Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies

The Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies is a peer-reviewed series which each year publishes papers read at the Seminar in the previous July. It is the prime source for the most recent research on the Arabian Peninsula within a wide range of disciplines and for the latest discoveries in the field.

The Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies is edited by Steve Karacic assisted by an Editorial Board formed from members of the Steering and Editorial Committee of the Seminar, and other distinguished scholars.

Publication

Authors who presented a paper at the most recent Seminar and wish to submit it for publication in the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies should follow the Guidelines for Authors. Submissions should be made via the Open Journal System.

The submission deadline is 30th September 2021. Due to the short time available to edit and publish the Proceedings this deadline will be strictly enforced. If you have any problems about the deadline (or do not wish to submit a paper) please contact us as soon as possible.

Correspondence concerning the content of PSAS should be addressed to the editor at PSAS@thebfsa.org

Instructions for Authors

Click here to download the updated (July 2021) guidelines for authors who are submitting manuscripts for publication in the Proceedings. Guidance on the transliteration of place names is provided in this list of place names prepared by Orhan Elmaz. You will require the Adobe Acrobat viewer. If you do not have this please visit the Adobe website to download this free program. Authors who would like to publish their papers in the Proceedings must submit their papers by the 30th September.

Guidelines for Editors

Click here to download the guidelines for editors who are preparing manuscripts for publication in the Proceedings. Download “Semitic Times New with the recommended Greek font”, kindly provided by Dr David Milson for the Seminar for Arabian Studies. These are available as separate font files, or as a combined download in one zip file.

Ordering information

To order the volumes below please contact:

Archaeopress
Gordon House, 276 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7ED, UK
Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 1865 311914
Email: info@archaeopress.com
Web: www.archaeopress.com

Past Volumes
Volumes 1-49 (1971-2019) can be purchased from Archaeopress

Volumes 1-42 (1971-2012) are available on JSTOR

Supplements to the Proceedings
also available from www.archaeopress.com

Seminar Proceedings

Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies vol. 50 (2020)

Papers from the fifty-third meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the University of Leiden from Thursday 11th to Saturday 13th July 2019 edited by Daniel Eddisford. Paperback; 206x255mm; 364 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (127 colour plates). PSAS50 2020.

Available both in printed and e-versions | Printed ISBN 9781789696530

Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies vol. 49 (2019)

Papers from the fifty-second meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the British Museum, London, 3rd to 5th August 2018 edited by Daniel Eddisford. Paperback; 206x255mm; viii+308 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (118 colour pages). PSAS49 2019.

Available both in printed and e-versions | Printed ISBN 9781789692303 | Epublication ISBN 9781789692310.

Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies vol. 48 (2018)

Papers from the fifty-first meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the British Museum, London, 4th to 6th August 2017 edited by Julian Jansen van Rensburg, Harry Munt, Tim Power, and Janet Starkey. ISSN 0308-8421. vi+374 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. PSAS48 2018.

Available both in printed and e-versions. Printed ISBN 9781784918774 | Epublication ISBN 9781784918781.

Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies vol. 47 (2017)

Papers from the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the British Museum, London, 29 to 31 July 2016, edited by Julian Jansen van Rensburg, Harry Munt, and Janet Starkey. xxviii+268 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white.

Available both in printed and e-versions. Printed ISBN 9781784915209. Epublication ISBN 9781784915216.

Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies vol. 46 (2016)

Papers from the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the British Museum, London, 24 to 26 July 2015 edited by Janet Starkey and Orhan Elmaz. xiv+302 pages; illustrated throughout with 42 colour plates.

Available both in printed and e-versions. Printed ISBN 9781784913632. Epublication ISBN 9781784913649

Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies vol. 45 (2015)

Papers from the 2014 Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the British Museum, London, edited by Orhan Elmaz. xii+434 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white.

Available both in printed and e-versions. Printed ISBN 9781784911454. Epublication ISBN 9781784911461.

Supplements to the Proceedings

Supplement to the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies vol. 50 (2020)

Stone tools of Prehistoric Arabia: Papers from special session held in July 2019. Supplement to the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 50 2020 edited by K. Bretzke, R. Crassard and Y.H. Hilbert. Paperback; 206x255mm; 205 pages; colour throughout. PSAS50 2020.

Available both in printed and e-versions | Printed ISBN 9781789697377 | Epublication ISBN 9781789697384.

M.C.A. Macdonald (ed.), Languages, scripts and their uses in ancient North Arabia

Supplement to Volume 48 of the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies.

Available both in printed and e-versions |Printed ISBN 9781784918996 | Epublication ISBN 9781784919009

Orhan Elmaz & Janet C.E. Watson (eds), Languages of Southern Arabia.

Supplement to volume 44 of the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies.

Oxford: Archaeopress, 2014. ISBN 978-1-905739-81-3 and 978-1-905739-55-4.

Laïla Nehmé & Lucy Wadeson (eds), The Nabataeans in Focus: Current Archaeological Research at Petra.

Supplement to volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies.

Oxford: Archaeopress, 2012. ISBN 9781905739554. £30.00.

M.C.A. Macdonald (ed.), The Development of Arabic as a Written Language.

Supplement to volume 40 of the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies

Oxford: Archaeopress, 2010. ISBN 9781905739349. £30.00.

M.C.A. Macdonald & C.S. Phillips, C.S. (eds), A.F.L. Beeston at the Arabian Seminar and other Papers.

Supplement to volume 36 of the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies

Oxford: Archaeopress, 2006. ISBN 095399239X. £20.00.

Monographs

The IASA now oversees the publication of the monograph series originally begun by the Society for Arabian Studies. This series includes research-based studies, conference proceedings, archaeological excavation or survey reports, and MA or PhD theses where the contents mark an important synthesis or a significant addition to knowledge.

Potential contributors should contact the editors in the first instance:
Dr Derek Kennet, Department of Archaeology, Durham University, South Road, Durham, England DH1 3LE; Derek.Kennet@durham.ac.uk
Dr St John Simpson, Department of the Middle East, The British Museum, London, England WC1B 3DG; ssimpson@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
To order: Hadrian Books Ltd, 122 Banbury Road, Oxford, England, OX2 7BP.
Website: http://www.barpublishing.com/
Email: info@barpublishing.com

Softstone: Approaches to the study of chlorite and calcite vessels in the Middle East and Central Asia from prehistory to the present

(British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs No. 20)
Carl S. Phillips and St John Simpson (eds)

£45.00 | ISBN 9781784919924. Order from: Archaeopress, 18-24 Middle Way, Summertown, Oxford, OX2 7LG. www.archaeopress.com.
Email: info@archaeopress.com

Dosariyah: An Arabian Neolithic Coastal Community in the Central Gulf

(British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs No. 19)
Philipp Drechsler (ed.)

£80.00 | ISBN 9781784919627. Order from: Archaeopress, 18-24 Middle Way, Summertown, Oxford, OX2 7LG. www.archaeopress.com. Email: info@archaeopress.com

Archaeological rescue excavations on Packages 3 and 4 of the Batinah Expressway, Sultanate of Oman

(British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs No. 18)
Ben Saunders

£45.00 | ISBN 9781784913953. Order from: Archaeopress, 18-24 Middle Way, Summertown, Oxford, OX2 7LG. www.archaeopress.com. Email: info@archaeopress.com

Sharma Un entrepôt de commerce mediéval sur la côte du Ḥaḍramawt (Yémen, ca 980-1180) Axelle Rougeulle (ed)

(British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs No. 17)

£88.00 | ISBN 9781784911942. Order from: Archaeopress, 18-24 Middle Way, Summertown, Oxford, OX2 7LG. www.archaeopress.com. Email: info@archaeopress.com

Pre-Islamic South Arabia and its Neighbours: New Developments of Research (Proceedings of the 17th Rencontres Sabéennes held in Paris, 6-8 June 2013).
Mounir Arbach & Jérémie Schiettecatte (eds)
British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, No 16. Oxford: Archaeopress (BAR S2740), 2015. ISBN 978-1-4073-1399-3.
Khashabian. A Late Paleolithic industry from Dhofar, Southern Oman. 
Yamandú Hieronymus Hilbert
British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, No. 15. Oxford: Archaeopress (BAR S2601), 2014. ISBN 978-1-4073-1233-0. £35.00.
La vallée de Bithnah au cours de l’Age du Fer.
Anne Benoist (ed.)
 British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, No. 14. Oxford: Archaeopress (BAR S2510), 2013. ISBN 978-1-4073-1128-9. £59.00.
Settlement Patterns, Development and Cultural Change in Northern Oman Peninsula. A multi-tiered approach to the analysis of long-term settlement trends
Nasser Said Ali Al-Jahwari
British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, No. 13.  Oxford: Archaeopress (BAR S2483), 2013. ISBN 978-1-4073-1095-4. £47.00.
Navigated Spaces, Connected Places. Proceedings of Red Sea Project V held at the University of Exeter, September 2010. 
Dionisius A. Agius, John P. Cooper, Athena Trakadas, & Chiara Zazzaro (eds),
British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, No. 12. Oxford: Archaeopress (BAR S2346), 2012. ISBN 978-1-4073-0929-3. £42.00
Water Management: The Use of Stars in Oman. 
Harriet Nash
British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, No. 11. Oxford: Archaeopress (BAR S2237), 2011. ISBN 978-1-4073-0799-2. £32.00.
Death and Burial in Arabia and Beyond: Multidisciplinary perspectives. 
Lloyd Weeks (ed.)
Society for Arabian Studies Monographs, No. 10. Oxford: Archaeopress (BAR S2107), 2010. ISBN 978-140730-648-3. £55.00.
Ports and Political Power in the Periplus: complex societies and maritime trade on the Indian Ocean in the first century AD.
Eivind Heldaas Seland
 Society for Arabian Studies Monographs, No. 9. Oxford:
Archaeopress (BAR S2102), 2010. ISBN 978-1-4073-0578-3. £29.00
Connected Hinterlands: Proceedings of Red Sea Project IV held at the University of Southampton September 2008. 
Lucy Blue, John Cooper, Ross Thomas, & Julian Whitewright (eds),
Society for Arabian Studies Monographs, No. 8. Oxford: Archaeopress (BAR S2052), 2009. ISBN 978-1-4073-0631-5. £43.00
Intercultural Relations between South and Southwest Asia Studies in commemoration of E.C.L. During Caspers (1934-1996). 
Eric Olijdam & Richard. H. Spoor (eds)
Society for Arabian Studies Monographs, No. 7. Oxford: Archaeopress (BAR S1826). 2008. ISBN 978-1-4073-0312-3. £54.00.
La Péninsule d’Oman de la fin de l’Age du Fer au début de la période sassanide (250 av. – 350 ap. JC)
Michel Mouton
Society for Arabian Studies Monographs, No. 6. Oxford: Archaeopress (BAR S1776), 2008. ISBN 978-1-4073-0264-5. £55.00.
Natural Resources and Cultural Connections of the Red Sea: Proceedings of Red Sea Project III held in the British Museum October 2006.
Janet Starkey, Paul Starkey, & Tony Wilkinson (eds)
Society for Arabian Studies Monographs, No. 5. Oxford: Archaeopress (BAR S1661), 2007. ISBN 978-1-4073-0097-9. £36.00.
The Tihamah coastal plain of South-west Arabia in its regional context c. 6000 BC – AD 600. 
Nadia Durrani
Society for Arabian Studies Monographs, No. 4. Oxford: Archaeopress (BAR S1456), 2005. ISBN 1-84171-894-7. £32.00.
People of the Red Sea: Proceedings of Red Sea Project II held in the British Museum October 2004.
Janet C.M. Starkey (ed.)
Society for Arabian Studies Monographs, No. 3. Oxford: Archaeopress (BAR S1395), 2005. ISBN 1-84171-833-5. £30.00.
Red Sea Trade and Travel in the Red Sea Region: Proceedings of the Red Sea Project I held in the British Museum October 2002
Paul Lunde & Alexandra Porter (eds)
Society for Arabian Studies Monographs, No. 2. Oxford: Archaeopress (BAR S1269), 2004. ISBN 1-84171-622-7. £33.00.
Sasanian and Islamic pottery from Ras al-Khaimah: classification, chronology and analysis of trade in the Western Indian Ocean.
Derek Kennet, with a contribution by Regina Krahl,
Society for Arabian Studies Monographs, No. 1. Oxford: Archaeopress (BAR S1248), 2004. ISBN 1-84171-608-1. £32.00.