Taymāʾ I: archaeological exploration, palaeoenvironment, cultural contacts

This is the first of a series of books reporting on a Saudi-German archaeological project at at Taymāʾ: the current archaeological exploration of the oasis is contextualised with previous and ongoing research within the region, while offering a first overview of the settlement history of the site, p...

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Main Author: Bagg, Ariel M. (Author)
Contributors: Hausleiter, Arnulf 1966- (Editor) ; Eichmann, Ricardo 1955- (Editor) ; al-Najem, Muhammad (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Summertown, Oxford Archaeopress Publishing Ltd 2018
In:Year: 2018
Reviews:[Rezension von: Taymāʼ I : Archaeological exploration, palaeoenvironment, cultural contacts] (2020) (Zwickel, Wolfgang, 1957 -)
Series/Journal:Taymā. Multidisciplinary series on the results of the Saudi-German Archaeological Project
Further subjects:B Excavations (archaeology) (Saudi Arabia) (Taymāʾ)
B Taymāʾ (Saudi Arabia) Antiquities
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:This is the first of a series of books reporting on a Saudi-German archaeological project at at Taymāʾ: the current archaeological exploration of the oasis is contextualised with previous and ongoing research within the region, while offering a first overview of the settlement history of the site, possibly starting more than 6000 years ago
Foreword -- HRH Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Sa'ud ; Introduction -- Ali bin Ibrahim al-Ghabban ; Preface -- Arnulf Hausleiter and Ricardo Eichmann ; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION ; The Archaeological Exploration of the Oasis of Taymāʼ -- Arnulf Hausleiter and Ricardo Eichmann ; PALAEOENVIRONMENT, VEGETATION, AND WATER MANAGEMENT ; Palaeoenvironmental Changes at Taymā' as Inferred from Sabkha Infill -- Max Engel, Nicole Klasen, Andreas Ginau, Martin Patzke, Anna Pint, Peter Frenzel, and Helmut Brückner ; Taymā' Oasis (Saudi Arabia) and its Surroundings -- a First Synthesis of the Flora, Vegetation, Natural Resources, and Floral History -- Harald Kürschner and Reinder Neef ; Early to Middle Holocene Vegetational Development, Climatic Conditions and Oasis Cultivation in Taymā': First Results from Pollen Spectra out of a Sabkha -- Michèle Dinies, Reinder Neef, and Harald Kürschner ; The Water Management of Taymā' and Other Ancient Oasis Settlements in the North-Western Arabian Peninsula -- a Synthesis -- Kai Wellbrock, Peter Voß, Benjamin Heemeier, Patrick Keilholz, Arno Patzelt, and Matthias Grottker ; CULTURAL CONTACTS ; Ägypten und Arabien -- Gunnar Sperveslage ; Untersuchungen zu den 'arabischen' Toponymen und zur Rezeption der 'Araber' in den historischen Quellen der Assyrer -- Ariel M. Bagg.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2018
Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized
ISBN:1789690447
Access:Open access