Landscape History of Hadramawt - The Roots of Agriculture in Southern Arabia (RASA) Project 1998-2008 (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Monumenta Archaeologica
Release date:	April 2020
Editors:	Joy McCorriston • Michael J. Harrower
Dimensions:	385 x 322 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	584
ISBN-13:	978-1-950446-12-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Promotions
LSN:	1-950446-12-3
Barcode:	9781950446124

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