In the Shadow of the Ancestors: The Prehistoric Foundations of the Early Arabian Civilization in Oman

Second Expanded Edition

Serge Cleuziou, Maurizio Tosi, Dennys Frenez, Roman Garba, Dennys Frenez, Roman Garba

• Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9781789697896
• Edition: 2
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Archaeology
• Index: History

The first edition of In the Shadow of the Ancestors (2007) was the first and only summary of decades of archaeological research in the Oman Peninsula. This second expanded had a long and winding journey toward publication. The passing away of Serge Cleuziou not long after the release of the first edition left Maurizio Tosi alone in completing this challenging enterprise. For this reason, and out of respect for his lifelong friend and colleague, he decided not to intervene too extensively on the main contents, but to add instead to the original eleven chapters a number of new 'windows' written by other scholars, in order to include more recent research and interpretations. In addition to the main contents, the new contributions by this younger generation of scholars, most of whom were students and collaborators of Cleuziou and Tosi, offers great testament to the legacy the authors leave behind them.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright information
• Table of Contents
• Untitled
• Preface to the International Release To Build on Solid Ground
• Foreword to the Second Expanded Edition Serge Cleuziou and Maurizio Tosi Cornerstones of Archaeological Research in Oman
• Editorial Note A Posthumous Expanded Edition Dennys Frenez & Roman Garba
• Acknowledgements
• An Arabian Explorer in a Cartesian MindIn Memoriam of Serge Cleuziou 1945 - 2009 Maurizio Tosi
• A Scientist of CuriosityIn Memoriam of Maurizio Tosi 1944 - 2017 Dennys Frenez
• Chapter 1 A Land of Many Landscapes for Greater Opportunities
• Chapter 2 The Search for the Earliest Humans in Oman
• Window 1 On the Trail of the First Humans in Oman Jeffrey Rose
• Chapter 3 From Early Hunters to the Last Foragers
• Window 2 Early Herders at Al-Buhais 18 Margarethe Uerpmann & Hans-Peter Uerpmann
• Window 3 Earliest Cultures and their Time Frames along the Coastlands of Oman Vincent Charpentier
• Window 4 Sea Mammals and Humans along the Shores of the Oman Peninsula Vincent Charpentier & Sophie Méry
• Chapter 4 The Great Transformation
• Window 5 The Middle Holocene Fishermen Settlement of Ras Al-Khabbah KHB-1 in the Ja’alan region Fabio Cavulli & Simona Scaruffi
• Window 6 The Prehistoric Graveyard RH-5 at Ras Al-Hamra Sandro Salvatori
• Window 7 Funerary Practices at Ras Al-Hamra RH-5New Data from 2005/2009 Excavations Olivia Munoz
• Window 8 Shell Midden Economy in the Fourth millennium BC Margarethe Uerpmann & Hans-Peter Uerpmann
• Window 9 Marine Turtles from the Habitation Areaand Graveyard of Ras Al-Hamra RH-5 Massimo Delfino & Jack Frazier
• Window 10 Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Occupationsat Ras Al-Hadd HD-5, Sultanate of OmanFederico Borgi & Elena Maini
• Window 11 Bead Production in the Late NeolithicCommunities of Coastal Oman Marilisa Buta, Dennys Frenez, E. Bortolini, V. Charpentier & J.M. Kenoyer
• Window 12 Jabal Al-Aluya. An Inland Neolithic Settlement Marion Lemée & Guillaume Gernez
• Window 13 The Beginning of a New Era in the Ja’alan The Hafit Settlement HD-6 at Ras Al-HaddValentina M. Azzarà & Maurizio Cattani
• Window 14 The Early Metallurgy of the Oman Peninsula Claudio Giardino
• Window 15 Analysis of Stone and Metal Artifacts from HD-6,HD-10 and HD-1, Ras Al-Hadd, Sultanate of OmanRandall W. Law
• Window 16 The Earliest Camel Remains of Oman fromthe Hafit Settlement of Ras Al-Hadd HD-6 Antonio Curci & Michela Carletti
• Chapter 5 A Greater Society Emerges Under the Eyes of the Ancestors
• Window 17 Tomb 1 at Ras Al-Jinz RJ-1 and Associated Bone Pits Hervé Guy & Olivia Munoz
• Window 18 Zukayt and the Burial Fields of Wadi Halfayin Eugenio Bortolini
• Chapter 6 Taming the Desert with Oases and Herds
• Window 19 Animal Economy in an Early Oasis Settlement Margarethe Uerpmann & Hans-Peter Uerpmann
• Window 20 Earliest Potteries in the Oman Peninsula Sophie Méry
• Window 21 An Early Third Millennium BC Madbassa? Serge Cleuziou †
• Window 22 The Early Oasis Settlements of the Hajar Region Jocelyn Orchard & Jeffery Orchard †
• Chapter 7 Trade and the Beginnings of Seafaring in the Indian Ocean
• Window 23 Copper from Magan for the Mesopotamian Cities Gerd Weisgerber †
• Window 24 From Green to Red. Smelting Red Copper from the Green OreGerd Weisgerber †
• Window 25 Indus Pottery in the Oman Peninsula Sophie Méry
• Window 26 Reconstructing an Early Bronze Age Boat Tom Vosmer
• Window 27 Early Bronze Age Navigation and Trade Routes Tom Vosmer
• Window 28 Bitumen from Ras Al-Jinz RJ-2. Towards atechnological approach of raw material processing Emilie Badel
• Window 29 The Manufacture of Conus sp. Shell Rings at the Site of HD-60, Ras Al-Hadd, Sultanate of Oman Lapo Gianni Marcucci
• Chapter 8 The Early Arabian Civilization at its Zenith
• Window 30 Al-Ayn. A Small Settlement and Palm Tree Garden in Eastern Oman Olivier Blin
• Window 31 Copper Production as Seen from Al-Moyassar 1 Gerd Weisgerber †
• Window 32 Bat. A Leading Centre of Early Civilization in Oman Charlotte M. Cable & Christopher P. Thornton
• Window 33 The Umm an-Nar Burial Pits of the Necropolis of Bat Stephanie Döpper & Conrad Schmidt
• Window 34 The Umm an-Nar Settlement of Al-Zebah Stephanie Döpper & Conrad Schmidt
• Window 35 The Indus Civilization Trade with the Oman Peninsula Dennys Frenez
• Window 36 Carnelian and Agate Beads in the Oman Peninsula during the Third to Second millennia BC Jonathan Mark Kenoyer & Dennys Frenez
• Chapter 9 The Wadi Suq Period Collapse and Transformation
• Window 37 Copper in the Wadi Suq Period(Second millennium BC) Gerd Weisgerber †
• Window 38 Adam North Graveyard. From the Early tothe Middle Bronze Age in Central Oman Guillaume Gernez & Jessica Giraud
• Chapter 10 The Iron Age. New Developmentson the Eve of History
• Window 39 Long Collective Graves LCG-1 and LCG-2 at Daba Musandam, Sultanate of Oman Francesco Genchi
• Window 40 Mudhmar East. An Early Iron Age Ritual Site at the Desert Margins Guillaume Gernez & Mathilde Jean
• Window 41 The Iron Age Buildings with a Pillared Room in the Oman Peninsula Anne Benoist
• Window 42 Iron Age Mining and Smelting in the Lizq Period Gerd Weisgerber †
• Window 43 The Early Iron Age in the Sultanate of Oman Paul A. Yule
• Window 44 ʿUqdat al-Bakrah. An Early Iron Age Metal-working Atelier just inside the Empty Quarter in Oman Francesco Genchi, Claudio Giardino & Paul A. Yule
• Window 45 The Fish-Eaters – Ichthyophagoi Oscar Nalesini
• Window 46 Ichthyophagoi their Culture and Economy during the Iron Age in Coastal Oman Romolo Loreto
• Window 47 Rock Art of Al-Hajar Mountains. A Review and Update Angelo E. Fossati
• Window 48 Triliths: Hinterland Monuments of Ancient Nomads Roman Garba
• Chapter 11 Dhofar. The Land of Frankincense
• Bibliography Journals / Books/ Scientific Papers