- Prehistoric Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Mesolithic/Neolithic, Neolithic Europe, Neolithic Archaeology, Paleolithic Archaeology, and 31 moreOrigins of Agriculture, Mesolithic Europe, African Archaeology, Hunters, Fishers and Gatherers' Archaeology, Anthropology, Archaeology of Jordan, Levant, Middle Bronze Age, Early Bronze Age in the Southern Levant, Upper Paleolithic Epipaleolithic In Southern Levant, Archaeology of Oman peninsula, Archaeology, Syria (Archaeology), Northern Mesopotamia, Ancient Near East, Anatolian Archaeology, Aegean Archaeology, Moravia, Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Amber Road, Nuragic Archaeology, Prehistoric polished stone tools, Polished and Other Stone Industry, Spatial analysis (Archaeology), Archaeoastronomy, Arabian/Persian Gulf Archaeology, Levantine Archaeology, Geomorphology, and Macro-lithic toolsedit
Report from the 1st season of TSMO (Trilith Stone Monuments of Oman) 3-year archaeological field project in Oman focused on research of TRILITHS (stone monuments embedded in ritual/sacred spaces distributed in the landscape throughout... more
Report from the 1st season of TSMO (Trilith Stone Monuments of Oman) 3-year archaeological field project in Oman focused on research of TRILITHS (stone monuments embedded in ritual/sacred spaces distributed in the landscape throughout the coastal highlands of Southern Arabia). Trilith dataset raised to 634 recorded sites, 41 trilith fireplaces were sampled and 24 samples were submitted to the radiocarbon laboratories for AMS 14C measurements and respective calibrated dating. Highlight of mission TSMO 1A was relocation of endangered trilith monument from Duqm to the National Museum in Muscat for permanent exhibit. TSMO mission also newly recorded extensive shell midden complex and several Palaeolithic sites in Duqm, central Oman.
Research Interests:
First two excavation field missions of TSMO (Trilith Stone Monuments of Oman) project placed research on trilith monuments and their chronology on a sound footing. Preliminary results are divided into three themes: excavations and... more
First two excavation field missions of TSMO (Trilith Stone Monuments of Oman) project placed research on trilith monuments and their chronology on a sound footing. Preliminary results are divided into three themes: excavations and sampling of trilith-associated fireplaces across Oman for 14C dating; results of surveys in al-Duqm area (new trilith sites, multi-period occupation shell midden site, middle Palaeolithic sites); and relocation of endangered trilith monument from al-Duqm to The National Museum in Muscat. The 14C dating sample collection across Oman produced extensive dataset representing different geographical locations; fireplace types and generations; and different stratigraphic context. The results of AMS 14C analyses and respective dating ranges allowed chronological tracing and provided critical inputs for re-assessment of triliths chronology.The next TSMO seasons will continue on research on triliths and other archaeological evidences in Duqm, with plan to use OSL and cosmogenic nuclide dating methods.
Research Interests:
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... more
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. Les recherches archéologiques en cours dans la région du Dhufār, au sud du sultanat d’Oman, ont permis de cartographier plus de 800 localités et gisements préhistoriques se trouvant dans la zone montagneuse du Dhufār, les canyons du Nejd et jusqu’au désert du Rub' al Khali. Il s’agit notamment d’ateliers de taille, de sites d’activités spécialisées, de nucléus et de pointes pédonculées isolés. Les différentes chaînes opératoires identifiées représentent les étapes d’une évolution technologique depuis le Paléolithique inférieur jusqu’au Néolithique. Allant du Pléistocène jusqu’à l’Holocène, ces contextes sont soutenus par des datations absolues. Cet article explore la variabilité technologique et les schémas de distribution des sites au cours du Paléolithique. L’objectif est de synthétiser les résultats exhaustifs de deux décennies de recherches archéologiques dans le sud du sultanat d’Oman. Ces résultats permettent de contextualiser les modèles de dynamiques des populations préhistoriques au sein de paléoenvironnements extrêmement variables de l’Arabie du Sud.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Palaeolithic Archaeology, Settlement Patterns, Neolithic Archaeology, and 15 morePrehistoric Settlement, Lithic Technology, Lithics, Archaeology of Oman, Archaeology of Oman peninsula, Lower Paleolithic, Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition, Upper Paleolithic, Middle Palaeolithic, Late Palaeolithic, South Arabian Archaeology, Modern human dispersal, Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula, Hunter Gatherer Archaeology, and Paléorient
First two excavation field missions of TSMO (Trilith Stone Monuments of Oman) project placed research on trilith monuments and their chronology on a sound footing. Preliminary results are divided into three themes: excavations and... more
First two excavation field missions of TSMO (Trilith Stone Monuments of Oman) project placed research on trilith monuments and their chronology on a sound footing. Preliminary results are divided into three themes: excavations and sampling of trilith-associated fireplaces across Oman for 14C dating; results of surveys in al-Duqm area (new trilith sites, multi-period occupation shell midden site, middle Palaeolithic sites); and relocation of endangered trilith monument from al-Duqm to The National Museum in Muscat. The 14C dating sample collection across Oman produced extensive dataset representing different geographical locations; fireplace types and generations; and different stratigraphic context. The results of AMS 14C analyses and respective dating ranges allowed chronological tracing and provided critical inputs for re-assessment of triliths chronology.The next TSMO seasons will continue on research on triliths and other archaeological evidences in Duqm, with plan to use OSL and cosmogenic nuclide dating methods.