Abstract
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. 2700-2000 BCE) cultural activity and human-environment interactions evidenced at the site and its environs in the Wadi al-Hijr. This paper presents the excavation results and preliminary interpretations of BAP's winter 2022-23 field season, which targeted three areas of suspected Umm an-Nar period settlement in the Bat landscape within a 10 km radius of the oasis: "Operation A," al-Khutm Settlement, and Rakhat al-Madrh. In choosing to look beyond the site's oasis center and examine ancient occupation in three geographically distinct areas within the greater Bat landscape, this research sheds light on the diverse cultural processes and socioecological strategies practiced by the region's Umm an-Nar period inhabitants.
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- Journal
- The Journal of Oman Studies, 25, 28-57
- Publisher
- Ministry of Heritage and Tourism
- Open access
- Gold open access
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APA 7
Swerida, J., Dollarbide, E. N., Bryant, R. C., Mateiciucová, I., Přichystal, A., Buffigton, A., Nugent, S. E., Karoll, A., al-Jassassi, A. B. R., Jensen, R. S., & Rissman, P. (2024). Results from Beyond the Oasis: Excavations of the 2022-23 Field Season of the Bat Archaeological Project. The Journal of Oman Studies, 25, 28-57. https://omanscience.com/en/articles/results-from-beyond-the-oasis-excavations-of-the-2022-23-field-season-of-the-bat-archaeological-project
MLA 9
Swerida, Jennifer, et al. "Results from Beyond the Oasis: Excavations of the 2022-23 Field Season of the Bat Archaeological Project." The Journal of Oman Studies, vol. 25, 2024, pp. 28-57. https://omanscience.com/en/articles/results-from-beyond-the-oasis-excavations-of-the-2022-23-field-season-of-the-bat-archaeological-project.
Chicago (author–date)
Swerida, Jennifer, Eli N. Dollarbide, Robert C. Bryant, Inna Mateiciucová, Antonín Přichystal, Abigail Buffigton, Selin E. Nugent, Amy Karoll, Asma Bint Rashid al-Jassassi, Reilly S. Jensen, and Paul Rissman. 2024. "Results from Beyond the Oasis: Excavations of the 2022-23 Field Season of the Bat Archaeological Project." The Journal of Oman Studies 25: 28-57. https://omanscience.com/en/articles/results-from-beyond-the-oasis-excavations-of-the-2022-23-field-season-of-the-bat-archaeological-project.
Harvard
Swerida, J., Dollarbide, E. N., Bryant, R. C., Mateiciucová, I., Přichystal, A., Buffigton, A., Nugent, S. E., Karoll, A., al-Jassassi, A. B. R., Jensen, R. S. and Rissman, P. (2024) 'Results from Beyond the Oasis: Excavations of the 2022-23 Field Season of the Bat Archaeological Project', The Journal of Oman Studies, 25, pp. 28-57. Available at: https://omanscience.com/en/articles/results-from-beyond-the-oasis-excavations-of-the-2022-23-field-season-of-the-bat-archaeological-project.
Vancouver
Swerida J, Dollarbide EN, Bryant RC, Mateiciucová I, Přichystal A, Buffigton A, et al. Results from Beyond the Oasis: Excavations of the 2022-23 Field Season of the Bat Archaeological Project. The Journal of Oman Studies. 2024;25:28-57. https://omanscience.com/en/articles/results-from-beyond-the-oasis-excavations-of-the-2022-23-field-season-of-the-bat-archaeological-project
IEEE
J. Swerida, E. N. Dollarbide, R. C. Bryant, I. Mateiciucová, A. Přichystal, A. Buffigton, S. E. Nugent, A. Karoll, A. B. R. al-Jassassi, R. S. Jensen, and P. Rissman, "Results from Beyond the Oasis: Excavations of the 2022-23 Field Season of the Bat Archaeological Project," The Journal of Oman Studies, vol. 25, pp. 28-57, 2024, https://omanscience.com/en/articles/results-from-beyond-the-oasis-excavations-of-the-2022-23-field-season-of-the-bat-archaeological-project.