{"title":"Mapping spatial patterning of Bronze Age towers in Oman according to water flow accumulation","authors":"Smiti Nathan, Michael J. Harrower","doi":"10.1111/aae.12237","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Water played an undeniably significant role in the origins of complex societies across the Near East, but political complexity in regions like Southeast Arabia diverges dramatically from the more well-known histories of Egypt, the Levant and Mesopotamia. Through quantitative analysis, this paper investigates spatial associations between water availability and Umm an-Nar towers in Adh Dhahirah Governorate of Oman. We hypothesise that ancient Umm an-Nar people targeted high water flow accumulation areas for major settlements with towers. Our results lead us to reject the null hypothesis of no spatial association between tower settlements and water and help clarify the role of water in the rise of complex polities.</p>","PeriodicalId":8124,"journal":{"name":"Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2023-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aae.12237","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"ARCHAEOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Water played an undeniably significant role in the origins of complex societies across the Near East, but political complexity in regions like Southeast Arabia diverges dramatically from the more well-known histories of Egypt, the Levant and Mesopotamia. Through quantitative analysis, this paper investigates spatial associations between water availability and Umm an-Nar towers in Adh Dhahirah Governorate of Oman. We hypothesise that ancient Umm an-Nar people targeted high water flow accumulation areas for major settlements with towers. Our results lead us to reject the null hypothesis of no spatial association between tower settlements and water and help clarify the role of water in the rise of complex polities.
不可否认，水在近东复杂社会的起源中发挥了重要作用，但阿拉伯东南部等地区的政治复杂性与更广为人知的埃及、黎凡特和美索不达米亚的历史大相径庭。通过定量分析，本文研究了阿曼Adh Dhahirah省Umm an - Nar塔楼的空间相关性。我们假设古代Umm an - Nar人将高水流聚集区域作为主要的塔定居点。我们的研究结果使我们拒绝了塔楼住区与水之间没有空间关联的原假设，并有助于澄清水在复杂政策兴起中的作用。
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In recent years the Arabian peninsula has emerged as one of the major new frontiers of archaeological research in the Old World. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy is a forum for the publication of studies in the archaeology, epigraphy, numismatics, and early history of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Both original articles and short communications in English, French, and German are published, ranging in time from prehistory to the Islamic era.
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