ADIAS - 2002 website updates

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15 January 2002

Added new link on the Press page to an article about recent ADIAS work on Futaisi - More water reservoirs found on Futaisi isle  (Source: Gulf News , 13 January 2002).

3 February 2002

Added press release to the Press page concerning "New Archaeological Discoveries in Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah ", issued by the UAE Offsets Group.

25 February 2002

Added press release to the Press page about recent ADIAS work at the complex of sulphur mines at Jebel Dhanna.

26 February 2002

Added new link on the Press page to an article about ADIAS work at the Jebel Dhanna sulphur mines - Team analyses archaeological sulphur mines (Source: Gulf News , 26 February 2002).

11 March 2002

Added new link on the Press page to an article entitled New evidence for the UAE's oldest ancient village on Dalma Island (Source: www.uaeinteract.com ).

14 March 2002

Added new link on the Press page to an article entitled Important archaeological discoveries at Dalma island  (Source: www.uaeinteract.com ).

31 March 2002

Added February newsletter to the website.

1 April 2002

Added new section on Journals to the Links section of the website, also updating and removing some out of date links. Added new links to the downloadable pdf chapters from the book published by Trident Press , " United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective ", written by Prof. Dan Potts ( Chapter 2 - Before the Emirates: an Archaeological and Historical Account of Developments in the Region ca 5000 BC to 676 AD ) and Dr. Geoffrey King ( Chapter 3 - The Coming of Islam and the Islamic Period in the UAE ).

9 April 2002

Added new link on the Press page to an article entitled Archaeological treasures in focus  (Source: www.uaeinteract.com ).

27 April 2002

Added press release to the Press page about British experts undertaking a study of UAE crabs.

28 April 2002

Added new link on the Press page to an article entitled British scientists complete study on crabs (Source: Gulf News , 28 April 2002).

6 May 2002
Added new personnel to the ADIAS 2002 team list, who have recently been working in Abu Dhabi.

7 May 2002

Added press release to the Press page about new discoveries made at the Abu Dhabi Airport site, and link to an article entitled "New Find proves importance of AD Airport Archaeological Site" (Source: www.uaeinteract.com ).

8 May 2002

Added new link on the Press page to an article entitled More Late Stone Age artefacts found  (Source: Gulf News, 8 May 2002)

9 May 2002

Added details of three new publications to the ADIAS publications page:

Hellyer, P.  2002. The Archaeology of the Sabkhas of Abu Dhabi. pages 325-333. In: H-J. Barth and B. Böer (eds.), Sabkha Ecosystems - Volume I: The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Countries. Tasks for Vegetation Sciences Vol 36. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-0504-0. March 2002, 368 pp.  [ To purchase a copy of the Sabkha Ecosystems book click here ]

Hogarth, P. and M. Beech. 2002. A first modern record of the Mangrove Crab Scylla serrata in the U.A.E. and south-eastern Arabian Gulf. Tribulus (Bulletin of the Emirates Natural History Group) 11.2: 30.

Zajonz, U., M. Beech and A.C. Gill.  2002.  Fishes of sabkha-related habitats. pages 283-298. In: H-J. Barth and B. Böer (eds.), Sabkha Ecosystems - Volume I: The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Countries. Tasks for Vegetation Sciences Vol 36. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-0504-0. March 2002, 368 pp. [ To purchase a copy of the Sabkha Ecosystems book click here ]

12 May 2002

Added press release to the Press page about "New results from Sir Bani Yas study".

5 June 2002

Added June newsletter to the website.

8 June 2002

Added new link to the Related Organisations section of the Links page to the Al Ain chapter of the Emirates Natural History Group.

 10 June 2002

Added brand new section to the ADIAS website on Miocene Fossil Vertebrates from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. These pages provide information about the Abu Dhabi Miocene Project, which was directed by Peter J. Whybrow (Natural History Museum, London) and Andrew Hill (Yale University, U.S.A.). The project was conducted in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) and the UAE Ministry for Higher Education and Scientific Research. These web pages were kindly produced by Peter J. Whybrow.

19 June 2002

Added press release to the Press page about the new fossil website, being hosted by ADIAS.

21 June 2002

Added new link on the Press page to an article entitled Data on six million-year-old fossils  (Source: Gulf News, 21 June 2002)


6 July 2002

Added new Jebel Dhanna radiocarbon dates to the ADIAS archive of radiocarbon dates.

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8 July 2002

Added new Abu Al-Abyadh radiocarbon dates to the ADIAS archive of radiocarbon dates.

10 July 2002

Added new link to the German archaeological project at Liwa website in the Archaeology in the UAE section of the Links page. Also, added a new link to Neolithic and Bronze age settlements in the Wadi Dahr, Yemen in the Archaeology in Arabia section of the same page. Both these websites were established by Dr. Heiko Kallweit, a regular member of the ADIAS team.

3 September 2002

Added new links on the Press page to articles entitled "Focus on early coastal habitats" which appeared on the WAM website, as well as in Gulf News.

22 September 2002

Added new links on the Press page to articles entitled "Dates were eaten in UAE, Gulf during Bronze Age" which appeared on the WAM website, as well as in Gulf News.

22 October 2002

Dr. Mark Beech appointed Senior Resident Archaeologist for the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey. The website will now be maintained from Abu Dhabi. The new webmaster email contact details are: adias@erwda.gov.ae

26 October 2002

Ingrid Barcelo appointed part-time research assistant for the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey.

6 November 2002

New section added to website on Date Stones in Archaeology, written by Will Higgs, Dr. Mark Beech and Phil Iddison. You can find this in the Archaeological Science News section.

13 November 2002

Added details of new publication to the ADIAS publications page:

Hellyer, P. and D.J. Hull. 2002. The Archaeology of Abu Al Abyad, pp.17-38, in R.J. Perry, (ed.), The Island of Abu Al Abyad, ERWDA, Abu Dhabi. 140 pp. ISBN 9948-406-19-05.

22 November 2002

Visit the ADIAS Press page and read an article about Peter Hellyer, the Executive Director of ADIAS, which appeared in Gulf News Friday Magazine. Download the article as separate pages (.jpg files) page 1 - page 2 - page 3 - page 4.

26 November 2002

Visit the ADIAS Press page and read about the first in a series of lectures being given at Zayed University by the Abu Dhabi Islands Archeological Survey.

30 November 2002

Visit the ADIAS Press page and visit the WAM news agency story about how Takreer is sponsoring ADIAS's work on Miocene fossils in Abu Dhabi.

1 December 2002

Visit the ADIAS Press page and read the articles entitled "Move to Protect Fossil Site" which appeared in Gulf News, and "Research on fossils gets boost", which appeared in the Khaleej Times.

 

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