Taming the Great Desert
This is the first monograph to present research at the Adam oasis, located at the margins of the Rub Al-Khali desert, Oman. Major periods are described, with evidence of Palaeolithic occupation, Neolithic settlements, Early and Middle Bronze Age necropolises, and Iron Age ritual sites. An ethnograph...
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| 520 | |a This is the first monograph to present research at the Adam oasis, located at the margins of the Rub Al-Khali desert, Oman. Major periods are described, with evidence of Palaeolithic occupation, Neolithic settlements, Early and Middle Bronze Age necropolises, and Iron Age ritual sites. An ethnographic study of traditional water sharing is included. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-125) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a List of illustrations Acknowledgments Archaeology in Adam from the first steps to the latest discoveries and methods. Ten years of research -- by Guillaume Gernez Geoarchaeological investigation in the Adam region. A regional study of past human-environment interactions -- by Tara Beuzen-Waller and Guillaume Gernez Palaeolithic period in the Sufrat Valley. The first inhabitants of Adam -- by Stéphanie Bonilauri, Tara Beuzen-Waller and Guillaume Gernez Neolithic sites near Jabal Salakh -- by Marion Lemée, Guillaume Gernez, Jessica Giraud and Tara Beuzen-Waller The new funerary landscape during the beginning of the Early Bronze Age in Adam, Jabal Salakh and Jabal Qarah -- by Jessica Giraud and Guillaume Gernez A tale of two graveyards. The excavations of protohistoric funerary sites in Adam -- by Guillaume Gernez and Jessica Giraud The Iron Age in Adam. The discovery of a ritual complex near Jabal Mudhmar -- by Guillaume Gernez, Anne Benoist, Mathilde Jean Water-sharing techniques of Falaj Al-Māleh in Adam -- by Julien Charbonnier Prehistoric and protohistoric heritage in Adam. A challenge for the future -- by Guillaume Gernez Bibliography Index. | |
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