Advances in Uae Archaeology

Zayed National Museum is the national museum of the United Arab Emirates. Located at the centre of Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Cultural District, it celebrates the rich history, culture and stories of the UAE.

• Foreword – HE Mohamed Khalifa Al MubarakStones in the landscape: Recent discoveries of Palaeolithic sites in the Eastern Region of Abu Dhabi emirate – Marc Händel, Norbert Buchinger, Ali Abdul Rahman Al Meqbali and Peter MageeFilling in the gaps: New evidence for Middle and Upper Palaeolithic occupations in the central region of Sharjah – Knut Bretzke and Sabah JasimUnderstanding the late-stage Flandrian Transgression and palaeo‑geographic evolution of the Abu Dhabi islands using remote sensing and marine geophysics – Richard Thorburn Howard Cuttler, Noura Al Hameli and Peter MageeFunerary practices within Mortuary Complex F: New insights from recent excavations on Marawah Island – Noura Al Hameli, Richard Thorburn Cuttler, Mark Jonathan Beech, Peter Magee, Kevin Lidour, Baptiste Pradier, Rémy Crassard, Howell Magnus Roberts and Áurea Izquierdo ZamoraPreliminary comparative lithic analyses from the Neolithic sites of Marawah and Ghagha islands (emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE) – Rémy Crassard, Noura Hamad Al Hameli, Mark Jonathan Beech and Richard Thorburn Howard CuttlerRecent archaeological investigations at Umm an-Nar Island (Sas Al Nakhl) – Ali Abdul Rahman Al Meqbali and Daniel Eddisford with Michel de Vreeze, Diaeddin Tawalbeh, Hamad Fadel, Abdulla Al Yammahi, Hager Hasan Almenhali and Sam BotanKalba: Main results of the renewed fieldwork during the campaigns of 2019-2022 – Christoph Schwall and Michael BrandlInsights on the Late Bronze Age economy in south-eastern Arabia: Self-sufficiency and exchanges in Masafi-5 – Maria Paola Pellegrino, Julien Charbonnier, Anne Benoist, Delphine Decruyenaere, Kevin Lidour, Michele Degli Esposti and Aurélien HamelAnother side to the story: Preliminary results from the renewed excavations on the eastern flank of Tell Abraq (2021-2022) – Michele Degli Esposti, Federico Borgi, Maria Paola Pellegrino, Rania Hussein Kannouma with Camille Abric and Francesca Barchiesi‘We should build with the stones we have’: An assessment of the Al Ain Oasis during the Iron Age based on the soft-stone vessels from the Oman Border Fence – Eric OlijdamIron Age copper production and the ‘ritual economy’ of Saruq al-Hadid (Dubai, UAE) – Lloyd Weeks, Tatiana Valente, Kristina Franke, Fernando Contreras, Mansour Boraik Radwan and Hassan ZeinCultures, technologies and environment on the Oman Peninsula: Recent discoveries and some hypotheses about the falaj system in Al Madam, Sharjah, UAE – Carlos Fernández and Carmen del CerroSecrets of the shaabiyat: Recent developments in the archaeology of the (urban) oasis landscape of Al Ain – Peter Sheehan, Mohammed Khalifa, Malak Al Ajou and Nour Nasser Al MarzooqiThe discovery of a Late Antique and Early Islamic monastery on Siniya Island, Umm Al Quwain – Timothy Power, Michele Degli Esposti, Robert Hoyland and Rania Hussein KannoumaThe Early Islamic period in Al Ain in light of recent archaeological discoveries – Diaeddin TawalbehConserving and protecting the Early Islamic Site at Ūd al-Tawba in Al Ain – Ola Shaker, Felipe Gutierrez, Diaeddin Tawalbeh and Amel ChabbiNew evidence for the Early Islamic landscape of Al Ain: Fieldwalking and surface ceramics from Slemi, Jimi Region – Nour Nasser Al Marzooqi, Peter Sheehan, Timothy Power, Malak Al Ajou with Afnan Zayed Al Zeyoudi, Asma Humaid Al Badi, Aysha Awad Al Neyadi, Hessa Said Al Shamsi, Khuloud Juma Al Nuaimi, Sarah Salem Al Yammahi, Suhaila Salem Al Mansoori, Zainab Sulayman Nehis and Thamer Al Sayah The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Al Ain: Management approaches – Abdulrahman Al NuaimiDeveloping a Historic Environment Record system for the management of heritage resources in the emirate of Abu Dhabi – Tariq Yousif Alhammadi, Richard Thorburn Howard Cuttler, Mark Jonathan Beech and Ahmed Abdalla El FakiHistoric mosque architecture in Abu Dhabi – Hamdan Rashed Al Rashedi