Muscat, (ONA) - The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism published the twenty-first issue of the Omani Studies Journal, which includes twelve research papers in both Arabic and English. Its contents varied to include different time periods extending from the Old Stone Age, through the Neolithic Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Pre-Islamic Age and the Islamic Age. This research also included various topics related to the climate and the ancient environment in the Hajar Mountains in northern Oman, the early human spread in Oman, the determination of the nature and timing of human settlement, the change of the natural landscape during the Stone Age in the Western Hajar Mountains, and the settlement of caves and rock shelters in prehistoric times, and the ancient pastoral settlement, in addition to studies on prehistoric settlements and cemeteries, and various archaeological materials and tools such as pottery, metals, steatite, flint, seals and coins, and others. The issue also included ethnographic and historical studies such as the study of the traditional pannoush boat, and a study on the aflaj. The geographical framework of these studies varied to include all regions of Oman, from north to south.

(ONA)