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Water and soil resource management in southeastern Arabia: the case of the mountainous oasis of Masāfī in the United Arab Emirates, from the Iron Age to the present day
Masafi, une oasis dans les montagnes d'al-Hajar (E.A.U)
Ancient irrigated agriculture at Masafi : First results of a program of geo-archaeological research under the palm grove UAE conference
The hanging gardens of Masafi, United Arab Emirates
In semi-arid to arid environments, water is the most constraining resource for agricultural communities. In Southeast Arabia (Sultanate of Oman and United Arab Emirates), the demographic growth and the increase of sites at the beginning of the Iron Age II (1100–600 b.c.) is generally attributed to the development of groundwater harvesting...
In the case of Late Bronze Age pottery archaeometry is still rare in southeast Arabia. This article presents the results of a study undertaken on pottery assemblages from three Late Bronze Age sites located in the northern United Arab Emirates: Masafi-5, Kalba 4, and Shimal SX. Macroscopic and technological observations of a large set of...
In the case of Late Bronze Age pottery archaeometry is still rare in southeast Arabia. This article presents the results of a study undertaken on pottery assemblages from three Late Bronze Age sites located in the northern United Arab Emirates: Masafi-5, Kalba 4, and Shimal SX. Macroscopic and technological observations of a large set of...
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Located in the northern part of the Hajar mountains (UAE), the oasis of Masāfī benefits from abundant copper and water resources and a strategic location at the crossroad between the western piedmont and the shore of the Gulf of Oman. Our project aims at reconstructing the dynamics and evolution of this oasis. An interdisciplinary approach was...
Papers from the fifty-second meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studiesheld at the British Museum, London, 3 to 5 August 2018
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Reconstructing oasian landscapes through the millennia: what information can we extract from soils? The case of the oasis of masafi (united arab emirates)
Evolution de exploitation des sols de l'oasis de Masafi (E.A.U.) depuis l'Age du Fer : premières clés de lecture des sols
Recent geoarchaeological investigations have been carried out in the thick silty alluvial formations of the northern Hadramawt basin (Yemen). Field data was combined with a compilation of palaeoenvironmental records published from Arabia and its margins. Research performed on palaeolakes and other geoarchives indicates that the wet early-mid...
Recent geoarchaeological investigations have been carried out in the thick silty alluvial formations of the northern Hadramawt basin (Yemen). Field data was combined with a compilation of palaeoenvironmental records published from Arabia and its margins. Research performed on palaeolakes and other geoarchives indicates that the wet early-mid...
In order to understand the role of water resources in the establishment and long‐term evolution of settlements investigated by the French Archaeological Mission in the UAE in the oasis of Masāfī, wells and springs of all periods, identified at the surface and in stratified contexts, were mapped and studied thanks to a multidisciplinary approach...
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Le projet « Recherches archéologiques et épigraphiques dans la région du Tigray, Éthiopie (Ier millénaire avant notre ère-VIIIe siècle de notre ère) » porte sur les civilisations de l'Éthiopie antique, la transition entre diverses périodes de l'histoire antique, la transformation du milieu naturel et les types d'installations humaines. Le site...
Over a six-month period from January to August 2021 the Historic Environment Department of DCT Abu Dhabi carried out archaeological monitoring and excavation along an 11.5km stretch of a project to renew the existing border fence between UAE and Oman. The project produced a wealth of new data on the development of the historic oasis landscape...