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First evidence of shell fish-hook technology in the Gulf |
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| Authors: | Sophie Méry Vincent Charpentier Mark Beech |
| Institution: | CNRS, UMR 7041-ArScan, Maison de l'Archéologie et de l'Ethnologie, 21 allée de l'Université, 92023 Nanterre cedex, France e-mail: , ,; Historic Environment Department, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), P.O. Box 2380, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. email: |
| Abstract: | The technology of shell fish-hooks and line fishing is well attested in the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean during the Neolithic period (fifth–fourth millennium BC). Their presence in the coastal area of the Arabian Gulf is now confirmed by new findings from Akab (Umm al-Qaiwain) and Shimal (Ra's al-Khaimah) in the United Arab Emirates. |
| Keywords: | fishing fish-hooks Neolithic Arabian Gulf Akab Sultanate of Oman United Arab Emirates |