Outputs (2)

Locating al-Qadisiyyah: mapping Iraq’s most famous Early Islamic conquest site (2024)
Journal Article
Deadman, W. M., Jotheri, J., Hopper, K., Almayali, R., al-Luhaibi, A. A., & Crane, A. (online). Locating al-Qadisiyyah: mapping Iraq’s most famous Early Islamic conquest site. Antiquity, https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.185

The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah (c. AD 637/8) was a crucial victory by the Arab Muslims over the forces of the Sasanian Empire during the early Islamic conquests. Analysis of satellite imagery of south-west Iraq has now revealed the likely location of th... Read More about Locating al-Qadisiyyah: mapping Iraq’s most famous Early Islamic conquest site.

Karstic Aquifers and Climate Refugia: A Preliminary Outline History of Water-Management Strategy in Bronze and Iron Age Southeast Arabia (2024)
Journal Article
de Vreeze, M., Kennet, D., & Deadman, W. M. (2024). Karstic Aquifers and Climate Refugia: A Preliminary Outline History of Water-Management Strategy in Bronze and Iron Age Southeast Arabia. Open Quaternary, 10, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.5334/oq.144

This paper attempts to set out a preliminary narrative of changing water exploitation and settlement in Southeast Arabia from the Umm an-Nar period to the Iron Age, with a particular focus on the 4.2ka event. It argues for long-term cultural and adap... Read More about Karstic Aquifers and Climate Refugia: A Preliminary Outline History of Water-Management Strategy in Bronze and Iron Age Southeast Arabia.