Fidelity Lancaster
Biographic Data
| ID | 4679638 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fidelity Lancaster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fidelity |
| FAMILY NAME | Lancaster |
| SIGNATURE | LANCASTER F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Aberdeen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Obituary
Some relations between “tribes” and “territory” in the Arabian Peninsula in the recent past
Arab tribes are not corporate, solidary or legal bodies, but aggregations of sets of ordered names, whose members are autonomous individuals living in a moral balance where jural and political action is vested in the person. Each manages his own affairs, lives from his resources, and shares moral premises. Geographic spaces are described by individuals who construct landscapes through observation, association, use and development. Relations with …
People, Land and Water in the Arab Middle East
The result of twenty-five years of research with different tribal groups in the Arabian peninsula, this study focuses on ethnographic descriptions of Arab tribal societies in five regions of the peninsula, with comparative material from others. Having become aware of the depth in time of Arab tribal structures, the authors have developed a view of Arabic tribal discourse where 'tribe' is seen as essentially an identity that confers access to a so…
Waters As Creative Forces For Social Relations In Ras Al-Khaimah Emirate
The paper uses data collected between 1997 and 2005 during the compilation of an archive on « Life before Oil » in RAK Emirate.Waters were seen as a driving force in the creation of landscapes and social practices. No environment is considered to provide livelihoods and profits of itself, but only through enhancements of natural waters. Through observations, experience and work, some waters permit livelihoods and profits and so create sets of pol…
Honour is in Contentment
Based on interviews and field research, the authors explore the sets of ideas Arab tribespeople from Ras Al-Khaimah had about tribe and community; social and economic networks, and jural contracts for livelihoods and profits; their uses of their environments; the moral relations of credit, debt and labour; ruling; economic and political transformations; and ideas of regional history where conflicts were regarded as disputes over sets of ideas, an…
A discussion of rock carvings in Ra’s al Khaimah Emirate, UAE, and Musandam province, Sultanate of Oman, using local considerations
Conversations about various examples of rock carvings with interested local tribespeople across the study region revealed information about the different loci of carvings; subject matter and techniques; and the identities of possible carvers. It was possible to place sorts of rock carvings in specific cultural contexts and in long‐standing traditions across the peninsula. Rock carvers, in most cases, were either immature tribal members or male ad…
Pottery makers and pottery users
The authors present the results of ethnographic research undertaken between 1987 and 2004 in the sultanate of Oman and the emirate of Ras al‐Khaimah on pottery manufacture and usage. Drawing on a number of different informants in both areas, they illustrate the many different types of vessels in use, discussing aspects of production, utility and exchange
Harness and trappings
People, Land and Water in the Arab Middle East
Aims and arguments methods of working framework to social practice environments, landscapes and nature water land use the practices of production systems using land as a primary resource buildings and other structures productivity, distribution and consumption integration into modernity
Jordanian Village Houses in their Contexts Growth, Decay and Rebuilding
Les auteurs presentent une etude de l'evolution de l'architecture vernaculaire de villages contemporains de Jordanie (Dana, Dimneh, Qasr, Balua, Sirat al-Arnab, Subha/Subhiya), dont l'interet est d'apporter une importante contribution a l'analyse archeologique et ethno-archeologique de l'evolution des modeles d'habitat, en abordant les questions suivantes : qu'est-ce qui influence une population a abandonner, re-utiliser, reparer ou reconstruire …
Land Use and Population in the Area North of Karak
This paper attempts to reappraise the history of land use in north Karak from the early Ottoman period to the present day in terms of the criteria of local inhabitants. This information is complemented by ethnographic and historical material from the wider region. Such an approach, it is hoped, provides a more satisfactory explanation of the dynamics of changing land use than the traditional ‘decline’, and opens up possible new directions for fut…
Mahafir
Graves and funerary monuments of the Ahl al‐Ǧabal, Jordan
Transitions Between Cultivation and Pastoralism in Sub-Saharan Africa [and Comments and Reply]
Tribal formations in the Arabian Peninsula
The Burqu c /Ruweishid Project
The Burqu c /Ruweishid Project
The second preliminary report on work in the Burquc/Ruweishid region of eastern Jordan presents an account of results achieved in the 1989 field season. Excavations were carried out at seven sites. These include several late prehistoric camps near Qasr Burquc and a late Chalcolithic/EB IA rock shelter to the south. Two specialist reports present data on the survey of Qasr Burquc and the ‘lake’ (Helms), and the modern population (Lancaster and Lan…
Limitations on Sheep and Goat Herding in the Eastern Badia of Jordan
Recent archaeological evidence suggests that ovicaprid pastoralism was practised in the eastern badia (arid steppe) of Jordan during Late Neolithic times. The badia encompasses two distinct areas, the harra which is relatively mountainous and variably covered with black basalt boulders and the hamad which is open, gravelly country. The hamad in the recent past has supported camel pastoralism rather than sheep and goat herding populations. We exam…
Bruce Ingham
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Transitions Between Cultivation and Pastoralism in Sub-Saharan Africa [and Comments and Reply]
Pottery makers and pottery users
The authors present the results of ethnographic research undertaken between 1987 and 2004 in the sultanate of Oman and the emirate of Ras al‐Khaimah on pottery manufacture and usage. Drawing on a number of different informants in both areas, they illustrate the many different types of vessels in use, discussing aspects of production, utility and exchange
Graves and funerary monuments of the Ahl al‐Ǧabal, Jordan
A discussion of rock carvings in Ra’s al Khaimah Emirate, UAE, and Musandam province, Sultanate of Oman, using local considerations
Conversations about various examples of rock carvings with interested local tribespeople across the study region revealed information about the different loci of carvings; subject matter and techniques; and the identities of possible carvers. It was possible to place sorts of rock carvings in specific cultural contexts and in long‐standing traditions across the peninsula. Rock carvers, in most cases, were either immature tribal members or male ad…
Tribal formations in the Arabian Peninsula
Obituary
Jordanian Village Houses in their Contexts Growth, Decay and Rebuilding
Les auteurs presentent une etude de l'evolution de l'architecture vernaculaire de villages contemporains de Jordanie (Dana, Dimneh, Qasr, Balua, Sirat al-Arnab, Subha/Subhiya), dont l'interet est d'apporter une importante contribution a l'analyse archeologique et ethno-archeologique de l'evolution des modeles d'habitat, en abordant les questions suivantes : qu'est-ce qui influence une population a abandonner, re-utiliser, reparer ou reconstruire …
Mahafir
Bruce Ingham
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Burqu c /Ruweishid Project
The Burqu c /Ruweishid Project
The second preliminary report on work in the Burquc/Ruweishid region of eastern Jordan presents an account of results achieved in the 1989 field season. Excavations were carried out at seven sites. These include several late prehistoric camps near Qasr Burquc and a late Chalcolithic/EB IA rock shelter to the south. Two specialist reports present data on the survey of Qasr Burquc and the ‘lake’ (Helms), and the modern population (Lancaster and Lan…
Limitations on Sheep and Goat Herding in the Eastern Badia of Jordan
Recent archaeological evidence suggests that ovicaprid pastoralism was practised in the eastern badia (arid steppe) of Jordan during Late Neolithic times. The badia encompasses two distinct areas, the harra which is relatively mountainous and variably covered with black basalt boulders and the hamad which is open, gravelly country. The hamad in the recent past has supported camel pastoralism rather than sheep and goat herding populations. We exam…
Tribal formations in the Arabian Peninsula
Graves and funerary monuments of the Ahl al‐Ǧabal, Jordan
Transitions Between Cultivation and Pastoralism in Sub-Saharan Africa [and Comments and Reply]
Land Use and Population in the Area North of Karak
This paper attempts to reappraise the history of land use in north Karak from the early Ottoman period to the present day in terms of the criteria of local inhabitants. This information is complemented by ethnographic and historical material from the wider region. Such an approach, it is hoped, provides a more satisfactory explanation of the dynamics of changing land use than the traditional ‘decline’, and opens up possible new directions for fut…
Mahafir
Jordanian Village Houses in their Contexts Growth, Decay and Rebuilding
Les auteurs presentent une etude de l'evolution de l'architecture vernaculaire de villages contemporains de Jordanie (Dana, Dimneh, Qasr, Balua, Sirat al-Arnab, Subha/Subhiya), dont l'interet est d'apporter une importante contribution a l'analyse archeologique et ethno-archeologique de l'evolution des modeles d'habitat, en abordant les questions suivantes : qu'est-ce qui influence une population a abandonner, re-utiliser, reparer ou reconstruire …
People, Land and Water in the Arab Middle East
Aims and arguments methods of working framework to social practice environments, landscapes and nature water land use the practices of production systems using land as a primary resource buildings and other structures productivity, distribution and consumption integration into modernity
Harness and trappings
Pottery makers and pottery users
The authors present the results of ethnographic research undertaken between 1987 and 2004 in the sultanate of Oman and the emirate of Ras al‐Khaimah on pottery manufacture and usage. Drawing on a number of different informants in both areas, they illustrate the many different types of vessels in use, discussing aspects of production, utility and exchange
Honour is in Contentment
Based on interviews and field research, the authors explore the sets of ideas Arab tribespeople from Ras Al-Khaimah had about tribe and community; social and economic networks, and jural contracts for livelihoods and profits; their uses of their environments; the moral relations of credit, debt and labour; ruling; economic and political transformations; and ideas of regional history where conflicts were regarded as disputes over sets of ideas, an…
A discussion of rock carvings in Ra’s al Khaimah Emirate, UAE, and Musandam province, Sultanate of Oman, using local considerations
Conversations about various examples of rock carvings with interested local tribespeople across the study region revealed information about the different loci of carvings; subject matter and techniques; and the identities of possible carvers. It was possible to place sorts of rock carvings in specific cultural contexts and in long‐standing traditions across the peninsula. Rock carvers, in most cases, were either immature tribal members or male ad…
People, Land and Water in the Arab Middle East
The result of twenty-five years of research with different tribal groups in the Arabian peninsula, this study focuses on ethnographic descriptions of Arab tribal societies in five regions of the peninsula, with comparative material from others. Having become aware of the depth in time of Arab tribal structures, the authors have developed a view of Arabic tribal discourse where 'tribe' is seen as essentially an identity that confers access to a so…
Waters As Creative Forces For Social Relations In Ras Al-Khaimah Emirate
The paper uses data collected between 1997 and 2005 during the compilation of an archive on « Life before Oil » in RAK Emirate.Waters were seen as a driving force in the creation of landscapes and social practices. No environment is considered to provide livelihoods and profits of itself, but only through enhancements of natural waters. Through observations, experience and work, some waters permit livelihoods and profits and so create sets of pol…
Some relations between “tribes” and “territory” in the Arabian Peninsula in the recent past
Arab tribes are not corporate, solidary or legal bodies, but aggregations of sets of ordered names, whose members are autonomous individuals living in a moral balance where jural and political action is vested in the person. Each manages his own affairs, lives from his resources, and shares moral premises. Geographic spaces are described by individuals who construct landscapes through observation, association, use and development. Relations with …
Obituary
Archaeology (14 works) · Geography (13 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (9 works) · History (9 works) · History (7 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (4 works) · Political science (4 works)