ADIAS Press releases and Press coverage - 1995-2000
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9 July 1995
New archaeological discoveries
at Abu Dhabi Airport [in arabic] (Source: Al
Ittihad)
18 November 1996
Sir Bani Yas Monastery a major find, say leading scholars (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
30 June 1997
Focus on UAE archaeology at Oxford Seminar (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
4 August 1997
Duty Free to support archaeology project (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
21 February 1998
Support for local fish research from British Council (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
12 March 1998
New
excavations begin on Marawah (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
16 May 1998
Oldest houses in UAE discovered: possibly 6,000 years old (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
21 May 1998
New book on archaeology of three Abu Dhabi islands (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
28 May 1998
'Waves of Time: The Marine Heritage of the UAE' published (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
6 January 1999
Archaeology in the UAE seen in a new light (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
16 March 1999
Book on Abu Dhabi archaeology unveiled today (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
22 March 1999
Gulf's earliest date stones found on Dalma (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
26 April 1999
Ancient sulphur mines discovered (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
23 May 1999
Trade links with Iraq go back to 7,000 years (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
19 June 1999
Excavations in UAE to be highlighted at UK seminar (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
29 November 1999
Earliest evidence of consumption of dugongs in southeast Arabia
(Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
23 January 2000
Book on UAE archaeology history launched (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
25 January 2000
Protecting ecology can help preserve archaeological sites
(Source: www.uaeinteract.com
)
12 February 2000
Abu Dhabi is older than thought (Source - BBC
News )
13 February 2000
Abu Dhabi is 1,000 years old - study (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com )
2 May 2000
4,000 year old fireplaces on Abu Dhabi's islands (Source:
www.uaeinteract.com
)
9 November 2000
British university student wins prize for dissertation on 7000 year
old shells collected from ADIAS excavations on Dalma island
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resolution image (284 Kb).
Photograph - From left to right: Charlotte
Stokes (Department of Archaeology), Peter Addyman (President of the
Yorkshire Philosophical Society, Director of the York Archaeological
Trust and a Visiting Professor at the University of York) and Alan Owen
(Chairman of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society) at the presentation
ceremony in the Huntingdon Room in King's Manor (Photograph by Mark
Beech).
On the 9th November 2000, Charlotte Stokes
from the Department of Archaeology was presented with the Charles Wellbeloved
prize. This is an annual cash prize awarded by the Yorkshire Philosophical
Society for the best dissertation by a third-year student from the Department
of Archaeology. The title of her dissertation was: "The Neolithic
Shell Eaters of Dalma: an analysis of the shell material from Dalma
Island, Abu Dhabi". During this research she investigated a 7000 year
old shell assemblage excavated from a Neolithic coastal settlement located
on a small island off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the southern
Arabian Gulf. The inhabitants of Dalma island relied heavily on marine
resources for food, and consumed large quantities of pearl oyster, venerid
clams and turban shells. Charlotte's analysis of the molluscan remains
from Dalma identified a change in the selection of shell species consumed
through time, as well as an apparent size decrease in two species. These
changes may be linked to over exploitation of the neighbouring coastal
environment.
Charlotte's work made a valuable contribution
towards an ongoing project called the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological
Survey (ADIAS). This project was established in 1992 on the directives
of His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the
United Arab Emirates, and operates under the patronage of His Highness
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The Project is charged with the
responsibility of surveying, recording, and, where necessary, arranging
for the excavation of archaeological sites on the coast and islands
of the Western Region of Abu Dhabi. Together with Mark Beech from the
Department of Archaeology, Charlotte will be going to the United Arab
Emirates in April 2001 to continue the study of further archaeological
material from this project.
31 December 2000
FNC to discuss protection of archaeological sites (Source:
Gulf News )
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