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book features the following chapters: Foreword by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Patron, Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS); Chapter 1 - The impact of archaeology on the palaeontology of the Western Region of Abu Dhabi: the History of Palaeontological Research by Walid Yasin Al-Tikriti (pages 10-13); Chapter 2 - Miocene Geology and Fossils of Abu Dhabi by John R. Stewart (pages 14-20); Chapter 3 - The Late Miocene fossil site at Ruwais by Mark Beech (pages 21-33); Chapter 4 - Conservation of Late Miocene fossils from Abu Dhabi by Nigel Larkin (pages 34-36); Chapter 5 -The Fossil Trackway at Mleisa by Will Higgs (pages 37-41); Chapter 6 - Conclusion: the importance of Abu Dhabi's Late Miocene fossil sites by Mark Beech and Peter Hellyer (pages 42-43); Appendix 1 - Catalogue of the Fossils in the Exhibition "Abu Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago - Fossils from the western Region" by Mark Beech (pages 43-55); Appendix 2 - Constructing the scale model of Stegotetrabelodon syrticus by Abdul Hafeez, Izhar Hafeez and Mark Beech (pages 56-59); Appendix 3 - The reconstruction painting "Abu Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago" by Gemma Goodall and Nigel Larkin (pages 60-62); Appendix 4 - Details of the audio-visual presentations in the Exhibition, "Abu Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago - Fossils from the western Region" (pages 63-64); Appendix 5 - List of Contributors (page 65); Bibliography: Books, Websites & Scientific references (pages 66-68). |
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DVD:
Abu Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago - Late Miocene Fossils from the
Western Region
Available in both Arabic and English, featuring:
(1) Fossils from Western Abu Dhabi - The Animals of 8 Million Years
Ago (4 mins, 12 secs). Presentation produced and directed by Will Higgs
and Dr Mark Beech (ADIAS) - 2005.
(2) Hot Fossils from Abu Dhabi (5 mins, 27 secs) - Presenter: David
Attenborough. Film produced and directed by Dave Holmes RKD Productions
Ltd. for the Natural History Museum, London - 1991. Arabic version produced
by Dr Mark Beech (ADIAS) - 2005.
(3) Abu Dhabi - the Missing Link (28 mins, 47 secs). Film produced and
directed by Brooke Film Productions for the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore
Oil Operations (ADCO) - 1991.
Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS) - 2005.
Price: 60 DH (equivalent to $ 16 USD), available from ADIAS.
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LEAFLET:
Abu Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago - Late Miocene Fossils from the
Western Region
2005.
A4 folded leaflet, double sided with colour photographs.
Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS) / Don-Rite, Abu Dhabi.
Available free upon request in both Arabic and English from ADIAS.
25 September 2005
Added information about new book published by the Zayed Centre for
Heritage and History which is co-edited by ADIAS Executive Director,
Peter Hellyer.
Emirates Heritage Vol. 1 - Proceedings of the 1st
Annual Symposium on Recent Palaeontological and Archaeological Discoveries
in the Emirates, Al Ain.
Edited by: P. Hellyer and M. Ziolkowski.
2005.
Zayed Centre for Heritage and History, Al Ain.
ISBN 9948-06-130-6.
139
pages.
This book features the following chapters by ADIAS staff:
Mark Beech and Will Higgs, A New Late Miocene Fossil Site In Ruwais,
Western Region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Pages 6-21). [ to download this article
in Acrobat .pdf format click here (1.8 MB) ] .
Will Higgs,
Drew Gardner and Mark Beech, A Fossil Proboscidean Trackway at Mleisa,
Western Region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Pages 21-27).
[ to download this article
in Acrobat .pdf format click here (1.2 MB) ] .
Other
chapters in the book are as follows:
Sabah
A. Jasim, Hans-Peter Uerpmann and Margarethe Uerpmann, Neolithic Life
and Death in the Desert - 8 Seasons of excavations at Jebel al-Buhais
(pages 28-35)
Ahmed Hilal, Excavations at Qarn al-Harf 67, Ra's al-Khaimah, 2001 (pages
36-46)
Claudia
Gruber, Saad Ayoub, Helmut Brückner, Angela von den Driesch, Henriette
Manhart, Hussein Qandil, Peter Werner and Anja Zander, The site of Al
Sufouh 2 within the Internet City of DUbai, UAE: Preliminary report
on four campaigns of excavation (03/2001-11/2002) (pages 47-69)
Anne Benoist, Excavations at Bithna, Fujairah: First and Second Seasons
(pages 70-87)
Christian Velde, The Residence of Falayah (pages 88-100)
M.C. Ziolkowski and Sheikh Abdullah Suhail al-Sharqi, Bayt Sheikh Suhail
bin Hamdan al-Sharqi, al-Fara, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (preliminary
study) (pages 101-119)
Hussein Qandil, Survey and Excavations at Saruq Al Hadeed, 2002-2003
(pages 120-138)
4 October 2005
Dr Mark Beech gave a lecture entitled "Elephants in the Desert:
Abu Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago - The Story behind the Exhibition"
to the Emirates Natural History Group. The lecture was held from 20.00
- 21.30 in the 1st Floor Lecture Theatre in the Cultural Foundation
in Abu Dhabi.
14
October 2005
Added
links on the press page to the following relevant press releases:
08.01
- Khalifa
issues law establishing Culture & Heritage Authority in Abu Dhabi
(Source: WAM Emirates News Agency)
08.02
- Khalifa
issues law establishing Culture and Heritage Authority in Abu Dhabi--
1st add (Source:
WAM Emirates News Agency)
15
October 2005
Added
links on the press page to the following relevant press releases:
Abu
Dhabi archaeology group bid to stop bulldozing the past (Source:
ITPBusiness.net)
Khalifa
sets up Abu Dhabi culture and heritage body (Source: Gulf
News)
Khalifa
sets up Culture and Heritage Authority (Source: Khaleej
Times)
Khalifa
sets up Abu Dhabi culture and heritage body (Source: UAEinteract.com)
25
October 2005
Added
new article to the publications page:
Dennell, R.W., R. Coard, M. Beech, M. Anwar and A. Turner. 2005. Locality
642, An Upper Siwalik (Pinjor Stage) Fossil Accumulation in the Pabbi
Hills, Pakistan. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 50(1):
83-92.
[ to download this article
in Acrobat .pdf format click here (760 Kb) ] .
28
October 2005
Added new section on bookshops
to the ADIAS website links
page.
30
October 2005
Added
to the publications page a book review
of:
G.R.D. King (ed.). 2003. Sulphur, Camels and Gunpowder - The Sulphur Mines at Jebel Dhanna, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - An archaeological site of the late Islamic period. Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS) and the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO), Abu Dhabi.
The
review is written by Professor Dr. Gerd Weisgerber (Bochum, Germany)
and was published in Der Anschnitt - Zeitschrift fur Kunst und Kultur
im Bergbau (2005) 57 H2-3. pp.129-130.
click here for original
in German (acrobat pdf file - 2.7MB) or click
here for an english translation (Microsoft Word - 36 Kb).
2 November
2005
Added link on the press page to Zayed
- the environmentalist (Source: WAM
Emirates News Agency).
17 November 2005
A delegation from ADIAS and EAD attended the annual "Construction
Week" Awards. The event was held at the Fairmont Hotel in Dubai.
Peter Hellyer (Executive Director), Dr Mark Beech (Senior Resident
Archaeologist) and Simon Aspinall (Director, Environmental Studies Unit)
from the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey, ADAS, attended, together
with Dr Jaber Al Jaberi (Director of Environmental Protection Division,
EPD) and Abdul Nasser Ali Al Shamsi (Director of Terrestrial Environment
Research Centre, TERC) from the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi.
ADIAS and EAD were selected as joint winners of the Environmental
Achievement of the Year Award 2005.
Environmental Achievement of the Year Award 2005.
All the prize winners of the 2005 Construction Week
Awards
Peter Hellyer from ADIAS and Dr Jaber Al Jaberi from
the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi receive the Environmental Achievement
of the Year Award 2005.
18 November 2005
Added new link on the ADIAS press page
to the story ADIAS,
EAD win Gulf-wide Environmental award (Source: WAM
Emirates News Agency)
Added the following press release to the ADIAS
press page:
"Construction
Week" Environmental Achievement of the Year Award, November 2005
The Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey, ADIAS, has been selected as joint winner, with the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi, EAD, of the Environmental Achievement of the Year Award presented by the Gulf's leading construction industry journal, "Construction Week." The Award was presented at a ceremony at the Fairmont Hotel, Dubai, on 17th November 2005, and covers the six member states of the Gulf Co-Operation Council, GCC, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
The ADIAS Executive Director, Peter Hellyer, issued the following statement on receiving the Award.
"ADIAS is delighted to have been selected as joint winner of the Environmental Achievement of the Year Award for 2005, and to share this with the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi, EAD, with whom we work very closely.
"Since it was established on the instructions of former UAE President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in 1991, ADIAS has sought to work with industry and developers in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, both government departments and the private sector, to ensure that the identification and preservation of archaeological and fossil sites is accepted as being part of the normal process of development. The Government sector, the oil industry and Abu Dhabi's new property developers have all responded extremely well to our approaches. As a result, ADIAS has been able to discover, and to examine and preserve, many sites of importance to the UAE's national heritage that would not otherwise have been recognised.
"In this process, we have worked very closely with EAD, and its predecessor, the Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency, ERWDA. The Agency has provided ADIAS with enormous support, ensuring that conservation of archaeology and fossils is given equal importance to the conservation of the environment and wildlife. Together, ADIAS and EAD will continue to ensure that these issues are given the full importance that they deserve as Abu Dhabi embarks on its major new programme of development.
"We are honoured to have been recognised by "Construction Week", the key Gulf journal for an industry with which we are keen to continue to collaborate closely in the future. The Government of Abu Dhabi is committed to achieving a sustainable balance between development and conservation, and we in ADIAS look forward to continuing to play our part in this process, as part of the new Abu Dhabi Culture and Heritage Agency."
19 November 2005
Added
new link on the ADIAS press page
to the stories:
(Source: Al Ittihad)
Environmental
groups win awards (Source: Gulf
News).
Added new link on the ADIAS press page to the story Environment
Agency Unveils Revamped Website (Source: WAM
Emirates News Agency) [ N.B. ADIAS is listed in
the Partnerships section
of the website].
20 November 2005
Added new link on the ADIAS press page
to the story Environment
Agency unveils revamped website (Source: AME
Info) [ N.B. ADIAS is listed in the Partnerships
section of the website].
21
November 2005
Added new link on the ADIAS press page
to the story Abu
Dhabi hosts 'Meeting of World Heritage in Arab States'
(Source: Middle
East Online).
23
November 2005
Added new link on the ADIAS press page
to the story Fossil
exhibition to be inaugurated on Saturday 26th (Source: WAM Emirates News Agency)
25 November 2005
Added the new
ADIAS
Newsletter 2005-2006 no.1 - November 2005 to
the website.
26 November 2005
At 10.45 a.m. the inauguration ceremony for the exhibition "Abu
Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago - Late Miocene Fossils from the Western Region"
took place in the foyer of the headquarters building of ADIAS and EAD.
Majid Al-Mansouri (Secretary-General of the Environment Agency - Abu
Dhabi), plus senior representatives from ADCO, BP, Takreer and the Private
Department of H.H. The President were present at the opening. A press
conference followed from 11.00 to 12.00.
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| Majid Al-Mansouri (Secretary-General of the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi) cuts the ribbon to open the exhibition Abu Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago - Late Miocene fossils from the Western Region" |
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| From left to right: Abdul Hafeez (Private Department), Dr Mark Beech (ADIAS), Nick Cochrane-Dyet (BP), Majid Al-Mansouri (Secretary-General of the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi), Mohammed Al-Niyadi (Department of Antiquities and Tourism, Al Ain) and Peter Hellyer (Executive Director, ADIAS) |
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| Visitors look at the exhibition "Abu Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago - Late Miocene fossils from the Western Region" |
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| The exhibition "Abu Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago - Late Miocene fossils from the Western Region" |
Added press release to the Press page,
entitled "Opening of Exhibition of Ancient Elephant Fossils - Transports
you back to Abu Dhabi 8 million years ago: A land of fertile plains
& rivers"... For the arabic version click on the title or link
below.
[ click
here to download arabic version - Microsoft Word format - 218 Kb]
Exhibition
of ancient fossils opens in Abu Dhabi (Source: WAM Emirates News Agency)
Added links to new press stories about the launch of the fossil exhibition:
8 million-year-old fossils discovered in Abu Dhabi (Source: Al Bayan)
8 million-year-old fossils discovered in Abu Dhabi [ also download jpeg version ] (Source: Gulf News)
Exhibition of ancient fossils opens in Abu Dhabi (Source: UAEinteract.com)
28 November 2005
Added link to press story: A Glimpse of Life 8 Million Years Ago (Source: Khaleej Times)
29 November 2005
To purchase a copy of this book click
here Added new press release to the Press page about the launch of the new book "The Emirates - A Natural History", Edited by Peter Hellyer and Simon Aspinall.
EAD launches book on Emirate's Natural History (Source: WAM Emirates News Agency)
EAD Launches Book on Emirate’s Natural History - A Guide for Future Researchers (Source: Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi)
30 November 2005
Added link to press story: Abu Dhabi hosts meeting on Arab World Heritage (Source: WAM Emirates News Agency)
3 December 2005
Added link to press story: Abu Dhabi Hosts Regional Forum on Cultural Heritage (Source: WAM Emirates News Agency)
4 December 2005
Added links to press stories:
Heritage Preservation Strategy for Abu Dhabi (Source: WAM Emirates News Agency)
Ancient Hili to seek heritage status (Source: UAEinteract.com)
'World Heritage' conference to prove insightful (Source: Khaleej Times)
4 - 8 December 2005
Peter Hellyer, Dr Mark Beech and Suzan Al-Mutawa from the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS) attended the Regional Meeting "World Heritage in the Arab States: Follow-up to Periodic Reporting and Information Management" held under the patronage of Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. The meeting was held in Le Royal Meridien Hotel in Abu Dhabi.
5 December 2005
Added links to press stories:
Heritage Preservation Strategy for Abu Dhabi (Source: UAEinteract.com)
Education helps to empower culture, delegates told (Source: Khaleej Times)
7 December 2005
Added links to press stories:
Sultan Bin Tahnoon: Our cultural heritage is precious thing that we must protect (Source: Middle East Online)
[ click here for Arabic version ]
Move to inscribe Jebel Hafeet on UNESCO's World Heritage (Source: WAM Emirates News Agency)
9 December 2005
Dr Mark Beech attended the official field trip with delegates from the "World Heritage in the Arab States Regional Meeting". This included visits to Al Ain Museum, to the House of Bin Hmudah al-Dhahiri in the Al-Jimi oasis, Hili National Archaeological Park, the reconstructed Hafit tombs at Mezyad and Mezyad fort.
10 December 2005
Added link to press story: UAE committed to preserving heritage (Source: Khaleej Times)
19 December 2005
Added links to press stories:
A prehistoric cradle of all (Source: UAEinteract.com)
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A prehistoric cradle of all creatures big and small - download
pdf versions of page
16 [4.21MB] and page
17 [7.15MB] (Source: Emirates
Today)