Taming the great desert : Adam in the prehistory of Oman /: Adam in the prehistory of Oman. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Guillaume Gernez, Jessica Giraud.
• Authors: Gernez, Guillaume; Giraud, Jessica
• Other Names: Oman. Wizārat al-Turāth wa-al-Thaqāfah, issuing body.
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 128 pages), illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 939.49; Middle & Near Eastern archaeology; Social Science -- Archaeology; Oman -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789691818
• Related ISBNs: 9781789691801
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on 19 August, 2019).
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