Cultural Heritage Baseline Surveys and Assessments

The Arabian Peninsula’s history spans over 100,000 years, leaving a legacy of tangible cultural heritage. These assets hold intrinsic, scientific, and tourism value, and are highly protected by governments and international organisations. Our services identify and assess cultural heritage resources to ensure they are appropriately managed.

Cultural Heritage Baseline Surveys and Assessments

With over 100,000 years of continuous human occupation spanning the paleolithic, Mesolithic, neolithic, and Iron Age to the Islamic period, the cultural heritage of Arabia is rich as it is subtle. Cultural heritage surveys are conducted by or supervised by professional archaeologists with decades of research experience in the region. Surveys use non-invasive techniques to document resources which are interpreted and assessed for importance and sensitivity as the basis for a Cultural Heritage management plan that includes guidance for chance-find procedures according to IFC Performance Standard 8.

Did you Know?

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Southern Arabia has been linked to the early expansion of humans out of Africa with physical and genetic evidence for human occupation dating up to +100,000 years before present.

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Triliths are enigmatic structures dating to the late Iron Age that are associated with a unique culture in Southern Arabia (Oman and Yemen)

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Lithics are the products and waste products from the manufacture of stone tools, and are usually found in areas where suitable source material coincides with areas that provided permanent water bodies during wetter periods during recent last ice ages.

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Re-locating Islamic age graves from a development site to a modern grave yard requires approval from the Ministry of Islamic Affairs and Awqaf. Other movable artifacts and structures can be investigated and rescued under the supervision of the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism.

Cultural Heritage Baseline Surveys and Assessments