Thoughts on nomadism in Middle Holocene Oman

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-27

  Cavulli, Fabio ^a   Scaruffi, Simona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethnoarchaeology; Neolithic period; Nomadism; Subsistence strategy; Sultanate of Oman

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; NEOLITHIC; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUBSISTENCE;

OMAN;

EID: 84876699604     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aae.12023     Document Type: Article

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