During 2022 and 2023, our field activities focused on Wadi al-Maʻawil, a very large wadi close to the Muslimāt village in between Nakhal and Afī oasis, where in 2022 we discovered a completely unexplored and multifaceted ecotope. We selected a 10 x 10 Km squared area encompassing this ecotope after ground truthing because of the high intensity of the archaeological features and because it featured three adaptive conditions: the presence of large widyān with central terraces, the presence of an anthropized oasis and the presence of a possible ancient settlement pattern in which the anthropic features (settlements, graves, pathways) were almost close together and intervisible. This volume studies the landscape of the site and classifies, studies, and describes all the finds during the excavations and survey campaigns of 2022 and 2023.
Nel corso del 2022 e del 2023, le attività sul campo della Missione Archeologica di Sapienza nella Penisola Arabica e nel Golfo (Maspag) si sono concentrate su Wadi al-Maʻawil, un grande wadi vicino al villaggio di Muslimāt, tra Nakhal e l'oasi di Afī, dove nel 2022 abbiamo raggiunto e scoperto un ecotopo completamente inesplorato. In questa area abbiamo selezionato il quadrante di 10 Km2 che aveva la maggiore concentrazione di tracce e dati archeologici e presentava tre peculiari condizioni adattive: la presenza di grandi widyān con terrazze centrali, la presenza di un'oasi antropizzata e la vicinanza di insediamenti, tombe e sentieri intervisibili. Questo volume costituisce il rapporto di scavo e e ricognizione delle campagne de 2022 e del 2023.
Excavations and Surveys of 2022 and 2023 at Wadi al-Ma’awil (Oman) / Ramazzotti, Marco; Kzzo, Ahmed; Di Ludovico, Alessandro. - (2025), pp. 1-275. [10.13133/9788893773997]
Excavations and Surveys of 2022 and 2023 at Wadi al-Ma’awil (Oman)
Marco Ramazzotti
Writing – Review & Editing
;Ahmed Fatima Kzzo
Writing – Review & Editing
;Alessandro Di Ludovico
Writing – Review & Editing
2025
Abstract
During 2022 and 2023, our field activities focused on Wadi al-Maʻawil, a very large wadi close to the Muslimāt village in between Nakhal and Afī oasis, where in 2022 we discovered a completely unexplored and multifaceted ecotope. We selected a 10 x 10 Km squared area encompassing this ecotope after ground truthing because of the high intensity of the archaeological features and because it featured three adaptive conditions: the presence of large widyān with central terraces, the presence of an anthropized oasis and the presence of a possible ancient settlement pattern in which the anthropic features (settlements, graves, pathways) were almost close together and intervisible. This volume studies the landscape of the site and classifies, studies, and describes all the finds during the excavations and survey campaigns of 2022 and 2023.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


