In the Shadow of the Ancestors: The Prehistoric Foundations of the Early Arabian Civilization in Oman

This book, first published in 2007, offered the first and only summary of decades of archaeological research in the Oman Peninsula. The original eleven chapters are expanded and enhanced in this new edition by a number of new ‘windows’, written by a new generation of scholars, in order to include more recent research and interpretati

The first edition of In the Shadow of the Ancestors (2007) was the first and only summary of decades of archaeological research in the Oman Peninsula. This second expanded had a long and winding journey toward publication. The passing away of Serge Cleuziou not long after the release of the first edition left Maurizio Tosi alone in completing this challenging enterprise. For this reason, and out of respect for his lifelong friend and colleague, he decided not to intervene too extensively on the main contents, but to add instead to the original eleven chapters a number of new ‘windows’ written by other scholars, in order to include more recent research and interpretations. In addition to the main contents, the new contributions by this younger generation of scholars, most of whom were students and collaborators of Cleuziou and Tosi, offers great testament to the legacy the authors leave behind them.

Foreword: Cornerstones of Archaeological Research in Oman - H.H. Haitham bin Tariq Al-Said Editorial Note: A Posthumous Expanded Edition - D. Frenez & R. Garba Acknowledgements In Memoriam of Serge Cleuziou, 1945-2009: An Arabian Explorer in a Cartesian Mind - M. Tosi In Memoriam of Maurizio Tosi, 1944-2017: A Scientist of Curiosity - D. Frenez Chapter 1: A Land of Many Landscapes for Greater Opportunities Chapter 2: The Search for the Earliest Humans in Oman Window 1: On the Trail of the First Humans in Oman - J. Rose Chapter 3: From Early Hunters to the Last Foragers Window 2: Early Herders at A-Buhais 18 - M. Uerpmann & H.-P. Uerpmann Window 3: Earliest Cultures along the Coastlands of Oman - V. Charpentier Window 4: Sea Mammals and Humans in the Oman Peninsula - V. Charpentier & S. Mery Chapter 4: The Great Transformation Window 5: The Middle Holocene Fishermen Settlement of KHB-1 - F. Cavulli & S. Scaruffi Window 6: The Prehistoric Graveyard at Ras Al-Hamra RH-5 - S. Salvatori Window 7: Funerary Practices at Ras Al-Hamra RH-5. New Data from 2005/2009 - O. Munoz Window 8: Shell-Midden Economy in the Fourth millennium BC - M. Uerpmann & H.-P. Uerpmann Window 9: Marine Turtles from Ras Al-Hamra RH-5 - M. Delfino & J. Frazier Window 10: Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Occupations at HD-5 - F. Borgi & E. Maini Window 11: Bead Production in the Late Neolithic Communities of Coastal Oman - M. Buta, D. Frenez, E. Bortolini, V. Charpentier & J.M. Kenoyer Window 12: Jabal Al-Aluya. An Inland Neolithic Settlement - M. Lemee & G. Gernez Window 13: The Hafit Settlement HD-6 at Ras Al-Hadd - V.M. Azzara & M. Cattani Window 14: The Early Metallurgy of the Oman Peninsula - C. Giardino Window 15: Analysis of Stone and Metal Artifacts from HD-6, HD-10 and HD-1 - R.W. Law Window 16: The Earliest Camel Remains of Oman from Ras Al-Hadd HD-6 - A. Curci & M. Carletti Chapter 5: A Great Society Emerges under the Eyes of the Ancestors Window 17: Tomb 1 at Ras Al-Jinz RJ-1 and Associated Bone Pits - H. Guy & O. Munoz Window 18: Zukayt and the Burial Fields of Wadi Halfayin - E. Bortolini Chapter 6: Taming the Desert with Oases and Herds Window 19: Animal Economy in an Early Oasis Settlement - M. Uerpmann & H.-P. Uerpmann Window 20: Earliest Potteries in the Oman Peninsula - S. Mery Window 21: An Early Third Millennium BC Madbassa? - S. Cleuziou Window 22: The Early Oasis Settlements of the Hajar Region - J. Orchard & J. Orchard Chapter 7: Trade and the Beginnings of Seafaring in the Indian Ocean Window 23: Copper from Magan for the Mesopotamian Cities - G. Weisgerber Window 24: From Green to Red. Smelting Red Copper from the Green Ore - G. Weisgerber Window 25: Indus Pottery in the Oman Peninsula - S. Mery Window 26: Reconstructing an Early Bronze Age Boat - T. Vosmer Window 27: Early Bronze Age Navigation and Trade Routes - T. Vosmer Window 28: Bitumen from Ras Al-Jinz RJ-2 - E. Badel Window 29: The Manufacture of Conus sp. Shell Rings at the Site of HD-60 - L.G. Marcucci Chapter 8: The Early Arabian Civilization at its Zenith Window 30: Al-Ayn. A Small Settlement and Palm Tree Garden in Eastern Oman - O. Blin Window 31: Copper Production as Seen from Al-Moyassar 1 - G. Weisgerber Window 32: Bat. A Leading Centre of Early Civilization in Oman - C.M. Cable & C.P. Thornton Window 33: The Umm an-Nar Burial Pits of the Necropolis of Bat - S. Dopper & C. Schmidt Window 34: The Umm an-Nar Settlement of Al-Zebah - S. Dopper & C. Schmidt Window 35: The Indus Civilization Trade with the Oman Peninsula - D. Frenez Window 36: Carnelian and Agate Beads in the Oman Peninsula during the Third to Second millennia BC - J.M. Kenoyer & D. Frenez Chapter 9: The Wadi Suq Period. Collapse and Transformation Window 37: Copper in the Wadi Suq Period (Second millennium BC) - G. Weisgerber Window 38: Adam North Graveyard in Central Oman - G. Gernez & J. Giraud Chapter 10: The Iron Age. New Developments on the Eve of History Window 39: Long Collective Graves LCG-1 and LCG-2 at Daba, Musandam (Oman) - F. Genchi Window 40: Mudhmar East. An Iron Age Ritual Site at the Desert Margin - G. Gernez & M. Jean Window 41: Iron Age Buildings with a Pillared Room in the Oman Peninsula - A. Benoist Window 42: Iron Age Mining and Smelting in the Lizq Period - G. Weisgerber Window 43: The Early Iron Age in the Sultanate of Oman - P.A. Yule Window 44: ?Uqdat Al-Bakrah. An Early Iron Age Metal-Working Atelier just inside the Empty Quarter in Oman - F. Genchi, C. Giardino & P.A. Yule Window 45: The Fish-Eaters - Ichthyophagoi, by O. Nalesini Window 46: Ichthyophagoi their Culture and Economy during the Iron Age in Coastal Oman - R. Loreto Window 47: Rock Art of Al-Hajar Mountains. A Review and Update - A.E. Fossati Window 48: Triliths: Hinterland Monuments of Ancient Nomads - R. Garba Chapter 11: Dhofar. The Land of Frankincense Bibliography, Foreword: Cornerstones of Archaeological Research in Oman – H.H. Haitham bin Tariq Al-Said Editorial Note: A Posthumous Expanded Edition – D. Frenez & R. Garba Acknowledgements ;