In Dhofar, the southern Governorate of the Sultanate of Oman, the deep canyons cutting the Nejd plateau once flowed with perennial rivers, feeding wetland environments, forests, and grasslands across the now desiccated interior. The first peoples of Oman flourished along these waterways, drawn to th...

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Hauptverfasser:	Rose, Jeffrey I. (VerfasserIn), Hilbert, Yamandú Hieronymus (VerfasserIn), Marks, Anthony E. (VerfasserIn), Usik, Vitaly I. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2019]
Schriftenreihe:	Archaeological heritage of Oman ; v. 5. Archaeopress archaeology.
Schlagworte:	Paleoanthropology > Oman > Dhofar. Paleolithic period > Oman > Dhofar. Paléoanthropologie > Oman > Dhofar. Paleoanthropology Paleolithic period Oman > Dhofar
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Zusammenfassung:	In Dhofar, the southern Governorate of the Sultanate of Oman, the deep canyons cutting the Nejd plateau once flowed with perennial rivers, feeding wetland environments, forests, and grasslands across the now desiccated interior. The first peoples of Oman flourished along these waterways, drawn to the freshwater springs and abundant game, as well as the myriad chert outcrops with which to fashion their hunting implements and other tools. The landscapes of the Nejd Plateau are a natural museum of human prehistory, covered in carpets of chipped stone debris. The archaeological evidence presented in this work encompasses the cultural remains of over a million years of successive human occupations, from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Late Palaeolithic. Once considered an evolutionary backwater or merely a migratory way station, the archaeology of Dhofar requires a fundamental reconsideration of the role of Southern Arabia in the origin and dispersal of our species.
Beschreibung:	1 online resource
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	1789692857 9781789692853