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    The document discusses the archaeological heritage of Oman and its importance as an early cradle of Arabian civilization. It highlights several key sites from the Bronze Age, including Magan, an important trading partner of Mesopotamia mentioned in ancient texts. The document also examines Oman's role as an intermediary between early civilizations, with close cultural and trading ties to places like Mesopotamia, India, and East Africa. It provides archaeological evidence of complex hunter-gatherer societies in Oman during the Holocene, and discusses features of Bronze Age sites like communal architecture and burial monuments that provide insights into early social and cultural practices.

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    The document discusses the archaeological heritage of Oman and its importance as an early cradle of Arabian civilization. It highlights several key sites from the Bronze Age, including Magan, an important trading partner of Mesopotamia mentioned in ancient texts. The document also examines Oman's role as an intermediary between early civilizations, with close cultural and trading ties to places like Mesopotamia, India, and East Africa. It provides archaeological evidence of complex hunter-gatherer societies in Oman during the Holocene, and discusses features of Bronze Age sites like communal architecture and burial monuments that provide insights into early social and cultural practices.

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    The document discusses the archaeological heritage of Oman and its importance as an early cradle of Arabian civilization. It highlights several key sites from the Bronze Age, including Magan, an important trading partner of Mesopotamia mentioned in ancient texts. The document also examines Oman's role as an intermediary between early civilizations, with close cultural and trading ties to places like Mesopotamia, India, and East Africa. It provides archaeological evidence of complex hunter-gatherer societies in Oman during the Holocene, and discusses features of Bronze Age sites like communal architecture and burial monuments that provide insights into early social and cultural practices.

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    THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF OMAN

    An Early Cradle of Arabian Civilization


    brought to the forefront of
    Cultural Resource Management

    Magan
    Another Heartland of the
    Bronze Age Civilization.

    Maurizio Tosi
    University of Bologna
    WRITING AS THE FIRST
    SYMBOL OF CIVILIZATION
    EGYPT : DIVINE KINGSHIP AS THE HUB OF SOCIAL ODER
    MESOPOTAMIA
    THE PARAMOUNT
    EXPRESSION OF PRISTINE
    CIVILIZATION
    OVERLORDS LARGER THAN PEOPLE, AND WELL ABOVE THEM ALL
    EGYPT – SAQQARA Djoser Complex
    “THE LANDS IN BETWEEN
    CIVILIZATIONS”
    MESOPOTAMIA, INDIA
    AND CENTRAL ASIA

    THE OMAN PENINSULA


    EXTREME EASTERN REGION OF
    THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
    BETWEEN THE OCEAN AND
    THE DESERT
    Around 2300 BCE,
    Sargon of Agade
    mentions the boats of
    three countries of the
    Lower Sea who
    moored at his capital

    Dilmun

    Magan

    Meluhha
    Meluhha

    Dilmun

    Magan
    IN THE MESOPOTAMIAN
    VISION OF THE EARTH
    THE PERIMETRAL
    OCEAN DEFINES A
    WORLD OF WATER
    CONTAINING A
    LITTLE LAND
    SUSA

    COPPER BUN
    INGOTS
    THE MIDDLE ASIAN INTERCULTURAL SPACE

    NORTH

    WEST CENTER EAST

    SOUTH

    THE ARABIAN SEA INTERACTION SPHERE


    THE HARNESSING OF WINDS MADE
    POSSIBLE THE EARLY ARABIAN
    CONQUEST OF THE
    OCEAN
    Sur
    Ra’s al-Hadd

    Ra’s
    al-Jinz
    RAS AL-JINZ
    EASTERNMOST POINT OF THE ARAB WORLD AND THE MIDDLE EAST
    CLOSELY
    PACKED
    ECOLOGICAL
    ZONATIONS
    AT
    TIWI
    WADI SHAB

    GAS-1
    PREHISTORIC
    SITE
    North-East South-West

    summer summer
    winter winter

    Vertical Mobility of Holocene Hunter-Gatherers across


    Oman Mountains
    Ra’s al Khabbah KHB-1
    HUT 2 HUT 6

    HUT 1

    HUT 4
    HUT 3

    HUT 5
    Dhofar (Oman)
    IT IS COMMUNAL WORK THAT DRIVES HUMAN CONTROL
    OF LANDSCAPE AND NATURE
    ….SHARING MEANS
    OASIS WATER AND PRODUCTS
    REPARTITIONS
    PLAN OF SITE HD-6 HAFIT PERIOD (3000-2700 BCE)
    Ricostruzione e valorizzazione del sito archeologico di Ra’s al-Hadd
    (HD-6)
    > 500

    BAT: A MEDIUM-SIZED BRONZE AGE TOWN OF MAGAN


    IN THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST
    THE EXTENDED FAMILY : THE PARAMAUNT SOCIAL ENTITY
    LANDSCAPES OF THE ANCESTORS

    ALIGNMENTS OF HAFIT GRAVES AT AL-AYN


    TOWER GRAVES AT JAYLAH
    Entre 600 et 1000 individus

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