeological ceramics. CFMS Newsletter - Vol. XXXVII, No. 3 - March 2000

• FLAS Recipients for language study at the 1998 SWSEEL:Murray Eiland (UC Santa Clara), Georgian REEIfication pg.13

• MIDDLE EAST POLICY, October 1998 (Vol. VI, No. 2) Murray Eiland III, "Mixed Messages and Carpet Diplomacy: Opportunities for Detente with Iran" [130-139]

• Murray Eiland, III, U. California, Santa Cruz, "Archaeology in the Georgian Republic," 2 p.m., Franklin 209 (cosponsored by CMES and Arizona Oriental Rug and Textile Association) vol613 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences University of Arizona Tucson.

• Fellowships, Awards, and Student Organizations IAUNRC FLAS Recipients, Summer 1999: Murray Eiland (Turkmen), Oxford University CENTRAL EURASIA REPORT

• Murray Lee Eiland III Problems Associated with the Dissemination of Synthetic Dyes in the Oriental Carpet Industry. ICON: The Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology Contents

• Murray Lee Eiland III Salting Carpets New Scholarship. Ghereh Issues 20

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J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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