Monumental circular structures, so-called towers, are one of the most prominent remains of the 3rd millennium BC in Eastern Arabia. Large ditch systems surrounding the tower have been discovered at several of these sites. Recent excavations at the tower Building II at Bat in the Sultanate of Oman conducted by the University of Tübingen revealed a new addition to the known ditch systems connected with the towers. Although it has been suggested in the past that these ditch systems were used for irrigation, defence or protection against floodwater, no agreement on this issue could be reached as publications on most of these ditches are limited. Within this article, the results of the excavations at Building II will be presented and its ditch s...
Abstract. - Among several other ones, two wâdîs in the desert of Yemen have been studied. One can fi...
This contribution offers a comparison of the pottery assemblages of various Iron Age sites of the Om...
International audienceDecades of archaeological research in southeastern Arabia (Oman and the UAE) h...
The Early Bronze Age in third-millennium-BC Eastern Arabia was a period of fundamental change, which...
"The Early Bronze Age in third-millennium-BC Eastern Arabia was a period of fundamental change, whic...
International audienceRegistered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1989, the extensive archaeolo...
The extensive investigation carried out between November 2017 and the end of January 2018 at the UNE...
International audienceRegistered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1989, the extensive archaeolo...
Prehistoric stone structures are prominent and well-studied in the Levantine desert margins. In nort...
In comparison with the well-documented funerary and monumental archaeology, remarkably few settlemen...
International audienceGradually abandoned since the 1970s, the vernacular heritage of the interior r...
Between 10 and six thousand years ago the Arabian Peninsula saw the most recent of the ‘Green Arabia...
This paper introduces a new model for the reconstruction of the social organisation of 3rd millenniu...
International audienceIn semi-arid to arid environments, water is the most constraining resource for...
Earth is a commonly used construction material and it is specially widespread in the Arabic Peninsul...
Abstract. - Among several other ones, two wâdîs in the desert of Yemen have been studied. One can fi...
This contribution offers a comparison of the pottery assemblages of various Iron Age sites of the Om...
International audienceDecades of archaeological research in southeastern Arabia (Oman and the UAE) h...
The Early Bronze Age in third-millennium-BC Eastern Arabia was a period of fundamental change, which...
"The Early Bronze Age in third-millennium-BC Eastern Arabia was a period of fundamental change, whic...
International audienceRegistered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1989, the extensive archaeolo...
The extensive investigation carried out between November 2017 and the end of January 2018 at the UNE...
International audienceRegistered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1989, the extensive archaeolo...
Prehistoric stone structures are prominent and well-studied in the Levantine desert margins. In nort...
In comparison with the well-documented funerary and monumental archaeology, remarkably few settlemen...
International audienceGradually abandoned since the 1970s, the vernacular heritage of the interior r...
Between 10 and six thousand years ago the Arabian Peninsula saw the most recent of the ‘Green Arabia...
This paper introduces a new model for the reconstruction of the social organisation of 3rd millenniu...
International audienceIn semi-arid to arid environments, water is the most constraining resource for...
Earth is a commonly used construction material and it is specially widespread in the Arabic Peninsul...
Abstract. - Among several other ones, two wâdîs in the desert of Yemen have been studied. One can fi...
This contribution offers a comparison of the pottery assemblages of various Iron Age sites of the Om...
International audienceDecades of archaeological research in southeastern Arabia (Oman and the UAE) h...