The Late Prehistoric, Protohistoric, and Early Historic periods in Eastern Arabia (ca. 5000?1200 B.C.)

Potts, D. T.

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“…Such variability may also point to differences in the availability of certain foods based on social status, although inclusive mortuary practices make assessing societal stratification difficult. Once again, this assessment fits with the utilization of multiple subsistence strategies that characterize the Early Bronze Age in southeastern Arabia, including archaeobotanical data revealing the presence of domesticated C 3 crops as part of local palm garden cultivation (Potts, 1993b;Cleuziou, 1996;Tengberg, 2003a,b). Bioarchaeological analyses of dental pathology from Mowaihat and Tell Abraq support this appraisal, showing a high degree of dental wear indicative of the regular consumption of stone-ground cereal grains, a high frequency of antemortem tooth loss consistent with an agricultural diet high in carbohydrates and sugars, and calculus deposits suggestive of an increased dependence on plant domesticates (Martin, 1996;Blau, 2007).…”

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Geographic origins and dietary transitions during the bronze age in the oman peninsula

Gregoricka

2013

American J Phys Anthropol

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The nature of the Bronze Age transition from the Umm an-Nar (ca. 2700-2000 BC) to the Wadi Suq (ca. 2000-1300 BC) period in the Oman Peninsula has been highly debated by archaeologists, with some characterizing the latter as a time of cultural isolation, social collapse, and/or population replacement following the successful involvement of the area in widespread interregional exchange networks across Arabia and South Asia. The hypothesis that a substantial change in residential mobility, immigration, and diet took place in response to considerable societal changes as reflected by the archaeological record was tested using stable oxygen and carbon isotope analysis. Archaeological human dental enamel from individuals interred in six Umm an-Nar (n = 100) and seven Wadi Suq (n = 16) communal tombs in the United Arab Emirates was used. Oxygen isotope data reveal largely homogeneous ratios indicative of a predominantly local population that acquired water from isotopically similar sources, although the presence of immigrants during both periods suggests that the region was not as isolated as previously held. Carbon isotope data exhibit a substantial temporal shift from an extremely varied to a more restricted diet, demonstrating that while considerable changes in subsistence strategies and social organization took place in the early second millennium BC, population continuity and sustained (although lessened) participation in pan-Gulf trade systems best characterizes this regional transformation.

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Geographic origins and dietary transitions during the bronze age in the oman peninsula

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2013

American J Phys Anthropol

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“…1). Archaeobotanical evidence indicates that a diverse agricultural regime was practised at this site by w5000 cal yr BP, with the cultivated crops including emmer (Triticum dicoccon) and barley (Hordeum distichon) (Potts, 1993). Dates (P. dactylifera) were also grown at the site and the remains of domesticated cattle, goat and sheep have been found (Cleuziou and Tosi, 2007).…”

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“…3). This period was characterised by the appearance of thousands of above-ground, collective burial tombs (Hafit tombs), growing trade links with Mesopotamia, and of particular significance, the development of oasis agriculture (Potts, 1993). Indeed, by w5000 cal yr BP a sophisticated farming system appears to have developed along the piedmont zone of the Hajar Mountains (Cleuziou, 2002) (Fig.…”

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From nomadic herder-hunters to sedentary farmers: The relationship between climate change and ancient subsistence strategies in south-eastern Arabia

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Walkington

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Journal of Arid Environments

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“…After the demise of the Ubaid culture and the subsequent "Dark Millennium", the copper age Hafit culture flourished between about 5.4-5.2 and 4.5 ka BP in the south-eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula (Potts, 1993;Parker et al, 2006). There is repeated evidence of another century-scale drying/cooling event at around 5.2 ka BP (Bar-Matthews et al, 1997; Lemcke and Sturm, 1997;Cullen et al, 2000;Staubwasser and Weiss, 2006), which might have played a key role in cultural changes associated with urbanisation and colonisation in the late Mesopotamian Uruk civilisation (Weiss, 2000, and references therein).…”

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Non-linear regime shifts in Holocene Asian monsoon variability: potential impacts on cultural change and migratory patterns

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Abstract. The Asian monsoon system is an important tipping element in Earth's climate with a large impact on human societies in the past and present. In light of the potentially severe impacts of present and future anthropogenic climate change on Asian hydrology, it is vital to understand the forcing mechanisms of past climatic regime shifts in the Asian monsoon domain. Here we use novel recurrence network analysis techniques for detecting episodes with pronounced non-linear changes in Holocene Asian monsoon dynamics recorded in speleothems from caves distributed throughout the major branches of the Asian monsoon system. A newly developed multi-proxy methodology explicitly considers dating uncertainties with the COPRA (COnstructing Proxy Records from Age models) approach and allows for detection of continental-scale regime shifts in the complexity of monsoon dynamics. Several epochs are characterised by non-linear regime shifts in Asian monsoon variability, including the periods around 8.5-7.9, 5.7-5.0, 4.1-3.7, and 3.0-2.4 ka BP. The timing of these regime shifts is consistent with known episodes of Holocene rapid climate change (RCC) and high-latitude Bond events. Additionally, we observe a previously rarely reported non-linear regime shift around 7.3 ka BP, a timing that matches the typical 1.0-1.5 ky return intervals of Bond events. A detailed review of previously suggested links between Holocene climatic changes in the Asian monsoon domain and the archaeological record indicates that, in addition to previously considered longer-term changes in mean monsoon intensity and other climatic parameters, regime shifts in monsoon complexity might have played an important role as drivers of migration, pronounced cultural changes, and the collapse of ancient human societies.

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The Late Prehistoric, Protohistoric, and Early Historic periods in Eastern Arabia (ca. 5000?1200 B.C.)

Cited by 70 publications

References 46 publications

Geographic origins and dietary transitions during the bronze age in the oman peninsula

Geographic origins and dietary transitions during the bronze age in the oman peninsula

From nomadic herder-hunters to sedentary farmers: The relationship between climate change and ancient subsistence strategies in south-eastern Arabia

Non-linear regime shifts in Holocene Asian monsoon variability: potential impacts on cultural change and migratory patterns

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