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Considering the ‘Terra Incognita’ and the implications for the Cultural Resource Management of the Arabian Gulf Palaeolandscape

No / Over recent years a multitude of extensive marine
geophysical data sets have been gathered in the Arabian
Gulf, chiefly for the purposes of oil and gas exploration.
Although such geophysical surveys are primarily targeted
towards the mapping of deep subsurface rock formations,
the top section of the data can be processed specifically
to detail the currently unknown shallow palaeogeomorphology
of the Gulf, providing information that
would be impossible to collect within archaeological
budgets. Using such data to document palaeolandscapes
is just one element of a marine mapping programme
that can form the basis of a cohesive strategy for
managing the archaeological resource in marine areas.
Such strategies impact upon education, the accessibility
of heritage information to the public, and ultimately the
protection of this marine cultural landscape.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/15564
Date January 2011
CreatorsCuttler, R., Fitch, Simon, Al-Naimi, F.A.
Source SetsBradford Scholars
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle, No full-text in the repository

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