entity · reg_dhofar
Dhofar
Research frame for pastoral landscapes, coastal occupation and Arabian Sea interaction in southern Oman.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
- informs · supports distribution
Persistent Pastoralism: Monuments and Settlements in the Archaeology of Dhofar — Joy McCorriston (2023)Provides the regional archaeological framework.
Locator: Regional survey, monument and settlement chapters - informs · contextualizes
Twelve Years of the ‘Arabian Seashores’ Project: How the Extensive Investigation of Coastal Oman Changed the Paradigm of the Arabian Neolithic — Vincent Charpentier, Maria Pia Maiorano, Gregor Marchand, Jérémie Vosges, Federico Borgi (2023)Documents coastal research and preservation bias.
Locator: Fig. 1 and coastal survey discussion
Research description
Dhofar is not represented as a single archaeological culture or polity. Monument, settlement, pastoral and coastal records are retained separately, with broad dates where necessary.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Sparse or uneven fieldwork
Marks regions or phases where survey, excavation, preservation or publication is too uneven for dense reconstruction.
Why does this record have this property?
Long-term survey is strong, but securely dated 1600–800 BCE contexts are sparse and preservation is difficult.
- Persistent Pastoralism: Monuments and Settlements in the Archaeology of Dhofar
contextualizes · Regional synthesis and chronology - Twelve Years of the ‘Arabian Seashores’ Project: How the Extensive Investigation of Coastal Oman Changed the Paradigm of the Arabian Neolithic
critiques interpretation · Preservation and survey limitations
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Twelve Years of the ‘Arabian Seashores’ Project: How the Extensive Investigation of Coastal Oman Changed the Paradigm of the Arabian Neolithic — Vincent Charpentier, Maria Pia Maiorano, Gregor Marchand, Jérémie Vosges, Federico Borgi (2023)Documents coastal research and preservation bias.
Locator: Fig. 1 and coastal survey discussion - supports · supports distribution
Persistent Pastoralism: Monuments and Settlements in the Archaeology of Dhofar — Joy McCorriston (2023)Provides the regional archaeological framework.
Locator: Regional survey, monument and settlement chapters