The first three campaigns (2007-2009) of the survey at Ādam (Sultanate of Oman) (poster)

After the discovery in 2006 of an engraved stone near Ādam, dated by Serge Cleuziou to the third millennium BC, the Ministry of Heritage and Culture in the Sultanate of Oman allowed and assisted the team to set up an archaeological study of the region of Ādam, which is the last oasis north of the Um...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 2010-01, Vol.40, p.175-183
Main Authors: Giraud, Jessica, al-Mahrooqi, Ali Hamood Saif, Gernez, Guillaume, Righetti, Sabrina, Sévin-Allouet, Émilie Portat, Sévin-Allouet, Christophe, Lemée, Marion, Cleuziou, Serge
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeological mapping
Archaeological sites
Archaeological surveys
Bronze age
Bronzes
Cairns
Cemeteries
Iron age
Plenary Session
Tombs
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Summary:After the discovery in 2006 of an engraved stone near Ādam, dated by Serge Cleuziou to the third millennium BC, the Ministry of Heritage and Culture in the Sultanate of Oman allowed and assisted the team to set up an archaeological study of the region of Ādam, which is the last oasis north of the Umm al-Samīm and Rubʿ al-Khālī deserts. For centuries, this area has been the final shelter before travellers crossed the desert, thus it is both the last oasis and the last crossroad on the desert routes. During the first three campaigns from 2007 to 2009, survey of the area by the French team has exposed the rich archaeological potential of the area, with 1155 structures already found. These sites can be dated from the Early Bronze Age to the Islamic period. Discoveries include a large Hafit necropolis at Jabal al-Qarāʾ Bronze Age graves and possible settlements in the north of Jabal Mouḍmār (Maḍmār), an Iron Age graveyard at Jabal Ḥamrāʾ, and two buildings of Iron Age in the east of Jabal Mouḍmār.
ISSN:0308-8421