La Péninsule d'Oman de la fin de l'Age du Fer au début de la période sassanide (250 av. - 350 ap. JC)

This edition of a much-valued work presents a lot of new archaeological material ordered according to a clear chronological scheme that covers what had hitherto been a problematic period spanning the end of the Iron Age and the Sasanian period in and around the Oman Peninsular. The two sites featured, Mleiha and ed-Dur, from which the material comes, are important, not only locally in terms of the history of settlement and society, but also regionally in terms of trade and contact between Arabia and the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. additionally, the period covered by the two sites is key to some important historical themes, such as the population and culture of pre-Islamic Arabia, the spread of Mediterranean influence into Arabia during the Hellenistic and Roman periods and the general development of Arabia in the centuries before Islam. Cover title Copyright Society for Arabian Studies Monograph Series Editors’ Foreword Preface (French) Preface (English) REMERCIEMENTS INTRODUCTION 1ère PARTIE PRESENTATION GENERALE PERIODISATION LA PERIODE PIR.A LA PERIODE PIR.B LA PERIODE PIR.C LA PERIODE PIR.D DU PIR.A AU PIR.D PRESENTATION DES AUTRES SITES 2e PARTIE L'EAU ET LES RESSOURCES ALIMENTAIRES ARTISANAT REPARTITION ET ORGANISATION DES SITES DONNEES CULTURELLES ECHANGES CONCLUSION : ORIGINE ET EVOLUTION DE LA CULTURE PREISLAMIQUE RECENTE DANS LA PENINSULE D'OMAN BIBLIOGRAPHIE TABLE DES MATIERES BIBLIOGRAPHIE COMPLEMENTAIRE Planches Michel Mouton. Originally Presented As The Author's Thesis (doctoral)--université De Paris I: Panthéon-sorbonne, 1992. Includes Bibliographical References. In French With Prefatory Matter In English.