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The rugged highlands of southern Yemen are one of the less archaeologically explored regions of the Near East. This final report of survey and excavations by the Roots of Agriculture in Southern Arabia (RASA) Project addresses the development of food production and human landscapes, topics of enduring interest as scholarly conceptualizations of the Anthropocene take shape. Along with data from Manayzah, site of the earliest dated remains of clearly domesticated animals in Arabia, the volume also documents some of the earliest water management technologies in Arabia, thereby anchoring regional dates for the beginnings of pastoralism and of potential farming. The authors argue that the initial Holocene inhabitants of Wadi Sana were Arabian hunters who adopted limited pastoral stock in small social groups, then expanded their social collectives through sacrifice and feasts in a sustained pastoral landscape. This volume will be of interest to a wide audience of archaeologists including not only those working in Arabia, but more broadly those interested in the ancient Near East, Africa, South Asia, and in Holocene landscape histories generally.

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Author:   Joy McCorriston ,  Michael J. Harrower
Publisher:   Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
Imprint:   Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
Volume:   43
Dimensions:   Width: 32.20cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 38.50cm
Weight:   1.886kg
ISBN:  

9781950446124

ISBN 10:   1950446123
Pages:   584
Publication Date:   24 September 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS List of Figures List of Tables Arabic Foreword Foreword Acknowledgments Editors and Contributors Glossary Conventions Part I Research Objectives, Geological and Environmental Context Introduction to Research Joy McCorriston Geological and Environmental Background Joy McCorriston Paleohydrology, Geomorphology, and Paleoecology Eric A. Oches, Joshua Anderson, Joy McCorriston, Kenneth Cole, and Michael J. Harrower Part II Archaeological Survey: Methods and Site Distributions History of the RASA Survey: Methodologies from Broad Exploration to Intensive Studies Joy McCorriston and Michael J. Harrower Topic-Specific Survey Approaches Joy McCorriston, Michael J. Harrower, and Remy Crassard Survey Results and Landforms: A Statistical Analysis Joy McCorriston Part lll Pleistocene to Early Holocene: Hunter-Foragers and the Introduction of Domesticates Middle Paleolithic Populations of WadI Sana Remy Crassard Manayzah: A Tenninal Pleistocene- Early Holocene Rockshelter Occupation Remy Crassard, Joy McCorriston, Louise Martin, and Thomas S. Dye Early Holocene Forager Encampments: Rockshelters and the Gravel Bar Site Joy McCorriston, Remy Crassard, Dawn Walter, and Louise Martin Part IV Middle Holocene: A Pastoralist Landscape Excavations at the Kheshiya Cattle Skull Ring and Neolithic Monument Joy McCorriston The Kheshiya Cattle Skull Ring: Zooarchaeological Analyses Louise Martin with a contribution by Joe Roe Appendices I to 6 Louise Martin, Lisa Usman, Cecilia Anderung, and Anders Gotherstrom Neolithic Stone Platforms: Survey and Excavations Joy McCorriston Water Management and Irrigation along WadI Sana Michael J Harrower Part V Middle to Late Holocene: The Social Life of Pastoralists Survey and Excavation of Small-Scale Monuments Joy McCorriston, Michael J Harrower, Tara Steimer-Herbet , Kimberly Williams, and Jennifer Everhart Rawk: Statue-Menhirs and Anthropomorphic Statues of Ancient WadI 'Idim Tara Steimer-Herbet Testing at Munayder (WadI '!dim) Joy McCorriston Graffiti and Pictographs Joy McCorriston, 'Abdal' aziz Bin 'Aqil, and Alessia Prioletta Part VI Synthesis and Conclusions A Bayesian Approach to Chronology of the Southern Joi Joy McCorriston and Thomas S. Dye Conclusions: A Landscape History of the Southern Joi Joy McCorriston Gossary Index

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