The Journal Of Oman Studies

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Oman
ISBN : UOM:39015079613165

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The Journal of Oman Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael D. Petraglia,Jeffrey I. Rose
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048127191

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The Evolution of Human Populations in Arabia by Michael D. Petraglia,Jeffrey I. Rose Pdf

The romantic landscapes and exotic cultures of Arabia have long captured the int- ests of both academics and the general public alike. The wide array and incredible variety of environments found across the Arabian peninsula are truly dramatic; tro- cal coastal plains are found bordering up against barren sandy deserts, high mountain plateaus are deeply incised by ancient river courses. As the birthplace of Islam, the recent history of the region is well documented and thoroughly studied. However, legendary explorers such as T.E. Lawrence, Wilfred Thesiger, and St. John Philby discovered hints of a much deeper past during their travels across the subcontinent. Drawn to Arabia by the magnifcent solitude of its vast sand seas, these intrepid adventurers learned from the Bedouin how to penetrate its deserts and returned with stirring accounts of lost civilizations among the wind-swept dunes. We now know that, prior to recorded history, Arabia housed countless peoples living a variety of lifestyles, including some of the world’s earliest pastoralists, c- munities of incipient farmers, fshermen dubbed the “Ichthyophagi” by ancient Greek geographers, and Paleolithic big-game hunters who were among the frst humans to depart their ancestral homeland in Africa. In fact, some archaeological investigations indicate that Arabia was inhabited by early hominins extending far back into the Early Pleistocene, perhaps even into the Late Pliocene.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Oman
ISBN : OSU:32435032325995

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The Journal of Oman Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paolo Costa,Maurizio Tosi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : UOM:39015016994900

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Oman Studies by Paolo Costa,Maurizio Tosi Pdf

Author : Stephanie Döpper,Irini Biezeveld,Maria Pia Maiorano,Jonas Kluge
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803276977

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The 2018 Archaeological Survey at Tawi Said, Sultanate of Oman by Stephanie Döpper,Irini Biezeveld,Maria Pia Maiorano,Jonas Kluge Pdf

The 2018 archaeological survey at Tawi Said, located on the edge of the Sharqiyah desert in the Sultanate of Oman, yielded close to 8,600 artifacts, the majority being pottery sherds. Two significant phases are attested by the survey's finds: the Wadi Suq period (2000-1600 BCE) and the Late Islamic period (1650-1970 CE).

Author : Calvin H. Allen, Jr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317291633

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Oman: the Modernization of the Sultanate by Calvin H. Allen, Jr Pdf

Until the 1970s Oman was an isolated, almost medieval kingdom, virtually unknown to the outside world. The 1970 palace coup that brought Sultan Qaboos b. Sa’id Al-Sa’id to power also brought Oman into the twentieth century. Development programmes made modernization a rapid process, and Oman’s location at the entrance to the Straits of Hormuz gave the country an increasing importance to US security interests in the Gulf region. Yet despite modernization, Oman remains an unknown land. This book, first published in 1987, dispels some of the mystery by focusing on the land, the people and the history. It explores the influences on events of trade, foreign involvement in Omani affairs, and Ibadism (the principal sect of Islam in Oman). It also emphasizes the role of the Sultan in contemporary Oman. The architect of Oman’s ‘new age’, Qaboos has overseen significant changes in the country’s political system and rapid economic growth financed by oil exports.

Author : Marielle Risse
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000821741

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Houseways in Southern Oman by Marielle Risse Pdf

This book explores how houses are created, maintained and conceptualized in southern Oman. Based on long-term research in the Dhofar region, it draws on anthropology, sociology, urban studies and architectural history. The chapters consider physical and functional aspects, including regulations governing land use, factors in siting houses, architectural styles and norms for interior and exterior decorating. The volume also reflects on cultural expectations regarding how and when rooms are used and issues such as safety, privacy, social connectedness and ease of movement. Houses and residential areas are situated within the fabric of towns, comparison is made with housing in other countries in the Arabian peninsula, and consideration is given to notions of the ‘Islamic city’ and the ‘Islamic house’. The book is valuable reading for scholars interested in the Middle East and the built environment.

Author : Christopher P. Thornton
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9781934536063

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The Bronze Age Towers at Bat, Sultanate of Oman by Christopher P. Thornton Pdf

In the third millennium B.C.E., the Oman Peninsula was the site of an important kingdom known in Akkadian texts as "Magan," which traded extensively with the Indus Civilization, southern Iran, the Persian Gulf states, and southern Mesopotamia. Excavations have been carried out in this region since the 1970s, although the majority of studies have focused on mortuary monuments at the expense of settlement archaeology. While domestic structures of the Bronze Age have been found and are the focus of current research at Bat, most settlements dating from the third millennium B.C.E. in Oman and the U.A.E. are defined by the presence of large, circular monuments made of mudbrick or stone that are traditionally called "towers." Whether these so-called towers are defensive, agricultural, political, or ritual structures has long been debated, but very few comprehensive studies of these monuments have been attempted. Between 2007 and 2012, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology conducted excavations at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bat in the Sultanate of Oman under the direction of the late Gregory L. Possehl. The focus of these years was on the monumental stone towers of the third millennium B.C.E., looking at the when, how, and why of their construction through large-scale excavation, GIS-aided survey, and the application of radiocarbon dates. This has been the most comprehensive study of nonmortuary Bronze Age monuments ever conducted on the Oman Peninsula, and the results provide new insight into the formation and function of these impressive structures that surely formed the social and political nexus of Magan's kingdom.

Author : J. Lemons,Reginald Victor,Daniel Schaffer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781461503750

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Conserving Biodiversity in Arid Regions by J. Lemons,Reginald Victor,Daniel Schaffer Pdf

On the eve of the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD), held in autumn 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan recommended five specific areas as focal points of discussion for the global forum: Water, energy, health, agriculture and biodiversity. In his address, "Towards a Sustainable Future," delivered just four months before the WSSD, Secretary General Annan contended that concrete progress in each of these areas, often referred to by their acronym WEHAB, would be key to improving the quality of life not only in the developing world but across the globe. For most people, I think it is fair to say that the inclusion of biodiversity in a list that focuses on basic human needs may not be self-evident. Water, energy, health and agriculture, yes. But why biodiversity? The truth is that biodiversity is just as critical to global well-being as water, energy, agriculture and health. This is because biodiversity both drives and shapes nature's intricate and dynamic structure in an enduring form and force that enables both current and future generations to enjoy its bounty.

Author : H.R. Rollinson,M.P. Searle,I.A. Abbasi,A. Al-Lazki,M.H. Al-Kindi
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781862393783

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Tectonic Evolution of the Oman Mountains by H.R. Rollinson,M.P. Searle,I.A. Abbasi,A. Al-Lazki,M.H. Al-Kindi Pdf

The Oman Mountains contain one of the world’s best- exposed and best-understood fold–thrust belts and the largest, best-exposed and most intensively studied ophiolite complex on Earth. This volume presents new international research from authors currently active in the field focusing on the geology of the Oman Mountains, the foreland region, the carbonate platforms of Northern and Central Oman and the underlying basement complex. In addition there is a particular focus on geoconservation in the region. The volume is divided into three main sections that discuss the tectonics of the Arabian plate using insights from geophysics, petrology, structural geology, geochronology and palaeontology; the petrology and geochemistry of the Oman Ophiolite and the sedimentary and hydrocarbon systems of Oman, drawing on the geophysics, structure and sedimentology of these systems. The volume is enhanced by numerous colour images provided courtesy of Petroleum Development Oman.

Author : Marielle Risse
Publisher : Springer
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030170042

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Community and Autonomy in Southern Oman by Marielle Risse Pdf

This book explores how there is latitude for people to make their own choices and how the chances to assert independence change over time in a Muslim, Arab, tribal culture. The book first gives a brief overview of day-to-day life in the Dhofar region of southern Oman, then focuses on how the traits of self-control and self-respect are linked in the everyday actions of several groups of tribes who speak Gibali (Jibbali, also known as Shari/Śḥeret), a non-written, Modern South Arabian language. Although no work can express the totality of a culture, this text describes how Gibalis are constantly shifting between preserving autonomy and signaling membership in family, tribal, and national communities. The work reflects observations and conclusions from over ten years of research into the history and culture of the Dhofar region along with longstanding, deep involvement with both men and women in the Gibali community.

Author : John Peterson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004152663

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Historical Muscat by John Peterson Pdf

An examination of the historical environment of Muscat, the capital of Oman, and the damage sustained by the city's historical legacy since 1970. It includes a historical gazetteer of Muscat and its environs and numerous maps and photographs.

Author : Haya Ali Khalifa,Michael Rice
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 9780710301123

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Bahrain Through the Ages by Haya Ali Khalifa,Michael Rice Pdf

First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Ben Saunders
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784913960

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Archaeological rescue excavations on Packages 3 and 4 of the Batinah Expressway, Sultanate of Oman by Ben Saunders Pdf

This report presents the results of rescue excavations conducted during the spring and summer of 2014 in preparation for the construction of the Batinah Expressway (Packages 3 and 4) on the Batinah coastal plain in al-Batinah North Governate

Author : Bo Madsen
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9788793423244

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The Early Bronze Age Tombs of Jebel Hafit by Bo Madsen Pdf

The Early Bronze Age Tombs of Jebel Hafit presents fifty burial mounds excavated by Moesgaard Museum in 1961-1971 in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the Arabian Gulf. These excavations were the first archaeological investigations at all in this part of the world, and they throw light on the beginning of the Bronze Age on the Oman Peninsula. The graves represent a fundamental transformation of the relationship between humans and the environment in the region, preceding the emergence of oasis agriculture. The graves contain the first objects of copper in the region and show that the exploitation of copper from the Oman mountains had begun. The tombs of Jebel Hafit are inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage list. The publication is the result of a cooperation between the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority and Moesgaard Museum.