4to. 238 pp., colour frontis portrait, 1 map, 110 figures (2 folding), 129 plates hors text (4 in colour), tables, publisher’s original wrappers, biblio, Published by The Ministry of Information and Culture, Sultanate of Oman, 1987.

Synopsis

Articles presented to the Conference on Oman Studies held in Muscat November 1980. This issue contains the following:
The Environmental Setting of the Sohar Region.
Traditional Methods of Water Supply.
The Water Supply of Early Islamic Sohar.
The Early Islamic Cultivation Systems of Sohar.
Settlement and Copper Exploitation in the ‘Arja Area.
Excavations at ‘Arja.
Archaeological Evidence of Copper Exploitation at ‘Arja.
The Finds.
The Later Settlement Phase within the Hinterland of Sohar.
The Development of Sohar and the Regional Economy.