Hayl (pl. huyul), a specific landscape form in the Al-Hajar Mts
(SE Arabia)

k 2023

Hayl (pl. huyul), a specific landscape form in the Al-Hajar Mts (SE Arabia)

WILDING, Maximilian, Inna MATEICIUCOVÁ a Jiří OTAVA

Základní údaje

Originální název

Hayl (pl. huyul), a specific landscape form in the Al-Hajar Mts (SE Arabia)

Autoři

WILDING, Maximilian, Inna MATEICIUCOVÁ a Jiří OTAVA

Vydání

Human-Environment Interactions in Ancient Arabia (HEIAA), 2023

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60102 Archaeology

Stát vydavatele

Německo

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

aeolian silt; karst depression; Arabia

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 19. 1. 2024 09:52, doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

The paper serves as an introduction to a promising, yet understudied landscape type of the southeastern Arabian Peninsula: the many small-sized sediment-filled karst depressions (locally called huyul, sg. hayl) found in various parts of the Al-Hajar Mts (Oman; United Arab Emirates). With their “coat” of fine sediment, these features can hold back humidity on the surface of fissured limestone/dolomite formations. Plugged with alluvially deposited aeolian silt, huyul seem to be a specific of the (immature) karst of arid countries like Oman, and a great asset. (Conversely, in areas with copious rainfall and mature karst, analogous deposits would be washed from the rock surface, as is observable in some areas of the Balkans). The episodically moisturized sediment flats must have been vital footholds for lifeforms in the erosional landscape of the Al-Hajar Mts, and no less so for the prehistoric visitors (lithic finds at the intermountain site Hayl Ajah at ca. 1000 m a.s.l. in the area of Jebel Kawr). Although open-air features, huyul of northern Oman offer unique opportunities for palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic research, as has been proven by the case of a karst depression in Eastern Al-Hajar Mts (Maqta). Additionally, the preliminary archaeological research at the Hayl Ajah site HA-1 showns that good archaeological evidence may also be found inside the fill of a hayl. The paper will refer mainly sedimentological and geoarchaeological information.

Návaznosti

MUNI/FF-DEAN/1703/2023, interní kód MU

Název: Paleoenvironmentální a archeologický výzkum krasové deprese Hayl Ajah v horách severního Ománu.

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Paleoenvironmentální a archeologický výzkum krasové deprese Hayl Ajah v horách severního Ománu., Program děkana FF

Citovat

WILDING, Maximilian, Inna MATEICIUCOVÁ a Jiří OTAVA. Hayl (pl. huyul), a specific landscape form in the Al-Hajar Mts (SE Arabia). In Human-Environment Interactions in Ancient Arabia (HEIAA). 2023.

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   year = {2023}
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WILDING, Maximilian, Inna MATEICIUCOVÁ a Jiří OTAVA. Hayl (pl. huyul), a specific landscape form in the Al-Hajar Mts (SE Arabia). In \textit{Human-Environment Interactions in Ancient Arabia (HEIAA)}. 2023.

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