The Al-Hajar Mts as a prehistoric refugium? On the significance
of karst for the habitability of mountain places in the Central
Al-Hajar Mts (Oman)

k 2023

The Al-Hajar Mts as a prehistoric refugium? On the significance of karst for the habitability of mountain places in the Central Al-Hajar Mts (Oman)

WILDING, Maximilian, Inna MATEICIUCOVÁ, Jiří OTAVA a Jiří ŠINDELÁŘ

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Al-Hajar Mts as a prehistoric refugium? On the significance of karst for the habitability of mountain places in the Central Al-Hajar Mts (Oman)

Autoři

WILDING, Maximilian, Inna MATEICIUCOVÁ, Jiří OTAVA a Jiří ŠINDELÁŘ

Vydání

the 56th Seminar for Arabian Studies, Aarhus, Denmark, 4 – 6 August 2023, 2023

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60102 Archaeology

Stát vydavatele

Dánsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Mountain archaeology; Karst; Prehistoric refugium; Oman; Al-Hajar Mountains; Aridization

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 2. 2. 2024 13:15, Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Since 2018 the Czech project SIPO (Oman) has located prehistoric lithics of at least two occupation phases at several sediment-filled depressions at ca. 1000 m a.s.l. in the Jebel Kawr (Sint). With the monsoon influence shifting south by about 6000 BCA, the Al-Hajar Mountains of Northern Oman have traditionally not been considered as an area of prehistoric retreat, viz. “refugium”. We argue that the specific drainage behavior of fractured karstic rock in the Central Al-Hajar Mts was able to counteract temporal/spatial randomness of rainfall and to support life forms in the mountains across arid phases. Likewise, we consider the countless, small karst depressions in the area “plugged” with aeolian silt (ḥuyul, sg. hayl) as strategic footholds for foraging-pastoral groups en route to places with dependable water features higher up in the mountains. To prove the assertion and to allow a discussion of the emerging mountain archaeology in Oman, observations from the prehistoric site Hayl Aja (1012 m a.s.l.) will be presented, together the most important facts of hydrogeology, botany and zoology concerning the Central Al-Hajar Mts.

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, Jiří OTAVA a Jiří ŠINDELÁŘ. The Al-Hajar Mts as a prehistoric refugium? On the significance of karst for the habitability of mountain places in the Central Al-Hajar Mts (Oman). In the 56th Seminar for Arabian Studies, Aarhus, Denmark, 4 – 6 August 2023. 2023.

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WILDING, Maximilian, Inna MATEICIUCOVÁ, Jiří OTAVA a Jiří ŠINDELÁŘ. The Al-Hajar Mts as a prehistoric refugium? On the significance of karst for the habitability of mountain places in the Central Al-Hajar Mts (Oman). In \textit{the 56th Seminar for Arabian Studies, Aarhus, Denmark, 4 – 6 August 2023}. 2023.

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