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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gernez, Guillaume
Otros Autores: Giraud, Jessica
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Archaeopress, 2019.
Colección:Archaeological Heritage of Oman Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.