An archaeological survey of northern Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

Abstract

This article presents the results of an archaeological survey conducted in northern Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, in 1995. It aims to serve as a reference point for anyone doing further research or study in Fujairah or elsewhere in the region and to assist in any conservation plans for this area. An overview of the survey methodology and description and interpretation of the sixty seven recorded sites is provided with accompanying images and plans.

Hydrology, Ideology, and the Origins of Irrigation in Ancient Southwest Arabia

“…In part because of the complexities of such landscapes, interpretations of connections between tombs, towns, and irrigation have generated considerable controversy (Orchard 1994(Orchard , 1995(Orchard , 1999Potts 1997). Hafit tombs have frequently proved difficult to connect with residential occupations (e.g., Brass and Britton 2004;Häser 2003;Schreiber 2005), and without comparably early chronometric dates for irrigation (see Frifelt 2002, 101-4;Weisgerber and Yule 2003), they are sometimes attributed to migratory pastoralists without irrigation (Siebert et al 2005).…”

Regional Settlement Pattern Studies

“…For these reasons and others, systematic full coverage is the most productive and cost-effective method. Yet reconnaissance surveys, said to aid in the understanding of the local archaeological record or in selecting sites for excavation, continue to be published; in some countries they are the routine-South Africa (Mitchell 1996), Australia (Ross 1998), Sinai (Beit-Arieh 2003Eddy et al 1999), Syria (Lyonnet 2000), United Arab Emirates (Brass and Britton 2004), Turkey (Roosevelt 2006). Those contemplating the recon shortcut should read Rosen's (2003) Negev case in which the number of sites increased by two orders of magnitude from reconnaissance to systematic survey.…”

Discoveries of Neolithic prehistoric sites at Pleistocene carbonate rock shelters on the east coast of the UAE

“…Archaeological prospecting in Fujairah has identified many archaeological sites, including small cave or rock shelters and a few lithic finds (1). Fieldwork undertaken in October 2003 revealed the presence of important rock shelter sites in association with Pleistocene carbonates (Fig.…”