Taming the Great Desert: Adam in the Prehistory of Oman

Guillaume Gernez is associate professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and Director of the French Archaeological Mission in Central Oman.Jessica Giraud is associated researcher at the Laboratory Archaeology and Sciences of Antiquity (CNRS / University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne) and is CEO and founder of the company ArCHaios — Archaeology, Culture & Heritage.

• List of illustrationsAcknowledgmentsArchaeology in Adam from the first steps to the latest discoveries and methods. Ten years of research - by Guillaume GernezGeoarchaeological investigation in the Adam region. A regional study of past human-environment interactions - by Tara Beuzen-Waller and Guillaume GernezPalaeolithic period in the Sufrat Valley. The first inhabitants of Adam - by Stéphanie Bonilauri, Tara Beuzen-Waller and Guillaume GernezNeolithic sites near Jabal Salakh - by Marion Lemée, Guillaume Gernez, Jessica Giraud and Tara Beuzen-WallerThe new funerary landscape during the beginning of the Early Bronze Age in Adam, Jabal Salakh and Jabal Qarah - by Jessica Giraud and Guillaume GernezA tale of two graveyards. The excavations of protohistoric funerary sites in Adam - by Guillaume Gernez and Jessica GiraudThe Iron Age in Adam. The discovery of a ritual complex near Jabal Mudhmar - by Guillaume Gernez, Anne Benoist, Mathilde JeanWater-sharing techniques of Falaj Al-Māleh in Adam - by Julien CharbonnierPrehistoric and protohistoric heritage in Adam. A challenge for the future - by Guillaume GernezBibliographyIndex