Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 49 2019

• In memoriam Paolo M. Costa, 1932–2019A documentation of Old Jiddah’s Ottoman arbiṭah: selected case studies (poster) – by Hidaya M. AbbasInitial results of a research programme on Iron Age II pottery production in the al Ḥajar mountains: compositional analyses of pottery vessels used in a domestic context, in a reception building and in a ritual area at Masāfī (Fujairah, UAE) – by Anne Benoist, Sophie Méry, Steven Karacic, Maël Crépy, Louise Purdue & Sophie CostaAn overview of the latest prehistoric research in Qumayrah Valley, Sultanate of Oman (poster) (Białowarczuk & Szymczak) [Open Access: Download]Pottery from al-Zubārah, Qatar: reference collection and ware typology – by Agnieszka Magdalena BystronProduction and provenance of Gulf wares unearthed in the Old Doha Rescue Excavations Project – by José C. Carvajal López, Marcella Giobbe, Elizabeth Adeyemo, Myrto Georgakopoulou, Robert Carter, Ferhan Sakal, Alice Bianchi & Faisal Al-Na’īmīSultanate of Oman (seasons 2016–2018): insights on cultural interaction and long-distance trade – by Maurizio Cattani, Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, Dennys Frenez, Randall W. Law & Sophie MéryAl-Khutm Project 2017/2018: a Bronze Age monumental tower (Bat, Oman) – by Enzo Cocca, Giacomo Vinci, Maurizio Cattani, Alessandro Armigliato, Antonio Di Michele, Marco Bianchi & Ilenia GennusoThe Late Iron Age of central Oman (c.300 BC–AD 300) — new insights from Salūt – by Michele Degli Esposti, Enrica Tagliamonte, Marzia Sasso & Philip RamorinoThe Bronze Age cultural landscape of Wādī al-Zahaimi – by Bleda S. Düring, Samatar A. Botan, Eric Olijdam & Jordy H.J.M. AalNew project on Islamic ceramics from al-Balīd: chronology, technology, tradition, and provenance – by Agnese FusaroTriliths, the stone monuments of southern Arabia: preliminary results and a path towards interpretation – by Roman GarbaThe gendered household: making space for women in the study of Islamic archaeology in Qatar (poster) – by Elizabeth R. HicksThe Palaeolithic of the northern Red Sea — new investigations in Tabuk and Al-Jawf provinces, Saudi Arabia – by Robyn H. Inglis, Anthony Sinclair, Abdullah Alsharekh, Christopher Scott & Dhaifullah Al OtaibiVariation in the Dadanitic inscriptions: the case of RḌY – by Fokelien KootstraModern South Arabian material from the diaries of Eduard Glaser – by Anton KunglThe necropolis of Thāj (Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia): an archaeological and anthropological approach (poster) – by Marie Laguardia, Olivia Munoz & Jérôme Rohmer‘The numerous islands of Ichthyophagi’: Neolithic fisheries of Delma Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate (UAE) – by Kevin Lidour & Mark Jonathan BeechNeolithic settlement pattern and environment evolution along the coast of the northern UAE: the case of Umm al-Quwain UAQ36 vs. UAQ2 and Akab shell-middens – by Sophie Méry, Michele Degli Esposti, David Aoustin, Federico Borgi, Claire Gallou, Chantal Leroyer, Kevin Lidour, Susanne Lindauer, Gareth W. Preston & Adrian G. ParkerRhodian amphora trade in Arabia (poster) – by Bruno Overlaet, Patrick Monsieur, Sabah Jasim & Eisa YousifA Friday Mosque founded in the late first century A.H. at al-Yamāmah: origins and evolution of Islamic religious architecture in Najd – by Jérémie Schiettecatte, Christian Darles & Pierre SiméonThe Hafit period at Al-Khashbah, Sultanate of Oman: results of four years of excavations and material studies – by Conrad Schmidt & Stephanie DöpperEarly Islamic and Ancient North Arabian graffiti and petroglyphs in Tabūk province — Saudi-Japanese al-Jawf/Tabūk Archaeological Project (JTAP), March 2017 field season (poster) – by Risa Tokunaga, Sumio Fujii & Takuro AdachiAnthropomorphic figurines from Area 2A of Sārūq al-Ḥadīd, Dubai, UAE – by Tatiana Valente, Fernando Contreras, Ahmed Mahmud, Yaaqoub Yousif Ali Al Ali & Mansour Boraik Radwan KarimThe origins of the traditional approach towards the jinn of poetic inspiration in tribal Arab culture – by Maxim YosefiPapers read at the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the British Museum, London, 3–5 August 2018

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