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NEW BOOKS *
Peter
Hellyer and Simon Aspinall (eds.), The
Emirates - A Natural History. 2005.
ISBN 1-905486-02-2 - Hardback. U.K.
Price: £65. To
order this book click
here
Mark
Beech and Peter Hellyer (eds.). 2005. Abu
Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago - Late Miocene Fossils from the Western
Region. Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS)/
Dar Al Fajr Printing Press, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
ISBN 9948-03-188-1.
68 pages; 73 figures, maps, plans, drawings, photographs.
Available in English. Price: 20 DH (equivalent to $ 5 USD), available
from ADIAS.
Peter
Hellyer & Michele Ziolkowski (eds.). 2005.
Emirates Heritage
Vol. 1 - Proceedings of the 1st Annual Symposium on Recent Palaeontological
and Archaeological Discoveries in the Emirates, Al Ain.
Zayed Centre for Heritage and History, Al Ain.
139 pages. ISBN 9948-06-130-6.
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All contents İ ADIAS 2006
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NEWS *
The
work of the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS)
undertakes data collection and preliminary recording of
archaeological and palaeontological sites and publication
of earlier and continuing work, both in Abu Dhabi, and,
through associates, elsewhere in the United Arab Emirates.
This work is undertaken both as part of a continuing research
programme and as contracted work for consultancy companies
and others prior to the carrying out of development project.
27-29
July 2006
Results of a third season of fieldwork in the deserts
of south-eastern Abu Dhabi, undertaken by an ADIAS team
in collaboration with the Department of Antiquities
and Tourism in Al Ain, part of the Abu Dhabi Authority
for Culture and Heritage, were presented in a paper
delivered at the annual Seminar for Arabian Studies
in London. "Tombs, Burnt Mounds and Flints in the Desert:
Recent Work in the Umm az-Zamul Region of Abu Dhabi
Emirate, UAE." Richard Cuttler (University of Birmingham,
U.K), Heiko Kallweit (ADIAS & Freiburg, Germany), Mark
Beech (ADACH, U.A.E), Anja Zander (ASA Laboratory for
Archaeometry, Germany), Will Pitt (University of Birmingham,
U.K.) & Walid Yasin Al-Tikriti (ADACH, U.A.E.). An abstract
of the paper is available here: http://www.arabianseminar.org.uk/abstracts2006.html
1st June 2006
Dr Mark Beech, former ADIAS Senior Resident Archaeologist,
joined the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage
(ADACH) as Head of Division - Cultural Landscapes.
29-31 May 2006
Dr Mark Beech participated in the Symposium
on the "Status
and Conservation of Dugongs of the Arabian Gulf, Red
Sea and Western Indian Ocean", organised by
the Environment Agency
in Abu Dhabi, and sponsored by Total.
He presented a paper entitled:
"An archaeological perspective on the exploitation
of dugongs in the Arabian Gulf".
Added new stories to the press
page:
Experts to discuss 'save dugong' plan (Source: Khaleej
Times)
Strategies
to save dugong population (Source: Gulf
News)
21 May
2006
TDIC backs
Saadiyat Island archaeological studies (Source: AME
Info)
TDIC
backs Saadiyat Island archaeological studies (Source:
Strategiy.com)
15 May 2006
ADCHA
reviews priority plan (Source: WAM
- Emirates News Agency)
Emirates'
experience used to manage Sudan heritage sites (Source:
Khaleej Times)
[ download also a jpeg version
of the article by clicking
here ]
13 May 2006
ADACH
unveils plan for collection of cultural heritage of Abu
Dhabi (Source: Dubai
Cityguide.com)
10 May 2006
Seminar
participants thank HM (Source: Times
of Oman)
10 May 2006
Seminar
ends with focus on Oman’s rich history (Source:
Oman Observer)
9 May 2006
Sayyid
Haitham hosts dinner for participants of seminar on Arab
peninsula (Source: Times
of Oman)
Seminar
reflects Oman keenness to preserve its cultural resources
(Source: Khaleej
Times)
8 May 2006
Qatabi
opens symposium on Arab peninsula
(Source: Times
of Oman)
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Read
about three of our recent major projects: Late
Miocene fossils from the Western Region of Abu Dhabi, investigating
the Desert Neolithic at Kharimat Khor Al Manahil and Khor
Al Manahil and examining a Neolithic Ubaid-related settlement
on Marawah island
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NEW ARTICLES *
Hellyer,
P. and S. Aspinall, 2006. An archaeological and ecological curiosity
- Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767) in the north-east
of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Tribulus 16.1: 10-13.
Kallweit, H. 2006. "A new type of tool from Umm az-Zamul Neolithic
sites." Tribulus 16.1: 14-15.
Beech, M., H. Kallweit, R. Cuttler and W.Y. Al-Tikriti. 2006. Neolithic
sites in Umm az-Zamul. Bulletin of the Society
for Arabian Studies 11: 17-26.
[ to download this article in Acrobat.pdf format click
here (1.67MB) ] .
Beech M., Cuttler
R., Moscrop D., Kallweit H. & Martin J. 2005. New evidence for
the Neolithic settlement of Marawah Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies
35: 37-56.
[
to download this article in Acrobat .pdf format click here (2.57 MB) ] .
Beech,
M. and E. Glover. 2005. The environment and economy of an Ubaid-related
settlement on Dalma island, United Arab Emirates. Paléorient
31/1: 97-107.
[ to read abstract click
here ].
Beech,
M. and M. Al-Husaini. 2005. Preliminary report on the vertebrate
fauna from site H3, Sabiyah: an Arabian Neolithic / 'Ubaid site
in Kuwait. In: H. Buitenhuis, A.M. Choyke, L. Martin, L. Bartosiewicz
and M. Mashkour (eds.), Archaeozoology of the Near East VI: Proceedings
of the sixth international symposium on the archaeozoology of southwestern
Asia and adjacent areas. ARC Publicaties 123. Groningen, Netherlands.
pp.124-138.
[ to download this article in Acrobat .pdf format click here (3.12 MB) ] .
Carter, R.A. 2005. The History and Prehistory of Pearling in the
Persian Gulf. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the
Orient 48/2: 139-209. [
to read the abstract of this article click
here] .
Kallweit H., Beech M. & Al-Tikriti W.Y. 2005. Kharimat Khor
al-Manahil and Khor Al Manahil — New Neolithic sites in the
south-eastern desert of the UAE. Proceedings of the Seminar for
Arabian Studies 35: 97-113.
[
to download this article in Acrobat .pdf format click here (6.87 MB) ] .
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