Czech archaeological expedition ARDUQ
@arduq.bsky.social
Archaeological landscape and environmental dynamics of Duqm and Dhofar, Oman.
Our recent paper gets online attention 😊
For #FindsFriday, here are some shell, stone and shark tooth beads and pendants from a Neolithic grave at Wadi Nafūn, Oman.
These materials indicate a symbolic connection to marine themes amongst the people buried here.
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These materials indicate a symbolic connection to marine themes amongst the people buried here.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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September 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Our recent paper gets online attention 😊
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It is finally OUT! 🎉 My book "HINTERLAND MONUMENTS OF ANCIENT NOMADS: Trilith Stone Structures of Southeastern Arabia" was published by @archaeopress.bsky.social Book is the first dedicated study of these enigmatic 2000-year-old ritual monuments.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It is finally OUT! 🎉 My book "HINTERLAND MONUMENTS OF ANCIENT NOMADS: Trilith Stone Structures of Southeastern Arabia" was published by @archaeopress.bsky.social Book is the first dedicated study of these enigmatic 2000-year-old ritual monuments.
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
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Very sad news today. Anthony E. Marks has passed away. He conducted pioneering prehistoric research in the Nile Valley, the southern Levant and Arabia, producing seminal works on the Palaeolithic. In 2023, aged 85, he still joined the @arduq.bsky.social excavations in Dhofar, Oman. Rest in peace.
August 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Very sad news today. Anthony E. Marks has passed away. He conducted pioneering prehistoric research in the Nile Valley, the southern Levant and Arabia, producing seminal works on the Palaeolithic. In 2023, aged 85, he still joined the @arduq.bsky.social excavations in Dhofar, Oman. Rest in peace.
New publication is out 🎉 from ARDUQ team! Nicknamed as "bone midden" in Nafun north of Duqm revealed incredible finds! Research is led by Betka Danielisova @czechacademy.bsky.social
The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman | Antiquity | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/47swNqQ
The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman | Antiquity | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/47swNqQ
The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman
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August 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
New publication is out 🎉 from ARDUQ team! Nicknamed as "bone midden" in Nafun north of Duqm revealed incredible finds! Research is led by Betka Danielisova @czechacademy.bsky.social
The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman | Antiquity | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/47swNqQ
The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman | Antiquity | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/47swNqQ
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two skeletons are sitting on top of a box that says blue sky
ALT: two skeletons are sitting on top of a box that says blue sky
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May 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Photo from Duqm 😊
Stone tools are considered the first form of technology devised by ancient humans – but they might not have been invented from scratch.
A radical new idea for how our ancestors invented stone tools
Stone tools are considered the first form of technology devised by ancient humans – but they might not have been invented from scratch
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May 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Photo from Duqm 😊
One of the use cases is from Duqm 😊
This paper will be in our forthcoming #Lithics special issue: What can lithics tell us about hominin technology's ‘primordial soup’? An origin of stone knapping via the emulation of Mother Nature
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#EarlyView #OpenAccess
May 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
One of the use cases is from Duqm 😊
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Today, we opened in collaboration with MHT and SEZAD an exhibition in Duqm // Archaeological Heritage of Al-Wusta Governorate // to disseminate our research results with the local community. @ltuarchaeology.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Today, we opened in collaboration with MHT and SEZAD an exhibition in Duqm // Archaeological Heritage of Al-Wusta Governorate // to disseminate our research results with the local community. @ltuarchaeology.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
🏺🧪📃New paper is out from the HERDS project! 🪨🐑🥬🇴🇲 @pi-hisoka.bsky.social @tarabeuzen.bsky.social @archbot44.bsky.social
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Exploring Neolithic resilience and mobility in the Omani interior at Al-Khashbah KHS-A | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Exploring Neolithic resilience and mobility in the Omani interior at Al-Khashbah KHS-A
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May 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM