Landmarks of Identity: Bronze Age Towers of the Oman Peninsula

In the Early Bronze Age, monumental stone and mud-brick structures known as towers appeared in Oman. This book aims to update the long-standing discussions on these towers and to assess their chronological depth of more than a millennium. The book also reassesses their possible functions in the light of recent archaeological research

About the author

Stephanie Dopper is Junior Professor for Digital Humanities for Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Wurzburg, Germany. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Tubingen in 2015, and conducted postdoctoral research at the Universities of Leiden and Frankfurt on the reuse of tombs and settlement systems in central Oman. Her research interests include digital archaeology, landscape archaeology, the archaeology of mobility, pottery studies, and mortuary practices. Since 2010 she has been conducting research in the Sultanate of Oman, excavating Bronze Age and Islamic sites in Bat, Al-Ayn, Al-Khashbah and other sites in Wilayat Al-Mudhaybi.

Product details

• Authors: Stephanie Dopper, Stephanie (Professor of Cultural Heritage Dopper
• Publisher: Archaeopress bar
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2024
• EAN: 9781803278193
• ISBN: 978-1-80327-819-3
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: The Archaeological Heritage of Oman
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity