The article attempts to place Musandam in the context of a relationship with the ancient trade center of Hormuz. It tentatively tries to give some directions that define Musandam not only as the periphery of the Arabian Peninsula, but also as the southern hinterland of the former world trade metropolis. And in this con …
In Oman, the numerals of sheep and goats in the present time reflect a clear disparity in both animals' populations numbers. The Agricultural Census 2018 stated that the livestock of Oman contains 2,302,000 goats and 605,000 sheep. The divergence between the two animals is attracting attention and notice through the un …
In May 2013 Gõesta Hoffmann and Maurizio Tosi had the opportunity to document some surface clusters of Islamic period remains in the wilayät Sib, along the coastal area between Wadi Al Lawami and Wadi Al Khars. This consisted mainly of pottery dated between the early to late Islamic period (8th to 20th centuries CE). I …
While the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bat, Oman, is famous as an exceptionally large and well-preserved Early Bronze Age oasis settlement, the site's archacological landscape extends far beyond the oasis. The Bat Archacological Project (BAP) aims to better understand the complex array of Umm an-Nar period (ca. 2700-2 …
Archaeological campaigns led during five years on the necropolis of Khawr Jirama, located in the Sharqiya, have brought to light what appears to be a new prehistoric funerary tradition still unknown in Oman. The excavation of seven tombs, located not far from the Jarama lagoon, has enabled the discovery of the earliest …
In 1990’s, French-Omani team first signalled in southern part of Dhofar, South Oman, several terrestrial vertebrates mixed with marine members in an Early Oligocene fossil assemblage. Even though most of these fossils have been reported and published by palaeontologists, fossil elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) have dese …
This paper presents a study of two archaeological objects that were found by the research team on the surface of the Old Wabel, located on the northern borders of the city of Ar Rustaq, during an inspection visit to the site, which recently faced a massive bulldozing movement that destructed large part of it. The potte …
The Iron Age in Oman is characterised by socioeconomic transformations, including the emergence of regional centres, the revitalisation of sedentary agriculture, and the aflāj water-supply system. Compared to the alluvial basins and oases at the fringes of the inner desert, the sociocultural characteristics of the cany …
A set of objects, mainly made of copper/bronze, was discovered fortuitously during development work at Dhat Khayl, a village in the wilayat of al-Hamra (ad-Dakhiliyah) located at the foot of the mountains of central Oman. These vessels, daggers and bangles are all typical of the Early Iron Age and correspond to well-kn …
Rescue excavations carried out at Bilad Sahum (adh-Dhahira) have identified a necropolis of the Middle Bronze Age (Wadi Suq period). The architectural characteristics of the 9 excavated subterranean cist graves, and the homogeneity of the archaeological material, especially the soft-stone vessels, suggest that the necr …