ISSUE NO.1 JANUARY 2000

CONTENTS

Editorial
Papers
Holocene Environmental Change and the Origins and Spread of Food Production in the Southeast Arabian Iron Age. F.A.Hassan
Patterns of Settlement in Middle East. P.Magee P.Magee
Some Anthropological Reflections on the Cultural Transformations Through the Development of High Cultures in  Pre-Islamic Time. W.Dostal
Middle the archaeology and history of the ottoman frontier in the Nile Valley 910-1233AH / 1504-1820 Ad. J.Alexander
EXCAVATION REPORT
Excavation in Aqaba, Jordan and a Model of Early Islamic City. D.Whitcomb
Book Review
Central Arabia during the Early Hellenistic Period, Abdullah Saud Al-Saud I.A.Khalifeh
ARABIC SECTION
PAPERS
Tow Cultures of the Neolithic Period in the Arabian Peninsula. A.R.Al-Ma'mary
Environmental Adaptation Economy and the Domesticated Dog of Stone Ages Groups in the Southern Nile Valley. A.T.Al-Mahi
Ancient Sudan (kush): The Beginning of Iron Working in Africa. A.M.Khabir
An Incense Burner with a Text Dedicated to the Deity Thu Samawi. S.A.Tairan
Ceramic Industry in Carthage. M.Fantar
ARCHAEOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE
The Problem of Archaeological Nomenclature. A.M.Al-Sharekh
REPORTS ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUMS AND CONFERENCES
The World Archaeological Congress - South Africa . A.M.Al-Sharekh
Nabatean Studies Symposium - Jordan. K.I. Al-Muaikel
Julius Euting Symposium-Germany. K.I. Al-Muaikel
Exhibition on Arabic Calligraphy and Symposium-Saudi Arabia. S.F.Al-Sa'eed
Archaeology in the Kingdom Saudi Arabia, its protection and conservation - Saudi Arabia. S.A.
Al-Rashid,K.M.Esk
The Society of Arab Archaeologists Symposium- Egypt. K.I.Al-Muaikel.
JOURNAL REVIEW
Antiquity. A.M.Al-Sharekh
BOOK REVIEW
Al-Hijr Nabatean Inscriptions. Sulaiman A.Al-Theeb. M.Maragten