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Verlag: Archaeopress, 2019
ISBN 10: 1789691605ISBN 13: 9781789691603
Anbieter: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 128 pages. 11.50x8.25x0.25 inches. In Stock.
Verlag: Eisenbrauns, 2014
ISBN 10: 1934309516ISBN 13: 9781934309513
Anbieter: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, USA
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Zustand: New.
Verlag: Eisenbrauns, 2014
ISBN 10: 1934309516ISBN 13: 9781934309513
Anbieter: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Irland
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Zustand: New.
Verlag: Ministry of Information; Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, 2001
Anbieter: Dendera, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Gilt-titled brown cloth in colour illustrated jacket 22 x 31cm. Printed by Al Nahda Printing Press Oman. 192pp with royal portrait frontis and many mostly b/w illustrations + 5 folding sheets o/w 2 printed to both sides. Near fine with marks to text block edge and rubbing to jacket edges. This original English language edition was also translated into Arabic by the Department of Archaeology at Sultan Qaboos University, with both published in 2001. Both look to be scarce with Worldcat and Jisc listing 17 locations for the English and 2 for the Arabic. This significant work presents findings from Southwest Missouri State University's expedition to Dhofar led by Professor Juris Zarins in 1990-95: "The importance of this study stems from the fact that there are only a few comprehensive reports about the archaeology of Dhofar. Indeed [it] further authenticates the important and influential role in the region played by Dhofar for multitudes since early prehistory". The expedition followed work for a documentary by Nicholas Clapp and George Hedges with Ranulph Fiennes in 1990, about the search for the lost city of Ubar. First sponsored by the Oman International Bank, the Government took over in 1991 when Sultan Qaboos established the National Committee for Supervision of Archaeological Survey. Building on its findings Sultan Qaboos University joined excavations at Al Baleed in Salalah from 1996 as part of a master plan to restore and develop the site as a visitor park. The first in a projected series, this high profile publication also aimed to encourage Arab and international experts to come forward to explore joint projects with the University and Omani Government (Preface by Mohammed Bin Al-Zubair Bin Ali, Advisor to HM The Sultan for Economic Planning Affairs, President of Sultan Qaboos University; introductory note by Abdul Aziz bin Mohammed Al Rowas, Minister of Information; Acknowledgments; Editorial Preface by Moawiyah M. Ibrahim, Editor in Chief). Chapters cover early explorers (Bertram Thomas, Clapp, and before); Ecology; Summer Monsoon; Palaeolithic and Neolithic archaeology; Dhofar (origins of frankincense trade, Dhofar and the West); Bronze Age (northern Oman / East Arabia, Hadhramaut, Dhofar and the incense trade); Iron Age (northern Oman, Yemen, Dhofar, Shisr, Al Humran, and the frankincense trade); Dhofar Regional Survey; the Mahra; the Omani; classical sources; and the Islamic Period. Among its findings were modern man's arrival in Najd and Shisr 100,000 years ago; abandonment of most of the Peninsula due to extreme aridity 20-8,000 years ago; arrival of pastoral nomads from the Levant 6,000 BC establishing ancient trade routes, maritime trade, and beginning the incense trade to meet demand from Mesopotamia; retrenchment, camel domestication and copper trade with Masirah and Dhofar in the Bronze Age; re-emergence of herders with crops in the Iron Age in a lifestyle similar to the modern Mahra, migration of Omani Arabs, influence of Parthian Persians, the possibility Shisr could be either Ubar or Omanum Emporium, emergence of Al Baleed as a major port, etc. Interior trade prospered in the Islamic Period driven by horses and incense, ties with India were sustained, and coastal Dhofar participated in long distance trade. Ottoman and Portuguese invasions brought things to a standstill. Illustrations include drawings, maps and plans including fold-outs showing sites, past and current stream flows, and sections based on Ptolomey's map. Colour illustrations include the Bertram Thomas Ubar Road and remote sensing map of Salalah.
Verlag: Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente, Roma, 2002
Anbieter: Dendera, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps 17 x 24cm. 438pp including numerous b/w photo illustrations, drawings, maps, charts and tables. Very good, bumped with short tear to the spine head, lightly creased to corners, with label remnants to title page. The essays are divided into 3 parts: 1. Adaptations to the Desert Environments (5 papers of which 3 in English, 1 Italian, 1 French); 2. Emerging Complexity and the Archaeological Record (5 papers in English); 3. Early Contacts with the Urban Civilizations (6 of which 5 English, 1 French). Most relate to sites in Oman and Yemen. There is also an introduction by the editors, and a list of contributors.
Verlag: (The Archaeology Fund), (Springfield, Missouri), 1996
Anbieter: Dendera, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Printed wraps in academic binding 22x28cm. Various numberings printed to the rectos: (26)pp proposal text + 31pp maps, plans and diagrams (some folding, some with hand colouring), 10pp references, 9pp team member CVs, 6pp text + (2)pp maps Appendix on Landsat images. Very good, lightly creased. Extremely rare. Three of the authors of this proposal, Zarins, Hedges and Blom, had formed the Archaeology Fund, a member of the American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS). Starting in 1992, they participated in the TransArabia Expedition to Oman in search of the lost city of Ubar, led by filmmaker and archaeologist Nicholas Clapp. Zarins (1945-2023) was chief archaeologist, Archaeology Fund CEO George Hedges (1952-2009) one of the Principal Organisers, and Ronald Blom of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory was chief space imaging scientist / geologist. They were joined by Charles Elachi also of NASA, British explorer Ranulph Fiennes, and botanist Nora Martinez of the Huntington Botanical Gardens. The work made major discoveries about the ancient frankincense trade and routes in Oman. The proposal offered here extends that work into little explored areas in Mahra and the Hadramaut: "from our work in Oman, there is strong evidence that the cultures identified there will be found in correlative sites that we posit to exist in Mahra and Hadramaut regions in Yemen, including sister sites to the so-called Ubar site in Oman" (pp(1)-(2)). It includes an overview of the region (incense), the Modern South Arabian (MSA) population, MSA speakers and historical antecedents; archaeological evidence; triliths; sea-faring; Persia, Parthia and the Biblical story of the Magi; the Bronze Age; and the Neolithic. It proposed surveys of the coast between Mukalla to Damqut (similar to the Salalah Plain), the Wadi Jiz System and its tributaries in the Uplands, and permanent springs in northern Nejd. The project went ahead under the auspices of the AIYS, and its explorations along the ancient frankincense routes into the virtually unexplored Mahra region, covered almost 2000 miles of territory. It reported over 65 major sites, including two fortresses nearly identical to those at Ubar, two port sites showing evidence of ancient trade with China and SE Asia, a mysterious ring site with apparent celestial orientation, and numbers of triliths (route markers of the ancient frankincense traders). A second survey campaign was conducted in 1998 (ref: AIYS, "Archaeological Exploration of the Mahra Region"; "The Frankincense Route Emerges From the Desert", NY Times, 21 April 1992; "Ruins in Yemeni Desert Mark Route of Frankincense Trade", NY Times 28 Jan 1997).