Dear colleagues,

You are welcome to attend the last ARWA Online Lecture on Zoom on the Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula, held by Dr Kevin Lidour from our Historic Environment Department team at the Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT), Abu Dhabi.

Date: June 19th, 2024, at 4 pm CET (6 PM UAE time)

“Exploring the Coastal Neolithic of Eastern Arabia: Insights into Ancient Maritime Cultures”

Despite significant fieldwork conducted over the past decades, the Neolithic period (c. 6500-3300 BCE) in Eastern Arabia remains poorly defined culturally. This period is characterized by a lack of agriculture and only vaguely defined pastoral practices, making the definition of a regional Neolithic economy a subject of debate. In this presentation, we propose to explore another aspect of the cultural evolution of human societies in Eastern Arabia at the beginning of the Holocene: ancient maritime adaptations. These adaptations not only support the theoretical construction of a regional Neolithic but also attest to the development of a maritime culture with a sophistication level rarely equaled in Southwest Asia.

You can now watch this lecture on the YouTube ARWA channel: