Archaeological exploration of the Arabic Peninsula is not a new phenomenon, but only in the last two decades or so, has it received the scholary attention it deserves. Surveys are now taking place in the entire region, and new excavations have begun in almost every country on the peninsula. This collection of articles on Arabian archaeology takes its place among many of the recent works on the subject, and the articles presented here contributes with both materials and ideas to the field of study. Contributions range from palaeography and prehistory to the Islamic conquest.
Table of Contents
Editor’s Preface
Late Quaternary Palaeogeography and Landscape Evolution of the Rub’ Al Khali
H. A. McClure
The Rub al-Khali ‘Neolithic’ Revisted: the View from Nadqan
Christopher Edens
The Grave-Goods from the Shimal Tomb 6 in Ras al-Khaimah, U.A.E.
Beatrice de Cardi
Pottery of the Late Second Millennium B.C. from North West Arabia and its Historical Implications
Peter J. Parr
Archaeology along the Spice Route of Yemen
James A. Sauer and Jeffrey A. Blakely, with Contributions by M. R. Toplyn, W. D. Glanzman, A. O. Ghaleb, M. J. Grolier, W. C. Overstreet, and L. J. Tiede
The Salt Mine Site and the ‘Hasaean Period’ of Northeastern Arabia
Pierre Lombard
Arabia and the Kingdom of Characene
D.T. Potts
Two Inscriptions from Qaryat al-Fâw Mentioning Women
Christian Robin
Islamic Archaeology in Aden and Hadhramaut
Donald S. Whitcomb
List of Contributors
Late Quaternary Palaeogeography and Landscape Evolution of the Rub’ Al Khali
H. A. McClure
The Rub al-Khali ‘Neolithic’ Revisted: the View from Nadqan
Christopher Edens
The Grave-Goods from the Shimal Tomb 6 in Ras al-Khaimah, U.A.E.
Beatrice de Cardi
Pottery of the Late Second Millennium B.C. from North West Arabia and its Historical Implications
Peter J. Parr
Archaeology along the Spice Route of Yemen
James A. Sauer and Jeffrey A. Blakely, with Contributions by M. R. Toplyn, W. D. Glanzman, A. O. Ghaleb, M. J. Grolier, W. C. Overstreet, and L. J. Tiede
The Salt Mine Site and the ‘Hasaean Period’ of Northeastern Arabia
Pierre Lombard
Arabia and the Kingdom of Characene
D.T. Potts
Two Inscriptions from Qaryat al-Fâw Mentioning Women
Christian Robin
Islamic Archaeology in Aden and Hadhramaut
Donald S. Whitcomb
List of Contributors