Khor kharfot research project (2022 & 2023): Wadi sayq, dhofar, sultanate of oman

Contenu

Titre

Khor kharfot research project (2022 & 2023): Wadi sayq, dhofar, sultanate of oman

Créateur

Hauck, F. Richard

Sujet

Archéologie -- Oman

Résumé

Beginning in the spring of 2014, the Archeological Research Institute (ARI) has been involved in archaeological investigations in the Khor Kharfot Archaeological Reserve of Dhofar, Oman. A three-year excavation contract was signed with Sultan Qaboos’s advisory council in 2015. In 2022 the excavation permit was granted a five-year renewal with the Omani Ministry of Heritage and Tourism. This article summarizes the efforts of Campaigns 6 and 7 during 2022 and 2023 to expand an appreciation of Wadi Sayq’s ancient environment and its early Paleolithic through Islamic period occupations and extensive architecture. This summary of Campaigns 6 and 7 excavations contains ARI’s recent discoveries at five separate loci: site II-4 (Neolithic and Iron Age occupation site), site IV-1 (Neolithic Kharfot Mound Site), site IV-3 (Neolithic-Iron Age-Islamic Period Alcove Site), site IV-4 (Neolithic Upper Platform), and site IV-5 (Neolithic Walkway).

Est une partie de

Athar: Bulletin of Archaeological Research in the Sultanate of Oman

numéro

1

pages

94-107

Date

2025

Langue

eng