Dhofar through the ages: an ecological, archaeological and historical landscape
Contenu
- Titre
- Dhofar through the ages: an ecological, archaeological and historical landscape
- Créateur
- Newton, Lynne S. Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Zarins, Juris Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Date
- 2019
- Dans
- The archaeological heritage of Oman Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Résumé
- Dhofar, the southern governorate of Oman, lies within a distinctive ecological zone due to the summer Southwest Monsoon. It is home to numerous indigenous succulent plants, the most famous of which is frankincense (Boswellia sacra). The region, tied in the past to both Oman and Yemen, has a long and distinguished archaeological past stretching back to the Lower Paleolithic ca. 1.5 my BP. Dhofar is also home to a distinctive people, the Modern South Arabian Languages speakers (MSAL) since at least the last 15,000 years. Ancient Zafar (Al-Habudi), now called Al-Baleed, and its successor Salalah was and is the province's largest city. From the seventh century onwards until the arrival of the Portuguese in 1504 AD Al-Baleed dominated the central southern Arabian coastline politically and economically. Archaeological surveys and excavations in the governorate, beginning in 1954, have brought to light Dhofar's ancient past
- Editeur
- Archaeopress Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Place
- Oxford
- Langue
- eng
- Numéro
- 1
- nombre de pages
- 148
- ISBN
- 978-1-78969-160-3
- Titre abrégé
- Dhofar through the ages
Newton, Lynne S. et Zarins, Juris, “Dhofar through the ages: an ecological, archaeological and historical landscape”, Archaeopress, 2019, bibliographie, consulté le 7 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/23582
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