ISSUE NO. 6 JULY 2002

CONTENTS

Editorial
PAPERS
-Survey of Prehistoric Sites in Mahra, Eastern Yemen.

Jeffrey I. Rose

-The Middle and Late Bronze Age Climate of Y'aamoun In Northern Jordan Using Oxygen Isotope Analysis from Human Tooth Enamel.

Dr. Abdulla A. Al-Shorman

-Hima: Center of Prehistric Art and Culture in Southern Arabia.

Dr. Majeed Khan

-Archaeology and Development: Dams and other Dangers.

Dr. Harriet Crawford

BOOK REVIEWS

-Al-Ula & Mada'in Salih: The Civilization of Two Cities.
A. R. Al-Ansary and Hussein Abu Al-Hassan.

Prof. David F. Graf

-Islam: Art and Architecture. Markus Hattstein, Peter`Delius(eds).

Dr. Michael Dicker & J. Eric Cooper

 

ARABIC SECTION

 

EDITORIAL 

PAPERS

-A New Inscription among the Inscriptions of D Smwy..

Dr. Amida M. Sholan

-Approaches and Styles of Arab Date Determination in Light of Early Arabic Inscriptions.

Dr. M. K. Al-Morekhi

-The Kods Coinage During the Umayyads and the Abbassids Dynasties.

Prof. Raafat M. El-Nabrawy

- Rare Fatimid Dinar in the Name of Caliph Al-Mustansir Billah, Minted in Sicily in 442 A.H.

Dr. Khalaf F. Al-Tarawneh

-An Islamic Inscription of a Lady from Al-Qatif, Dammam Museum-- Eastern Province.

Prof. Ahmed O. Zailaie

SYMPOSIA AND CONFERENCES

-Third International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East.

Prof. Zeidan A. Kafafi

- "The Calligraphy Center of the Library of Alexandaria:Intent and Objectives" - A Symposium

Dr. Khalid M. Azab

BOOK REVIEWS

-La Triade Astrale Divine un des aspects des relations du Maghreb antique avec l'Afrique de l'Est et le Sud de l'Arabie. Dr. Afraa Ail Al-Khatib.

Dr. Faraj Allah A. Yousef