• The environmental setting; hunters; gatherers, and fishers of the East Arabian Littoral; the late fourth and early third millenniums BC; the late third millennium BC in the Oman Peninsula; the late third millennium BC in the Central and Northern Gulf; the early second millennium BC on Bahrain and in Eastern Arabia; the Oman Peninsula during the early and mid-second millennium BC; Failaka Central Arabian Gulf; the Oman Peninsula 1300-300 BC.

`The two volumes comprising "The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity" will be welcomed by scholars and the interested general reader alike. ... This volume, written in a brisk, refreshing style devoid of the jargon often obscuring archaeological literature, contains a wealth of information. ... this synthesis should be regarded as essential reading by al who are interested in Gulf History.'Beatrice de Cardi, Antiquaries Journal