Collection: British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs

The BFSA now oversees the publication of the numbered monograph series originally begun by the Society for Arabian Studies. This series includes research-based studies, conference proceedings, archaeological excavation or survey reports, and MA or PhD theses where the contents mark an important synthesis or a significant addition to knowledge.

Series Editors: Derek Kennet (Durham University); St John Simpson (The British Museum)

Standing order reference: BFSAM

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Softstone: Approaches to the study of chlorite and calcite vessels in the Middle East and Central Asia from prehistory to the present

ed. Carl S. Phillips et al.

British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs 20

Stone containers have been made and used in the Middle East for over eleven millennia where they pre-dated the invention of pottery. This is the first attempt to bring together different approaches to the study of softstone vessels, particularly those carved from varieties of chlorite, and covering all periods from prehistory to the present. READ MORE

Paperback: £45.00 | eBook: £16.00

Dosariyah: An Arabian Neolithic Coastal Community in the Central Gulf

ed. Philipp Drechsler

British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs 19

Describes the work carried out by the joint German-Saudi Dosariyah Archaeological Research Project (DARP) between 2010 and 2014 at Dosariyah, located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. READ MORE

Paperback: £80.00 | eBook: £16.00

Archaeological rescue excavations on Packages 3 and 4 of the Batinah Expressway, Sultanate of Oman

Ben Saunders

British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs 18

This report presents the results of rescue excavations conducted during the spring and summer of 2014 in preparation for the construction of the Batinah Expressway (Packages 3 and 4) on the Batinah coastal plain in al-Batinah North Governate READ MORE

Paperback: £45.00 | eBook: £16.00

Sharma

Rougeulle Axelle et al.

British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs 17

Excavation reports from the medieval port of Sharma, discovered in 1996 at the extremity of the Ra's Sharma, 50km east of al-Shihr on the Hadramawt coast of Yemen. READ MORE

Paperback: £88.00 | eBook: £16.00