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Book SynopsisThis volume contains a selection of fourteen papers presented at the Red Sea VI conference held at Tabuk University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2013. It sheds light on many aspects related to the environmental and biological perspectives, history, archaeology and human culture of the Red Sea, opening the door to more interdisciplinary research in the region.
Table of ContentsContributors’ profiles Acknowledgements Introduction Dionisius A. Agius, Emad Khalil, Alun Williams and Eleanor Scerri Part One: Environmental perspectives of the Red Sea 1. ‘On the Red Sea the trees are of a remarkable nature’ (Pliny the Elder): The Red Sea mangroves from the Greco-Roman perspective Pierre Schneider 2. Extreme Red Sea: Life in the Deep-Sea Anoxic Brine Lakes André Antunes 3. Biogeographic Provincialism shown by Afro-Arabian Mammals during the Middle Cenozoic: Climate Change, Red Sea Rifting and Global Eustasy K. Christopher Beard, Pauline M.C. Coster, Mustafa J. Salem, Yaowalak Chaimanee and Jean-Jacques Jaeger 4. Bridges and barriers: The Late Pleistocene demography of the Saharo-Arabian Belt. Eleanor M.L. Scerri 5. Weighing the Evidence for Ancient Afro-Arabian Cultural Connections through Neolithic Rock Art Sandra L. Olsen 6 THE FARASĀN ARCHIPELAGO IN THE RED SEA CONTEXT DURING ANTIQUITY Solène MARION DE PROCÉ PART TWO: From harbours to historical towns 7. Adulis and the sea Chiara Zazzaro 8. The Maritime context of Mediterranean – Red Sea – Indian Ocean trade Roman era vessels of the Red Sea – critical review and new data Anna M. Kotarba-Morley 9. The historic towns of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Coast: Tourism Development and Conservation Aylin Orbaşlı 10. The Geographical Nature of the Red Sea Area and its Impact on the Material culture: Case Study: Aqiq port Ahmed Hussein Abdelrahman Adam 11. Food Globalisation and the Red Sea: new evidence from the ancient ports at Quseir al-Qadim, Egypt Marijke van der Veen and Jacob Moralesa 12 Jeddah and the India Trade in the sixteenth century: Arabian contexts and imperial policy Andrew C.S. Peacock 13 Ancient Cultural Contact between the Somali Coast and the Arabian Peninsula seen through a folktale Abdirachid Mohamed Abdirachid 14 The Potentials of Maritime Archaeology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Emad Khalil Index
