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Fishing kit implements from KHB-1: net sinkers and lures
No full textSeveral campaigns of excavation of the Middle Holocene coastal site of KHB-1 (RaΜs al-Khabbah, Sultanate of Oman) allowed
the collection of numerous artefacts directly connected to fishing activities such as stone net sinkers, shell hooks, lures, and bone
needles. They provide insights into the main subsistence strategy of the site. The poster paper focuses, in particular, on the c.400
stone net sinkers collected from the six phases of occupation recognized by the relevant archaeological deposits.
The attested local production of these implements illustrates a careful choice of raw material in relation to the manufacturing
technique used, indicating that a precise shape and weight were significant, and suggesting how morphological parameters might
have been linked to a differentiation in fishing techniques and various species of prey found on the site.
The collection has been organized into different groups following both morphological and dimensional trends (length, width,
and weight), features that have their own functional (or cultural) implications. A complete study of the whole fishing kit will offer a
basis for the understanding of fishing techniques that can be subsequently compared to the collected fish species, shedding new light
on the complexity and advanced level of knowledge that these fishermen had of the sea in the Middle Holocene
The deposit of KHB‐1, Ra’s al Khabbah (Ja’lān region, Sultanate of Oman): Stratigraphy, features and structures
No full textThe excavation of KHB-1 archaeological site was part of the Joint Hadd Project [Joint Hadd Project is a project operating in the Ja’lān region since 1985, born under the collaboration between ISIAO (Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente, Rome), CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris) and the University of Bologna] carried out in the Ja’lān region, along the coast of the Sultanate of Oman. Different phases of occupation with significant structural evidences were identified within the deposit: an early short-term occupation in the 7th millennium, followed by a longer, extended period of occupation during the 4th millennium by a community of hunter-gatherers, with some evidence of animal husbandry. The material culture recovered from KHB-1, which includes architectural remains, provides new insights on the cultures of this region, highlighting a need for further excavations and analysis. This paper will illustrate the stratigraphic sequence and the main features recovered at KHB-1, followed by a discussion on the two main periods of occupation which will help shed a light on the site function and more broadly provide key insights on mobility, economy, and material culture of Ja’lān in the beginning of 7th and along the 4th millennium B.C
Thoughts on nomadism in Middle Holocene Oman
No full textIn the study of the Arabian Middle Holocene, some of the least widely understood topics are those of nomadism, subsistence strategy and mobility. Until now, various scholars operating in the area have proposed different models, particularly on the basis of faunal analysis and territory evaluations.The focus of this paper will be to reconsider this debate in light of studies carried out in the Ja’lan region in the Sultanate of Oman, where until 1985 the Joint Hadd Project has been conducting archaeological research. Excavated deposits and survey results provide the archaeological basis and are compared with studies on climate, territory, nature and culture. Four different hypotheses for the fourth-millennium Ja’lan communities are proposed and, comparing the different scales of movement with both the territory and resources, the more suitable is concluded to be a micro-regional nomadism model. According to this model, which is well supported by the ethnographical evidence, human groups were moving seasonally from the coast to the mountains, scouring the widyan route. A dearth of archaeological data from the internal area, due to a more widespread and less intense occupation, relatively poor preservation and a lack of proper archaeological survey, emphasise the limits and provide the stimulus for further research
The Holocene Settlement of KHB-1 (Ra's Al Khabbah, Sultanate Of Oman): an Overview
No full textThe paper summarizes the results from the srudy of the Holocene sire of KHB-J. Simared along the coast on a marine terrace in rhe Ja'alan region (Sultanate of Oman), the settlement is characterized by a plurisrratified ancluopic deposit with evidence of structural elements like pits, hearths, shelters and huts. Six phases of settlement occupation were recognised from the stratigraphic excavation, alternated by possible episodes of abandonment. A preliminary study of fauna! and malacological remains shows evidence that economical activities were principally based on exploitation of coastal resources (sea and lagoon). The material culture is mainly related witl1 economical activities: fishing implements produced locally, stone tools, stone :ind shell ornaments, worked shells, bone tools, stone vessels. Two burials are related to phases during which activities were carried our elsewhere in the settlement, or to a real phase of abandonment. Preliminary results show that the communiry ofKHB-1 occupied the site seasonally in order to exploit the abundant marine resources during the winter months
Techno-functional analysis at the fishing settlement of KHB–1 (Ra’s al-Khabbah, Ja’alān, Sultanate of Oman)
No full textStructures d’habitat nord-africaines: la fouille de la rammadiya côtière holocène de SHM-1 (Hergla, Tunisie)
No full textThe burials of the middle Holocene settlement of KHB-1 (Ra’s al-Khabbah, Sultanate of Oman)
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