Jebel Hafit


Location of Jebel Hafit (Source: ADIAS)
Location of Jebel Hafit (Source: ADIAS)


Reconstructed Hafit tombs at Mezyad (Photograph by Dr Mark Beech)
Reconstructed Hafit tombs at Mezyad (Photograph by Dr Mark Beech)


Links

Hafit Cairns and Hafit Horizon (Source: Al Ain Museum Department of Antiquities and Tourism)

Jebel Hafit (Source: Arabian Wildlife)

Jebel Hafit (Source: Uaeinteract.com - A Walk Through Time)

Jebel Hafit National Park (Source: Terrestrial Environment Research Center (TERC) - ERWDA)

Photograph of Fractures in Jebel Hafit (Source: Schlumberger)

The Jebel Hafit Sea 30 million years ago and Jebel Hafit Fossils (Source: Arabian Wildlife)


Press

1 September 2003 - Jebel Hafeet set to turn national park (Source: Khaleej Times)

30 January 2005 - Press release "Book on Jebel Hafit released" (Source: ADIAS website press page)

30 January 2005 -
Book on Jebel Hafit released (Source: WAM, the Emirates News Agency)

31 January 2005 -
Book on Jebel Hafit released (Source: Gulf News)

31 January 2005 - Book on Jebel Hafit released (Source: Gulf Today)


Publications





Aspinall, S. and P. Hellyer (eds.), 2004. Jebel Hafit: A Natural History. Emirates Natural History Group (ENHG). Sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO). ISBN 9948-03-143-1.
[ This Emirates Natural History Group publication features chapters by several ADIAS staff and associates:
"Geology" by Tony Kirkham (pages 15-35), "Archaeology" by Rob Carter and Walid Yasin Al-Tikriti (pages 48-64), "Troglobites" by Mark Beech, Olivia Pozzan and Simon Aspinall (pages 147-8), and "Birds" by Simon Aspinall (pages 187-220). ]

Brown, J.N.B., G. Tourney, R.A. Western and M. Willmot. 1982. The Natural History of Jebel Hafit. Bulletin of the Emirates Natural HIstory Group 18. Web: http://www.enhg.org/b/b18/18_02.htm

Mery, S. and Schneider, G. 1996. Mesopotamian Pottery Wares in Eastern Arabia From The 5th to the 2nd Millennium BC: A Contribution of Archaeometry to the Economic History. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 26: 79-96.

Al-Tikriti, W.Y. 1983. Archaeology in the UAE - The Fourth and Third Millenium BC. Bulletin of the Emirates Natural History Group 20: 13-15. Web: http://enhg3.4t.com/b/b20/20_13.htm


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