Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in Southern Oman from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Neolithic
Abstract. Ongoing archaeological investigations in the Dhufār region of southern Oman have mapped some 800 lithic findspots distributed across the Dhufār Mountains, Nejd Plateau, and the southern Rub’ al Khali Desert. These include extensive lithic workshops, specialized activity sites, as well as i...
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| প্রকাশিত: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/paleorient, |
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| প্রধান লেখক: | , , , , , , , |
| বিন্যাস: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| ভাষা: | Anglais |
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Paléorient
2023
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| অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| সংক্ষিপ্ত: | Abstract. Ongoing archaeological investigations in the Dhufār region of southern Oman have mapped some 800 lithic findspots distributed across the Dhufār Mountains, Nejd Plateau, and the southern Rub’ al Khali Desert. These include extensive lithic workshops, specialized activity sites, as well as isolated armatures and cores. The array of lithic reduction strategies represents successive stages of technological evolution from the Pleistocene to the Holocene, supported by a handful of absolute dates from stratified contexts. This paper explores distribution patterns for sites with technological and typological attributes belonging to the Lower, Middle, Upper, Late Palaeolithic, and Neolithic periods. The aim is to synthesize the comprehensive results of two decades of prehistoric investigations in southern Oman. These results seek to contextualize changes in settlement patterns within the oscillating palaeoenvironments of South Arabia. |
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