In:
Paléorient, PERSEE Program, Vol. 31, No. 1 ( 2005), p. 46-63
Abstract:
During the mid Holocene, climatic, eustatic and tectonic fluctuations characterised the east coast of Arabia. These had an effect upon the equilibrium between Neolithic peoples and the coastal environment. Geo-archaeological data from the eastern region of the Ja 'alan (Sultanate of Oman) indicate numerous variations in the dynamics of the coastal ecosystems (sea, lagoons and mangroves). These variations led the human communities to adapt to the new ecological conditions, as is reflected in the changes in the archaeological faunal spectra. Peoples of the 6th to 4th millennia mainly exploited coastal resources - collecting molluscs. The 3rd millennium Early Bronze Age cultures that followed responded to these ecological constraints by adopting a considerably more specialised marine economy - coastal and deep-sea exploitation - as well as an intensification of regional economic exchange related to the development ofpas- toralism and oasis agriculture in the foothills of the hinterland. In addition to temporary fishing settlements, there were also harbour sites that undertook long-distance exchange.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0153-9345
DOI:
10.3406/paleo.2005.4783
Language:
French
Publisher:
PERSEE Program
Publication Date:
2005
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2317127-3
SSG:
6,22
SSG:
6,11