Al-Ashoosh

The archaeological site of Al-Ashoosh is a third-millennium BC settlement located 70 km (43 mi) south of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is an important example of inland desert occupation in the period following the Holocene Climatic Optimum period and of human occupation in the Rub' al Khali during the Umm Al Nar period. Archaeologists believe Al-Ashoosh was a seasonal settlement occupied by a hunter/pastoral community, probably occupying structures of perishable materials, during the second half of the third millennium BC (2500—2000 BC). It is thought the water table would have been higher, supporting inland settlement in what is now a plain and arid site [1] with a brackish well.[2] The site was used for the production of stone tools.[3]

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  2. ^ Arid land hydrogeology : in search of a solution to a threatened resource : proceedings of the 3rd UAE-Japan Symposium on Sustainable GCC Environment and Water Resources (EWR2006), 28-30 January 2006, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Mohamed, Abdel-Mohsen Onsy. London: Taylor & Francis. 2006. p. 25. ISBN 9780415411271. OCLC 76935788.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ Contreras, F.; Carcacer, N.; Thomas, J.; Koljic, D.; Murray, M.; Bukhash, R. M.; Abbar, S. O. Al; Boraik, M.; Zein, H. M. (2016). "Al-Ashoosh: a third-millennium BC desert settlement in the United Arab Emirates". Antiquity. 90 (354). doi:10.15184/aqy.2016.219. ISSN 0003-598X.