The project

The interdisciplinary German-Omani co-operation project "Transformation processes in oasis settlements of Oman" was established in 1999. Participants are the Sultan Qaboos University (Department of Archaeology and Department of Agriculture), the University of Tübingen (Oriental Institute), the University of Stuttgart (Institute for Urban Planning), the University of Kassel (Institute of Crop Sciences) and the German Institute of Archaeology in Berlin (Orient Department); head of the cooperation project is Prof. Dr. Heinz Gaube from the University of Tübingen. As a new participant the Department of Antiquities, Muscat, joined the project in 2004.

Project Title: Transformation processes in oasis settlements of Oman

Project Leader: Prof. Dr. Heinz Gaube, University of Tübingen

Funding: German Research Foundation

Duration: 1999-2007

11.01.2010, Bait Al Baranda, Muscat, Oman: The Minister of Environment and Climate Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman launched the book "Oases of Oman- livelihood systems at the crossroads". Read more

Radio program (in german): World Cultural Heritage Oases - Notes from Oman. 25.12.2010, Bayerischer Rundfunk, by Monika Lüpschen. http://www.br-online.de/b5aktuell/notizen-oasen-oman-ID1291973763869.xml (BR-Online, direct download)

TV Shows (in german):

ZDF- Drehscheibe, 21.09.2010

Hessenschau, 20.06.2010: "Kassel researchers want to save the banana"

BUERKERT, A. & E. SCHLECHT (eds.) 2010. Oases of Oman: Millenia old livelihood systems at the crossroads. Second expanded edition, Al Roya Press & Publishing House, Muscat, Oman. 145 p. ISBN: 978-9948-15-510-2.

GANGLER, A. (ed.) 2008. Oases Settlements in Oman. Edition Esefeld & Traub, REMAprint Vienna. 108 pp. (This book is an additional catalogue to the exhibition in May 2007 in Muscat. It contents the documentation and analysis of the transformationof the traditional settlements structures as one of the main research tasks assumed by the urban planners).

HOFFMANN-RUF, M. 2008 Sheikh Muhsin bin Zahran al-'Abri. Tribal power in 19th century Oman. Islamkundliche Untersuchungen Volume 283, Klaus Schwarz Verlag, Berlin, 391 pp. Thesis at the University of Tübingen (Oriental Institute)

KORN, L. AL-SALIMI, A. & GAUBE, H. 2008. Islamic Art in Oman. Mazoon Printing, Muscat, 2008. With contributions by Faysal al-Hafiyan, Ruba Kanaan, Birgit Mershen and Seth M. N. Priestman.

LUEDELING, E. 2007. Sustainability of mountain oases in Oman: Effects of agro-environmental changes on traditional cropping systems. Kassel University Press, Kassel, 142 pp. Thesis at the faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences of the University of Kassel, Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics.

SIEBERT, S. 2006. Analysis of arid agricultural systems using quantitative image analysis, modeling and geographical information systems. Kassel University Press, Kassel, 180 pp. Thesis at the faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences of the University of Kassel, Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics.

AL KHANJARI, S. 2005. Exploration and estimation of morphological and genetic diversity of wheat(Triticum spp.) landraces in Oman. Kassel University Press, Kassel, 138 pp. Thesis at the faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences of the University of Kassel, Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics.

NAGIEB, M. 2004. Nutrient flows and plant genetic resources in two mountain oases of northern Oman. Kassel University Press, Kassel, 178 pp. Thesis at the faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences of the University of Kassel, Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics.