Lynne S. Newton

Dhofar Through the Ages (eBook, PDF)

An Ecological, Archaeological and Historical Landscape

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781789691610
• Artikelnr.: 66013274

Autorenporträt

LYNNE S. NEWTON received her doctorate from the University of Minnesota with research on the Iron Age and Islamic periods in the Mahra Governorate of Yemen. Since 2007, she has co-directed excavations at the Medieval port of Al-Baleed and the general archaeological survey of Dhofar. Between 2011 and 2014, she was Curator of Maritime History at the National Museum of Qatar. The author published numerous research articles on Dhofar and the Mahra Governate, including also her doctorate 'A Landscape of Pilgrimage and Trade in Wadi Masila Yemen' (2009) and is co-author of the 'Atlas of Archaeological Survey in Governorate of Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman' (2013).