A new lithic site at the sediment-filled depression Hayl Al-Aja
on the eastern side of Jebel Kawr, North Oman

k 2019

A new lithic site at the sediment-filled depression Hayl Al-Aja on the eastern side of Jebel Kawr, North Oman

MATEICIUCOVÁ, Inna, Maximilian WILDING, Denis ŠTEFANISKO and Gerhard TRNKA

Basic information

Original name

A new lithic site at the sediment-filled depression Hayl Al-Aja on the eastern side of Jebel Kawr, North Oman

Authors

MATEICIUCOVÁ, Inna (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Maximilian WILDING (40 Austria, belonging to the institution), Denis ŠTEFANISKO (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Gerhard TRNKA (40 Austria)

Edition

Seminar for Arabian Studies 2019, 11.-13. July 2019, University of Leiden, 2019

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60102 Archaeology

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

53rd Seminar for Arabian Studies held at in the Lipsius Building of the University of Leiden from Thursday 11th to Saturday 13th July 2019. URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/19:00112422

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

Arabia; polje; lithics; Oman; Late Pleistocene; Early Holocene

Abstract

V originále

The paper present preliminary results of Season 1 of the archaeohydrological Sint Polje Project SIPO in Northern Oman (Ad-Dakhiliyah Governorate). The research area of Masaryk University (Czech Republic) is a large soil-filled depression (polje) at the vertex of a regional short-cut between Bat and Bahla: the Hayl Al-Aja. Excavation at the sediment-rich site near the village of Sint is expected to contribute to the knowledge of the peopling of the intermontane zone between Jebel Kawr and Jebel Shams. The main goal of the opening season has been to check whether the basin-like feature in karstic terrain indeed has a potential for prehistoric research that focuses on environmental, hydrological and depositional variables. During a survey, six prehistoric lithic sites around the polje have been identified. Archaeological testing at the most extensive SITE 1 has resulted in finding a cache-like concentration of 12 unidirectional blade cores of high-quality chert in all stages of reduction together with bladelets and debitage in 20 cm deep sediment. Concerning all aspects of the chaîne opératoire (raw material selection, reduction strategy, tool utilization) this material differs from the lithic scatter that is found upon the SITE 1 surface. Dating of the site is under way (Late Pleistocene to Early/Mid-Holocene).

Links

MUNI/A/0916/2017, interní kód MU

Name: Zkoumání starověkých jazyků, jejich písemnictví a příslušných kultur, včetně jejich recepce – 2018 (Acronym: Staré jazyky, písemnictví, kultury)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

MATEICIUCOVÁ, Inna, Maximilian WILDING, Denis ŠTEFANISKO and Gerhard TRNKA. A new lithic site at the sediment-filled depression Hayl Al-Aja on the eastern side of Jebel Kawr, North Oman. In Seminar for Arabian Studies 2019, 11.-13. July 2019, University of Leiden. 2019.

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MATEICIUCOVÁ, Inna, Maximilian WILDING, Denis ŠTEFANISKO and Gerhard TRNKA. A new lithic site at the sediment-filled depression Hayl Al-Aja on the eastern side of Jebel Kawr, North Oman. In \textit{Seminar for Arabian Studies 2019, 11.-13. July 2019, University of Leiden}. 2019.

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