Maria Pia Maiorano
Biographic Data
| ID | 926104 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Pia Maiorano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria Pia |
| FAMILY NAME | Maiorano |
| SIGNATURE | MAIORANO M P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Goethe University Frankfurt |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6243-1293 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Straddling Three Waters
Ras Al-Hadd HD-2, a low marine terrace at the entrance to the Al-Hajar lagoon on the easternmost cape of the Arabian Peninsula, was excavated in 2016 as a rescue intervention ahead of tourism development. Despite severe post-depositional disturbance, the site preserves coherent activity surfaces within a thin, compressed stratigraphy spanning the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age (ca. 4500–2000 b.c.). Technological conservatism in core reductio…
The Easternmost Outpost of the Hadramawt Kingdom
This paper presents the results of the first archaeological investigation at Andhūr (DMa0610), an inland site in the Wādī Andhūr oasis, Dhofar, southern Oman. Excavations revealed a multi‐phase occupation dated to the second part of the first century BCE , centred on a two‐storey building constructed with the ‘sandwich’ masonry technique known from Sumhuram. Architectural and environmental evidence suggest that Andhūr served as a small Hadrami ou…
Southern Arabia Population Patterns and Intensity of Cultural Exchanges Across the Holocene Humid Period
The Early and Middle Holocene (10,000–3,000 BCE) in Southern Arabia witnessed significant climate change and variation in material culture across space and time. This study investigates the potential impact of 1) shifts in population density and 2) climatic fluctuations on the primary drivers of social development and technological innovation in this key timeframe. Our primary goal is to assess whether and to what extent climate change impacted h…
The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman
A newly discovered grave in Wadi Nafūn, Oman, features a unique burial structure, combining monumental architecture and the collective deposition of human remains from multiple Neolithic groups. Detailed analysis of the burial community reveals new insights into Neolithic rituals and subsistence strategies during the Holocene Humid Period in southern Arabia
Exploring Neolithic resilience and mobility in the Omani interior at Al-Khashbah KHS-A
A newly discovered Neolithic site at Al-Khashbah KHS-A (Oman) reveals local adaptations to climate change in the Holocene. Results from radiocarbon dating show repeated occupations over 1000 years and key artefacts indicate coastal connections. KHS-A served as a short-term camp, enhancing our understanding of Neolithic lifeways in Arabia
Investigating the Neolithic Presence in South-Central Oman
Over the past decade, extensive surveys have been carried out in the wider area surrounding the city of Duqm (south-central Oman). During fieldwork in 2023, research on the Neolithic encampment in the Wādī Ṣayy area was conducted. Numerous locations surrounding this large wadi have yielded evidence of Neolithic occupation. The proximity to chert outcrops and the presence of elevated fluvial terrace systems overlooking the wadi floodplains likely …
The first investigation of an Iron Age shell midden in Oman
Backed pieces at Sharbithat SHA-10 (Sultanate of Oman)
Sharbithat 10 (SHA-10) was discovered in 2017 during the first extensive survey of the northern part of the Dhofar region. Located on a vast mesa surrounded by wadi deltaic branches and abundant sources of flint, SHA-10 is characterized by flint scatters, dwellings, and cairns. Initial test trenches revealed a single period stratification sequence, highlighting a rich marine faunal composition and intense flintknapping activity. The fishing equip…
Challenging the Late Neolithic cultural horizon of Southern Arabia
Twelve years of the ‘Arabian Seashores’ project
For over a decade, the French mission ‘Archaeology of the Arabian Seashores’ has been exploring the evolution of the Omani coastline, from hunter–gatherers to the rise of complex societies during the crucial passages from the culmination of the Pleistocene to the Early Bronze Age, passing through the Neolithic. The team extensively surveyed the land spreading from the eastern head of Arabia, Ra's al‐Hadd and Ra's al‐Jinz, to the last villages of …
The latest Neolithic conquest of “new territories” in the Arabian Sea
In southern and south-eastern Arabia, the Neolithic developed between 6500 and 3100 BCE. In the Sultanate of Oman, occupation occurred along wadi banks, around paleolakes, and at large shell-middens accumulated on the shores of the Arabian Sea. Nevertheless, the origins and development of human occupation on the Arabian Sea islands are poorly known, if not totally undocumented. After exploring the archaeological potential of the large island of M…
Neolithic long-distance exchanges in Southern Arabia
A quantitative approach to the study of Neolithic projectile points from south‐eastern Arabia
Lithic projectile points always had an important diagnostic value for documenting the development and expansion of Arabian Neolithic material culture (c. eighth–fourth millennium BC) and subsistence strategies due to the remarkable abundance of surface assemblages. Given the limitations of traditional arrowhead typology for analysing the increasing variability emerging from archaeological research in the region, we propose here a new systematic d…
A quantitative approach to the study of Neolithic projectile points from south‐eastern Arabia
Lithic projectile points always had an important diagnostic value for documenting the development and expansion of Arabian Neolithic material culture (c. eighth–fourth millennium BC) and subsistence strategies due to the remarkable abundance of surface assemblages. Given the limitations of traditional arrowhead typology for analysing the increasing variability emerging from archaeological research in the region, we propose here a new systematic d…
Twelve years of the ‘Arabian Seashores’ project
For over a decade, the French mission ‘Archaeology of the Arabian Seashores’ has been exploring the evolution of the Omani coastline, from hunter–gatherers to the rise of complex societies during the crucial passages from the culmination of the Pleistocene to the Early Bronze Age, passing through the Neolithic. The team extensively surveyed the land spreading from the eastern head of Arabia, Ra's al‐Hadd and Ra's al‐Jinz, to the last villages of …
The latest Neolithic conquest of “new territories” in the Arabian Sea
In southern and south-eastern Arabia, the Neolithic developed between 6500 and 3100 BCE. In the Sultanate of Oman, occupation occurred along wadi banks, around paleolakes, and at large shell-middens accumulated on the shores of the Arabian Sea. Nevertheless, the origins and development of human occupation on the Arabian Sea islands are poorly known, if not totally undocumented. After exploring the archaeological potential of the large island of M…
Neolithic long-distance exchanges in Southern Arabia
A quantitative approach to the study of Neolithic projectile points from south‐eastern Arabia
Lithic projectile points always had an important diagnostic value for documenting the development and expansion of Arabian Neolithic material culture (c. eighth–fourth millennium BC) and subsistence strategies due to the remarkable abundance of surface assemblages. Given the limitations of traditional arrowhead typology for analysing the increasing variability emerging from archaeological research in the region, we propose here a new systematic d…
Neolithic long-distance exchanges in Southern Arabia
The latest Neolithic conquest of “new territories” in the Arabian Sea
In southern and south-eastern Arabia, the Neolithic developed between 6500 and 3100 BCE. In the Sultanate of Oman, occupation occurred along wadi banks, around paleolakes, and at large shell-middens accumulated on the shores of the Arabian Sea. Nevertheless, the origins and development of human occupation on the Arabian Sea islands are poorly known, if not totally undocumented. After exploring the archaeological potential of the large island of M…
Challenging the Late Neolithic cultural horizon of Southern Arabia
Twelve years of the ‘Arabian Seashores’ project
For over a decade, the French mission ‘Archaeology of the Arabian Seashores’ has been exploring the evolution of the Omani coastline, from hunter–gatherers to the rise of complex societies during the crucial passages from the culmination of the Pleistocene to the Early Bronze Age, passing through the Neolithic. The team extensively surveyed the land spreading from the eastern head of Arabia, Ra's al‐Hadd and Ra's al‐Jinz, to the last villages of …
Investigating the Neolithic Presence in South-Central Oman
Over the past decade, extensive surveys have been carried out in the wider area surrounding the city of Duqm (south-central Oman). During fieldwork in 2023, research on the Neolithic encampment in the Wādī Ṣayy area was conducted. Numerous locations surrounding this large wadi have yielded evidence of Neolithic occupation. The proximity to chert outcrops and the presence of elevated fluvial terrace systems overlooking the wadi floodplains likely …
The first investigation of an Iron Age shell midden in Oman
Backed pieces at Sharbithat SHA-10 (Sultanate of Oman)
Sharbithat 10 (SHA-10) was discovered in 2017 during the first extensive survey of the northern part of the Dhofar region. Located on a vast mesa surrounded by wadi deltaic branches and abundant sources of flint, SHA-10 is characterized by flint scatters, dwellings, and cairns. Initial test trenches revealed a single period stratification sequence, highlighting a rich marine faunal composition and intense flintknapping activity. The fishing equip…
The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman
A newly discovered grave in Wadi Nafūn, Oman, features a unique burial structure, combining monumental architecture and the collective deposition of human remains from multiple Neolithic groups. Detailed analysis of the burial community reveals new insights into Neolithic rituals and subsistence strategies during the Holocene Humid Period in southern Arabia
Exploring Neolithic resilience and mobility in the Omani interior at Al-Khashbah KHS-A
A newly discovered Neolithic site at Al-Khashbah KHS-A (Oman) reveals local adaptations to climate change in the Holocene. Results from radiocarbon dating show repeated occupations over 1000 years and key artefacts indicate coastal connections. KHS-A served as a short-term camp, enhancing our understanding of Neolithic lifeways in Arabia
Straddling Three Waters
Ras Al-Hadd HD-2, a low marine terrace at the entrance to the Al-Hajar lagoon on the easternmost cape of the Arabian Peninsula, was excavated in 2016 as a rescue intervention ahead of tourism development. Despite severe post-depositional disturbance, the site preserves coherent activity surfaces within a thin, compressed stratigraphy spanning the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age (ca. 4500–2000 b.c.). Technological conservatism in core reductio…
The Easternmost Outpost of the Hadramawt Kingdom
This paper presents the results of the first archaeological investigation at Andhūr (DMa0610), an inland site in the Wādī Andhūr oasis, Dhofar, southern Oman. Excavations revealed a multi‐phase occupation dated to the second part of the first century BCE , centred on a two‐storey building constructed with the ‘sandwich’ masonry technique known from Sumhuram. Architectural and environmental evidence suggest that Andhūr served as a small Hadrami ou…
Southern Arabia Population Patterns and Intensity of Cultural Exchanges Across the Holocene Humid Period
The Early and Middle Holocene (10,000–3,000 BCE) in Southern Arabia witnessed significant climate change and variation in material culture across space and time. This study investigates the potential impact of 1) shifts in population density and 2) climatic fluctuations on the primary drivers of social development and technological innovation in this key timeframe. Our primary goal is to assess whether and to what extent climate change impacted h…
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · Geography (10 works) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (9 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (6 works) · History (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Geology (4 works) · Wadi (4 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works)