Prehistoric Fisherfolk of Oman reports on excavations at the
prehistoric site Ras Al-Hamra RH-5, located on a large promontory
in the Qurum area of Muscat, conducted by the Italian
Archaeological Mission in Oman with support from the Ministry of
Heritage and Tourism. The site dates from the late fifth to the end
of the fourth millennia BC and comprises an accumulation of
superimposed food discards deriving from continuous and repeated
subsistence activities such as fishing, collecting shells, hunting
and herding. Dwellings and household installations, including
objects of daily use and ornaments, have also been found throughout
the occupation sequence. Excavations at RH-5 yielded unprecedented
data on the economic and social dynamics of Neolithic societies in
eastern Arabia. The exploitation of different ecological niches
supplied all the necessary requirements for year-round sedentary
human occupation. The lifestyle of fisher-gatherer communities
during the Middle Holocene represents a fundamental step of the
neolithisation process in Oman.
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