Bat Archaeological Project

Research by BAP at the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Bat, al-Khutm, and al-Ayn.

[Dr. Charlotte Marie Cable @AdventuresNArch]

I celebrated #AnthropologyDay as would any archaeologist. I dug a trench. #fieldwork

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Eickelman's Women & Community in Oman describes living in Hamra in 1980. She learns the term "khadim" (slave) thusly: "people were taking my daughter, Amal, for the child of a khadima" (1984:27). Pic: author w daughter Amal. (1984:29 fig.3) #ethnography #BlackHistoryMonth

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The "Late" Umm an-Nar is coming into sharper focus as we continue our work to refine Bat's Early Bronze Age chronology!

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Remember that as winter begins, so does the daylight.

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@MarcKissel #boundaries

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This is what resource management looks like in an oasis like Bat: fallow fields rest, unwatered, next to densely green family garden plots. Aaaaand: can you spot Khafaji Tower? #oases #datepalm #archaeology #omanarchaeology #oman #landuse #bronzeage

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Dr Jen Swerida questions "settlement" for the Umm an-Nar while @AdventuresNArch takes a look at the mud under her feet at the @UNESCO @WH_EN at #Bat #Oman. Join us in the #Archaeology of #Arabia session at @ASOResearch 2020 virtual annual meeting! #ASOR20 @pennmuseum @mhc_gov

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Hooray! It's Oman's 50th National Day! Yes, Salim Said is wearing an #Oman flag jersey. 😁 How are you celebrating? #OmanNationalDay50 #omannationalday #monumentsofarabia #bronzeageoman #archaeologyofarabia #archaeology

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The Center for Omani Dress to open a museum dedicated to #Omani #traditionaldress
http://t.co/zLqP4DI446

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planning the 2013-14 AJBAP field season: surveys, excavations, geophys, ethnoarch, geomorph studies... looks like we'll be busy!

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cemeteries are a great resource! http://t.co/uxJ0wrN33X

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thanks to @_kalafa @moon33_s and @AdventuresNArch for today's Bat Heritage & Archaeology exhibition!

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@_kalafa presents "our heritage in our eyes" to Ministry of Heritage and Culture representative, Sumaya

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Samia explains some Bat artifacts to Sheikh Humayid.

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Tubingen's Conrad Schmidt refits some pottery left in a 4500-year-old kitchen.

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The Tubingen team excavates an Umm an-Nar tomb.Note the paved interior chamber. :)

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@yaskondo & @AdventuresNArch have an action-packed day of meetings with the Ministry of Heritage & Culture. Bat's "so hot right now".

[jasonrhody @jasonrhody]

Apply!/ MT @NEH_ODH Apps due 3/15 for ODH-funded institute "Humanities Heritage 3D Visualization: Theory & Practice" http://t.co/JuQUKCodhq

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Spent the day with Henry Wright wandering around interior Oman looking at sites. Awesome! (and such a small world...)