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An Overview of the Rock Art of AlUla: Tracing Changes in Content and Form Across 12,000 Years of Human History AlUla岩石艺术概览：追溯12000年人类历史中内容和形式的变化

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2026-01-15 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70015

Maria Guagnin, Laura Morabito, Hannah Leighton, Tahani AlMahmoud

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New Results From the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site of Al Uyaynah, Tabuk, in Northwestern Saudi Arabia 来自沙特阿拉伯西北部Tabuk Al Uyaynah前陶器新石器时代遗址的新发现

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2026-03-20 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70021

Khalid Alasmari, Stephanie F. Piper, Kirsten Grothe, W. Derek Hamilton, Delphine Joly, Penny Bickle, Geoff Bailey

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Shellfish Gatherers at the Mid-Holocene Settlement of KHB-1 (Phase Seventh Millennium BC), Ra's al-Khabbah (Ash Sharqiyah Region, Sultanate of Oman) 阿曼苏丹国Ra's al-Khabbah （Ash Sharqiyah地区）KHB-1（公元前第七千年）中全新世定居点的贝类采集者

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2025-12-13 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70010

Manuel Alejandro Benítez-Gale, Juan Jesús Cantillo-Duarte, José Ramos-Muñoz, Fabio Cavulli

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Greek ΜΝΗΣΘΗ and Aramaic DKYR in the Near East: A Comparative Epigraphic Study 希腊ΜΝΗΣΘΗ和阿拉姆语DKYR在近东：碑文比较研究

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2025-12-19 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70011

Sebastien Mazurek

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An Omani Visitor in Ḥimā: Insights Into Connections During the Hellenistic Era 一位阿曼游客在Ḥimā：洞察希腊化时代的联系

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2025-12-24 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70012

Alessia Prioletta, Mounir Arbach

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A Dated Paleo-Arabic Inscription Mentioning Al-Mundhir (ʾmndr) the King 古阿拉伯语铭文，提到国王Al-Mundhir （al - mndr）

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2026-01-18 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70013

Ahmad Al-Jallad, Ali al-Manaser, Greg Fisher

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Neolithic Plants From Eastern Arabia: Archaeobotanical and Technological Insights From Bahra-1 (Kuwait) 来自阿拉伯东部的新石器时代植物：来自巴林-1（科威特）的考古植物学和技术见解

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2026-05-19 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70029

Roman Hovsepyan, Aldona Mueller-Bieniek, Anna Smogorzewska, Piotr Bieliński

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Umm an-Nar Settlement Dahwa 7 (DH7) Near the Northern Batinah Coast of Oman 乌姆安-纳尔定居点达瓦7号（DH7）靠近阿曼北部巴蒂纳海岸

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2026-01-30 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70014

Khaled Ahmad Douglas, Nasser Said Al-Jahwari, Mohamed Hesein, Kimberly D. Williams

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The Easternmost Outpost of the Hadramawt Kingdom: New Evidence from Andhūr (Dhofar, Oman) 哈德拉毛王国的最东端前哨：来自Andhūr（阿曼佐法尔）的新证据

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2026-03-19 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70023

Silvia Lischi, Alessia Prioletta, Gaia Crippa, Elena Maini, Sara Silvestrini, Gabriele Terlato, Maria Pia Maiorano, Stefano Benazzi, Ali Ahmed al Kathiri

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Between the Indian Ocean and the Gulf: Ceramics From Ḥattā Oasis in the Emirate of Dubai 在印度洋和海湾之间：来自迪拜酋长国Ḥattā绿洲的陶瓷

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2026-04-05 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70024

Seth M. N. Priestman, Agnese Kukela, Mansour Boraik, Hassan Mohammed Zein

{"title":"Between the Indian Ocean and the Gulf: Ceramics From Ḥattā Oasis in the Emirate of Dubai","authors":"Seth M. N. Priestman, Agnese Kukela, Mansour Boraik, Hassan Mohammed Zein","doi":"10.1111/aae.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study presents the ceramic finds from archaeological investigations conducted in 2024 at two settlements: ‘Islamic Village' and Suhaila 2, one of a number of mountain villages of the Late Islamic period within the Ḥattā Oasis: a high-altitude exclave in the Emirate of Dubai. The sites are located on the northeastern slopes of Jabal Qallāt Sabbā in the Ḥattā Valley. Excavation conducted on a series of simple, partly preserved, one or two cell stone structures during the course of a heritage conservation project, and survey of nearby areas, revealed occupation spanning the 14th–17th centuries at Islamic Village and 17th to early 20th century at Suhaila 2, representing a near-continuous sequence of activity in the area through part of the Middle Islamic and throughout much of the Late Islamic periods. The location of this activity is of particular interest, situated as it is on one of the important communication routes through the Jibāl al-Ḥajar range between the Gulf of Oman issuing into the Indian Ocean c. 35 km to the east, and the Arabian Gulf reached c. 95 km to the northwest at Dubai. Together with the more frequently used pass via the Wādī al-Jizzī via al-Buraymī/al-ʿAyn, these passages connected two maritime zones, cutting out the treacherous passage via the Straits of Hormuz. By mapping long term changes in consumption and the flow of systematically recovered ceramic finds, we hope to gain significant insight into factors of the ancient economy, subsistence and geopolitical configuration. Current research contributes to regional the ceramic chronology and upland settlement archaeology in Eastern Arabia.</p>","PeriodicalId":8124,"journal":{"name":"Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy","volume":"37 1","pages":"258-296"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aae.70024","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149145966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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