Twelve years of the 'Arabian Seashores' project: How the extensive investigation of coastal Oman changed the paradigm of the Arabian Neolithic

V Charpentier, MP Maiorano… - Arabian Archaeology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
For over a decade, the French mission 'Archaeology of the Arabian Seashores' has been
exploring the evolution of the Omani coastline, from hunter–gatherers to the rise of complex …

The latest Neolithic conquest of “new territories” in the Arabian Sea: the Al-Hallaniyat archipelago (Kuria Muria, Sultanate of Oman)

V Charpentier, G Marchand, P Béarez… - The Journal of Island …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In southern and south-eastern Arabia, the Neolithic developed between 6500 and 3100
BCE. In the Sultanate of Oman, occupation occurred along wadi banks, around paleolakes …

Backed pieces at Sharbithat SHA-10 (Sultanate of Oman): technological issues and chronological assessment

MP Maiorano, G Marchand, J Vosges… - Documenta …, 2024 - journals.uni-lj.si
Sharbithat 10 (SHA-10) was discovered in 2017 during the first extensive survey of the
northern part of the Dhofar region. Located on a vast mesa surrounded by wadi deltaic …

Neolithic stone tool and shell bead production from Maṣīrah and Al‐Ḥallāniyah islands (Oman)

R Thomas, R Crassard, J Vosges… - Arabian Archaeology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In Oman, many coastal sites dated to the Neolithic have yielded material culture related to
ornament manufacture. These sites are the remnants of fishermen occupations, developing …

Challenging the Late Neolithic cultural horizon of Southern Arabia: The case of Sharbithat 10 (Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman)

MP Maiorano, G Marchand, J Vosges… - … Research in Asia, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Neolithic in Southern Arabia has always shown unique traits that followed an
autonomous path, different from the Northern Arabian region and the Levant. Its …

The tooth of a giant sea creature Otodus (Megaselachus) in the material culture of Neolithic maritime hunter‐gatherers at Sharbithat (Sultanate of Oman)

V Charpentier, S Adnet… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A mega‐tooth belonging to a Miocene fossil shark was discovered along the shores of the
Arabian Sea inside one of the Neolithic domestic settlements at Sharbithat (SHA …

A new elasmobranch fauna from the early Miocene of Sharbithat (Sultanate of Oman) reveals the teeth of an ancient fantail stingray

S Adnet, V Charpentier - Geologica Acta, 2022 - hal.umontpellier.fr
Here we describe a new elasmobranch assemblage consisting of isolated dental material
from the Aquitanian near-shore marine deposits of the Shuwayr and Warak formations at …