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Qatar: Prehistory and Protohistory from the Most Ancient Times

 
Muhammed Abdul Nayeem (Author)
Synopsis

This unique work presents for the first time an up-to-date comprehensive study of Qatar's earliest civilization. It synthesizes a wide spectrum of data brought to light by the archaeological surveys and excavations conducted during the past decades by several teams from abroad and national and includes both published and a lot of unpublished material. Profusely illustrated, the book, in 10 Chapters, a Bibliography and an Index, an outcome of several years' research is designed equally for the specialist and for the general reader interested in the human achievement through the ages in Qatar, within convenient compass. This volume offers the most concise account of all the aspects, as evident from the table of contents, relevant to prehistory and protohistory substantiated by very interesting rare photographs, numbering several hundreds. Another important and unique aspect of this book is the systematic classification of Qatar's Stone Age tools from the Palaeolithic to the Chalcolithic periods in an Atlas with photographs of unpublished stone tools, except a few. In this highly readable book immense volume of data has been condensed lucidly and it is splendid attempt of a large and growing subject. The book includes details of most recent archaeological discoveries. This is book of remarkable distinction, which will become indispensable as a work of reference for any serious student.

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About the author

Muhammed Abdul Nayeem

Dr. M.A. Nayeem born (1938) and brought up at Hyderabad (India) was educated at Osmania University, Hyderabad, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, and the University of Poona, Poona. From the University of Poona he obtained Doctrorates (Ph.D. and D.Litt.). For nearly two decades he served at the Department of Archaeology and Museology, College of Arts, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. During his stay in Saudi Arabia, he traveled entire length and breadth of the Arabian Peninsula, covering all the seven Arabian States and visited archaeological and rock art sites in order to collect first-hand information. The out-come of several years research is publication of series of books on the ancient history of individual States: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Hopefully the author completes the remaining books in the series, on Kuwait and Yemen, in the near future. At the Department of Archaeology he was also associated with the research publications of Al-Fau excavations, a Pre-Islamic site in Saudi Arabia. The author has recently retired on superannuation from the King Saud University; and is hopeful of devoting his time to Arabian archaeology and rock rock.

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Bibliographic information

Title Qatar: Prehistory and Protohistory from the Most Ancient Times
Format Softcover
Date published: 01.01.1998
Edition 1st ed.
Language: English
isbn 8185492042
length xxii+353p., Maps; Plates; Tables; Bibliography; Index; 24cm.