| Description |
1 online resource (455 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Contents -- Teams -- Acknowledgements -- Editorial Notes -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Petroglyphs and Rock Inscriptions -- Ancient Fortifications -- Ancient Settlements -- Ancient Cemeteries, Graves and Inscriptions -- An Ancient Technology for Today's Inhabitants -- Yesterday and Today: Traditions, Customs and Adaptions -- Lower-Wadi Settlements -- Mid-Wadi Settlements -- Upper-Wadi Settlements -- Lessons for Moving Forward -- Arabic Summary |
| Summary |
This survey aimed to gain greater understanding of the past and present of Wadi Bani Kharus (Oman) through its tangible and intangible cultural heritage. The book provides an eclectic overview of the wadi's twenty-nine communities including ancient fortresses, water distribution systems, sundials, cemeteries, tombstones and period architecture |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Cultural property -- Oman
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Antiquities.
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Cultural property.
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| SUBJECT |
Oman -- Antiquities
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| Subject |
Oman.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Strachan, Laura M
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| ISBN |
9781789698060 |
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1789698065 |
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