Title
Al-'Ayn Oases Mapping project: Jīmī Oasis (poster)
Source of Publication
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies
Abstract
Al-'Ayn Oases Mapping Project is a collaboration between the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA) and Zayed University. It aims to document the present oasis landscape and identify surviving historic components, while at the same time engaging Emirati students with their heritage and building capacity for archaeology in the UAE. The project utilizes a non-intrusive field-walking methodology suitable for a class of undergraduate students. The second season's work focused on Jīmī Oasis. Although the present configuration of the oasis dates to the late Islamic, earlier features in the landscape were found, probably dating to the early Islamic period and the Iron Age. The oasis seems to have been extended further to the west, which is understood to be part of a late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century revitalization of the oases under the leadership of the Āl Bū Falāh.
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
ISBN
['9781784915209']
First Page
209
Last Page
214
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Recommended Citation
Power, Timothy; Sheehan, Peter; Al Mansoori, Fatima Nasser; Al Mansoori, Maitha Saleh; Al Mansoori, Mai Hareb; Mohammed, Mariam Nabeel; Al Manthari, Afrah Ali; Al Shehhi, Amena Mohamed; Aljneibi, Afra Hamad; Al Blooshi, Dunia Mohamed; Al Shehhi, Fatima Ahmed; Al Shamsi, Fatima Eisa; Alameri, Marwa Abdulmajeed; Al Mansoori, Mouza Khamis; Alghafri, Nadia Nasir; Al Hammadi, Pveem Ahmed; Al Harbi, Salema Jumaa; Almarzooqi, Shaima Hasan; Khalifa, Mohamed; Al Kaabi, Omar Salem; and Al Dhaheri, Mohamed Matar, "Al-'Ayn Oases Mapping project: Jīmī Oasis (poster)" (2017). Scopus Indexed Articles. 1421.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/scopus-indexed-articles/1421