The Dispersal Of The Neolithic Over The Arabian Peninsula

Author : Philipp Drechsler
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781407305028
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dispersal of the Neolithic Over the Arabian Peninsula written by Philipp Drechsler and published by British Archaeological Reports Limited. This book was released on 2009 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The general research question followed during the course of this study can be summarized as: Does the Neolithic in Arabia originate in the Levant? To approach this question, several facets of this topic have been investigated. The first aspect considered is the most fundamental one with respect to the general research question: What is the archaeological material evidence for the Neolithic dispersal over Arabia, and where did it originate? If one accepts the Levantine origin for the Arabian Neolithic, the next question which has to be answered is: How did it happen? Here, two opposing, general, explanatory concepts are provided in the archaeological, social and geographic sciences. The third focus of this study investigates the Neolithic dispersal over Arabia as a spatial process: What are the most advantageous routes the Levantine Neolithic herders could have taken during the dispersal? The structure of this book follows the research agenda as outlined: Chapter 1 describes the history of research in Arabia. Chapter 2 discusses the conceptual model which was developed to consider the Neolithic dispersal from the Levant as a spatial process. Chapter 3 provides details about the dispersal simulations performed with respect to the environmental situation on the Arabian Peninsula. Chapter 4 traces the dispersal routes suggested by the simulations by archaeological evidence. The concluding chapter 5 summarizes and compares the separate results of the study.

Author : Michael D. Petraglia
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 904812719X
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Human Populations in Arabia written by Michael D. Petraglia and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-11-27 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The romantic landscapes and exotic cultures of Arabia have long captured the int- ests of both academics and the general public alike. The wide array and incredible variety of environments found across the Arabian peninsula are truly dramatic; tro- cal coastal plains are found bordering up against barren sandy deserts, high mountain plateaus are deeply incised by ancient river courses. As the birthplace of Islam, the recent history of the region is well documented and thoroughly studied. However, legendary explorers such as T.E. Lawrence, Wilfred Thesiger, and St. John Philby discovered hints of a much deeper past during their travels across the subcontinent. Drawn to Arabia by the magnifcent solitude of its vast sand seas, these intrepid adventurers learned from the Bedouin how to penetrate its deserts and returned with stirring accounts of lost civilizations among the wind-swept dunes. We now know that, prior to recorded history, Arabia housed countless peoples living a variety of lifestyles, including some of the world’s earliest pastoralists, c- munities of incipient farmers, fshermen dubbed the “Ichthyophagi” by ancient Greek geographers, and Paleolithic big-game hunters who were among the frst humans to depart their ancestral homeland in Africa. In fact, some archaeological investigations indicate that Arabia was inhabited by early hominins extending far back into the Early Pleistocene, perhaps even into the Late Pliocene.

Author : Peter Magee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781316009949
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of Prehistoric Arabia written by Peter Magee and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first extensive coverage of the archaeology of the Arabian peninsula from c.9000 to 800 BC.

Author : Philipp Drechsler
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784919632
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dosariyah: An Arabian Neolithic Coastal Community in the Central Gulf written by Philipp Drechsler and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-08-13 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the work carried out by the joint German-Saudi Dosariyah Archaeological Research Project (DARP) between 2010 and 2014 at Dosariyah, located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

Author : Peter Magee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521862310
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of Prehistoric Arabia written by Peter Magee and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first extensive coverage of the archaeology of the Arabian peninsula from c. 9000 to 800 BC. Providing a wealth of detail on the environmental and archaeological record, it argues that this ancient region was in many ways very different from the surrounding states in Egypt and Mesopotamia. It examines the adaptation of humans to Arabia's environment and the eventual formation of a unique society that flourished for millennia.

Author : Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Peter Magee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781316003183
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of Prehistoric Arabia written by Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Peter Magee and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first extensive coverage of the archaeology of the Arabian peninsula from c.9000 to 800 BC.

Author : Marta Luciani
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783700186304
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula 2 written by Marta Luciani and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume presents the proceedings of the second international workshop on the Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula. Its subtitle, 'Connecting the evidence', portrayed our striving for investigating relationships and connections between different regions, materials and themes of research. The nine contributions straddle the entire expanse of the Peninsula and beyond, in order to counter the present divide in different academic disciplines. The chronological focus spans from the Pre Pottery Neolithic, the Bronze and Iron Ages down to the Islamic Middle Ages. The analyzed themes range from funerary to cultic landscapes, oasis formation and role of metallurgy for desert dwellers in state-of-the-art interdisciplinary perspectives and field case studies.

Author : Jeffrey I. Rose
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030956679
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Human Prehistory in Arabia written by Jeffrey I. Rose and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-18 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook explores the mystery of human origins in the Arabian Peninsula, the lost Southern Crescent where humanity took its first steps toward civilization. Under Arabia’s surface of sand and stone lies a primordial realm of rolling grasslands, freshwater lakes, and river floodplains. This book aims to restore a critical missing chapter in the prehistory of our species that played out in this forgotten place of plenty. The author has carried out more than twenty years of fieldwork in Yemen and Oman, weaving his research together into an unorthodox tapestry of archaeology, environmental science, genetics, and Middle Eastern mythology. This volume peers beneath Arabia’s abandoned deserts, revealing a land that once served as a bridge between prehistoric worlds. This textbook is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students as well as all readers who are interested in learning about Arabian prehistory.

Author : Serge Cleuziou
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essays on the Late Prehistory of the Arabian Peninsula written by Serge Cleuziou and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert A. Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789004163591
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Maritime Interactions in the Arabian Neolithic written by Robert A. Carter and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excavations at H3, Kuwait, throw important new light on the economy of the Arabian Neolithic, the early history of seafaring and boat-building, and relations with Ubaid Mesopotamia. It is now clear that the inhabitants of the eastern seaboard of the Arabian Peninsula were active players in a complex network that linked Mesopotamia, the northern and southern Gulf and perhaps Iran during the 6th and 5th millennia BC. Excavations at H3, Kuwait, throw important new light on the economy of the Arabian Neolithic, the early history of seafaring and boat-building, and relations with Ubaid Mesopotamia. It is now clear that the inhabitants of the eastern seaboard of the Arabian Peninsula were active players in a complex network that linked Mesopotamia, the northern and southern Gulf and perhaps Iran during the 6th and 5th millennia BC.