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Ancient Near Eastern Studies

Publikationen

Buchveröffentlichungen

  1. Döpper, S. (2024) Landmarks of Identity – Bronze Age Towers of the Oman Peninsula. Archaeological Heritage of Oman 13. Oxford: Archaeopress.
  2. Döpper, S. – Biezeveld, I. – Maiorano, M. P. – Kluge, J. (2024), The 2018 Archaeological Survey at Tawi Said, Sultanate of Oman. Arabia Orientalis 8. Oxford: Archaeopress. 
  3. Döpper, S. (2023), The Reuse of Tombs in Eastern Arabia. Arabia Orientalis 6. Oxford: Archaeopress
  4. Schmidt, C. – Döpper, S. – Kluge, J. – Petrella, S. – Ochs, U. – Kirchhoff, N. – Maier, S. – Walter, M. (2021), Die Entstehung komplexer Siedlungen im Zentraloman. Archäologische Untersuchungen zur Siedlungsgeschichte von Al-Khashbah. Arabia Orientalis 5. Oxford: Archaeopress.
  5. Döpper, S. (2021), Die Gräber von Bat und Al-Ayn und das Gebäude II in Bat. Arabia Orientalis 2. Oxford: Archaeopress.
  6. Döpper, S. (2019), Keramikassemblagen der Späten Bronzezeit aus dem Königspalast von Qaṭna und eine vergleichende Betrachtung zeitgleicher Keramik Westsyriens und der Levante. Qatna Studien 7. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
  7. Döpper, S. (2017), Ein Formtypenkatalog der spätbronzezeitlichen Keramik Westsyriens und der Levante. Qatna Studien elektronische Appendices 1. Tübingen: Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen.

Herausgeberschaften

  1. Döpper, S. (2019) (ed.) Beyond Tombs and Towers. Domestic Architecture of the Umm an-Nar Period in Eastern Arabia. Arabia Orientalis 4. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
  2. Döpper, S. (ed.) Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 34/1, Special Issue: Surveying Oman – Methods of archaeological exploration in Eastern Arabia.

Artikel mit Qualitätssicherung (peer-review)

  1. Suryanarayan, A. – Méry, S. – Swerida, J. – Cable, C. M. – Dollarhide, E. – Döpper, S. – Douglas K. A. – Eddisford, D. – Al-Jahwari, N. – Degli Esposite, M. –  Mazuy, A. Cibrian, N. M. – de Vreeze, M. – Villanueva, J. – Petrie, C. A. – Reger, M. (2025), Identifying pastoral products and plant oils in local and imported pottery in Early Bronze Age southeastern Arabia, PLOS ONE 20/6.
  2. Maiorano, M. P. – Proctor, L. – Beuzen-Waller, T. – Maini, E. – Döpper, S. (2025), At the foothills of the Hajar Mountains: Exploring Neolithic resilience and mobility in the Omani interior at Al-Khashbah KHS-A, Antiquity 98/398, 343–362.
  3. Mershen, B. – Kanditt, J. – Schmidt-Lux, T. – Döpper, S. – Biezeveld, I. (2025), Harat al Hamra: The Journey from an Oasis Town to a ‘Heritage Village’, Journal of Arabian Studies 14/1, 136–150.
  4. Döpper, S. – Loges, L. – Ludwig, M. – Gurjanow, I. – Oehler, D.-X. K. (2022), Digital Public Archaeology with the ArchaeoTrail App. Public Archaeology.
  5. Döpper, S. (2022), Survey methods and biases in the Al-Mudhaybi Regional Survey, Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 34, 39–50.
  6. Döpper, S. (2021), Robbery, Veneration and Destruction – On the Reuse of Early Bronze Age Tombs in Syria, Ancient Near Eastern Studies 58, 141–171.
  7. Döpper, S. (2021), The Middle and Late Bronze Age in Central Oman: New Insights from Tawi Said, Al-Mudhairib and the Wilayat al-Mudhaybi, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 32, 313–327. 
  8. Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2020), Two Wadi Suq and Early Iron Age Stamp Seals from Tawi Said, Sultanate of Oman. The Journal of Oman Studies 21, 144–151.
  9. Döpper, S. (2020), Ground Stone Tools from the Copper Production Site Al-Khashbah, Sultanate of Oman. Journal of Lithic Studies 7/3.
  10. Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2019), A Hafit Period Copper Workshop at Al-Khashbah, Sultanate of Oman. The Journal of Oman Studies 20, 1–24.
  11. Deckers, K. – Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2019), Vegetation, Land, and Wood Use at the Sites of Bat and Al-Khashbah in Oman (Fourth–Third Millennium BC). Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 30, 1–14.
  12. Döpper, S. (2018), Towers and Ditches in 3rd Millennium BC Eastern Arabia – A View from Building II at Bat, Sultanate of Oman. Paléorient 44/1, 121–133.
  13. Döpper, S. (2017), Rescue Excavation of a 3rd Millennium BC Tomb at Al-Khubayb, Sultanate of Oman. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 28, 190–208.
  14. Döpper, S. (2016), Distinguishing Grave and Non-Grave Pottery Assemblages in LBA Central Syria and the Levant. West & East 1, 2–22.

Konferenzbeiträge

  1. Živković, J. - Carvajal López, J. C. – Biezeveld, I. – Döpper, S. (2025), The production of Bahlā ware in the context of Late Islamic Oman, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 54, 247–262.
  2. Proctor, L. – Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2024), Hafit period fuelwood preferences associated with early copper production at Building V, al-Khashbah, Oman, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 53, 230–247.
  3. Döpper, S. – Kluge, J. – Maiorano, M. P. (2023), The Al-Mudhaybi Regional Survey: Field seasons 2021 and 2022, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 52, 107–121.
  4. Biezeveld, I. – Döpper, S. – Kanditt, J. – Mershen, B. – Schmidt-Lux, T. (2023), Transforming the Rural and Urban Landscape of Central Oman: The Development of Mudbrick City-Quarters during the 20th Century, VIII AACCP (Architecture, Archaeology and Contemporary City Planning) Symposium, Cities in Evolution: Diachronic Transformations of Urban and Rural Settlements, 123–131.
  5. Döpper, S. (2023), Mud-Brick Villages and Open-Air Mosques: The Late Islamic Landscape of the Al-Mudhaybi Region in Central Oman, in: N. Marchetti – F. Cavaliere – E. Cirelli, C. D’Orazio – G. Giacosa – M. Guidetti – E. Mariani (eds), Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 06-09 April 2021, Bologna, Wiesbaden, 945–956.
  6. Döpper, S. (2022), Walk the Line: The 2020 field season of the Al-Mudhaybi Regional Survey, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 51, 157–167.
  7. Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2020), Nothing but Tombs and Towers? Results of the Al-Mudhaybi Regional Survey 2019. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 50, 157–169.
  8. Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2020), The Foreign Relations of Bat and Al-Khashbah, Sultanate of Oman, and the Role of the Oman Peninsula in the Bronze Age Gulf Trade, in: M. Jansen – M. Liehner-Jansen (eds.), Ports and Trans-Ports: Evolution and Revolution(s) in the Indian Ocean World. Proceedings of the Workshop, GUTech, March 4–6, 2019, Aachen: 123–150.
  9. Döpper, S. (2019), Quantifying Differences – The LBA Pottery from Qatna and Correspondence Analyses from LBA Pottery Assemblages in Western Syria and the Levant, in: M. Pucci – F. Venturi (eds.), Ceramic Identities at the Frontiers of the Empires: The Regional Dimension of Pottery Production in Late Bronze Age Northern Syria and Anatolia, Pisa, 97–110.
  10. Schmidt, C. – Döpper, S. (2019), The Hafit Period at Al-Khashbah, Sultanate of Oman: Results of Four Years of Excavations and Material Studies. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 49, 265–274.
  11. Herrmann, J. T. – Faßbinder, J. W. E. – Scheiblecker, M. – Kluge, P. – Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2018), Magnetometer Survey of a Hafit Monumental Complex, al-Khashbah, Sultanate of Oman (poster). Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 48, 119–124.
  12. Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2018) Settlement Continuity and Discontinuity in Northern Central-Oman, in: B. Horejs – C. Schwall – V. Müller – M. Luciani – M. Ritter – M. Giudetti – R. B. Salisbury – F. Höfelmayer – T. Bürge (eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. 25-29 April 2016, Vienna, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 163–174.
  13. Schmidt, C. - Döpper, S. (2017), The Development of Complexity at 3rd Millennium BC al-Khashbah, Sultanate of Oman: Results of the First Two Seasons 2015 and 2016. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 47, 215–226.
  14. Schmidt, C. – Döpper, S. (2016), Umm an-Nar Pottery Assemblages from Bāt and al-Zībā and their Functional Contexts. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 46, 247–262.
  15. Döpper, S. (2016), The LBA Pottery of Area BU in the Royal Palace of Qatna, Syria, in: R. A. Stuchy – O. Kaelin, H.-P. Mathys (eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE), June 9-13, 2014, University of Basel, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 217–230.
  16. Döpper, S. (2016), Expressions of Collective Memory – The Reuse of EBA Tombs in the Necropolis of Bat, Sultanate of Oman, in: R. A. Stuchy – O. Kaelin, H.-P. Mathys (eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE), June 9-13, 2014, University of Basel, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 679–688.
  17. Döpper, S. (2015), The Reuse of Tombs in the Necropolis of Bat, Sultanate of Oman. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 45, 83–92.
  18. Döpper, S. (2014), On the Reuse of Early Bronze Age Tombs – the German Excavations at Bāt and Al-Ayn, Sultanate of Oman, in: P. Bieliński, M. Gawlikowski, R. Koliński, D. Ławecka, A. Sołtysiak, Z. Wygnańska (eds), Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. 30 April – 4 May 2012, University of Warsaw, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 57–69.

Beiträge in Sammelbänden

  1. Döpper, S. (im Druck), The Umm an-Nar to Wadi Suq transition as seen from Oman in: D. Kennet – L. Weeks – S. T. Laursen (eds.), Bronze Age Arabia.
  2. Döpper, S. (im Druck), The Oman Peninsula and the Gulf trade of the early third millennium BCE, in: D. Prechel – A. Pruß – T. Richter – D. Wicke (eds.), Kultur – Kontakt – Kultur. Beiträge anlässlich der 66. Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in Frankfurt/Main und Mainz, 25.–29. Juli 2022. dubsar 35, Zaphon.
  3. Döpper, S. – Biezeveld, I. (im Druck), Life histories of mudbrick settlements in central Oman, in: S. Döpper – B. Mershen – J. Kanditt – I. Biezeveld – T. Schmitt-Lux (eds), Mudbrick settlements of the Oman Peninsula: Inhabited – abandoned – re(dis)covered, sidestone, 13–31.
  4. Döpper, S. (2024), Memories of tombs – Life histories of three Early Bronze Age tombs from Bat, Sultanate of Oman, in: A. Wissing – S. Lange-Weber – E. Geith – B. Glissmann – T. Köster – P. Sconzo (Hrsg.), Die Kunst des Findens. Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Peter Pfälzner. marru 17, Zaphon, 361–372.
  5. Döpper, S. (2023), Tawi Said: Ein mittelbronzezeitlicher und spätislamischer Lagerplatz im Zentraloman, in: J. Marzahn – D. Wicke (Hrsg.), Zwischen Schwarzem Meer und Persischem Golf, 125 Jahre Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, wbg Philipp von Zabern, 105–110.
  6. Schmidt, C. – Döpper, S. (2020), Die Anfänge der Kupferproduktion in Oman und ihre Verbindung zu den archaischen Texten aus Uruk, in: J. Baldwin – J. Matuszak (Hrsg.), mu-zu an-za3-še3 kur-ur2-še3 ḫe2-gal2. Altorientalistische Studien zu Ehren von Konrad Volk. Münster: Zaphon, 433–443.
  7. Döpper, S. (2019), Al-Zebah and its Position in the Regional Settlement Pattern of Central Inner-Oman in: S. Döpper (ed.), Beyond Tombs and Towers. Domestic Architecture of the Umm an-Nar Period in Eastern Arabia. Arabia Orientalis 4. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 87–96.
  8. Döpper, S. (2019), Die Keramik der Nutzungsphasen G-VK 8 bis G-VK 7b in der Vorkammer der Königsgruft, in: S. Lange – J. Schmid – A. Wissing, Der Königsgruftkomplex von Qaṭna 1: Befunde und Funde im Korridor und in der Vorkammer, Qatna Studien 8. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 263–269.
  9. Döpper, S. (2019), Die Keramik der Nutzungsphase G-C 7a im Bereich der Halle C, in: E. Geith – T. Abd el-Hay – J. Schmid, Der Königspalast von Qaṭna Teil 2: Architektur, Stratigraphie, Keramik und Funde des westlichen Zentralbereiches, Qatna Studien 6. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 438–448.
  10. Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2018), The Umm an-Nar Settlement of Al-Zebah, in: S. Cleuziou – M. Tosi (eds.), In the Shadow of the Ancestors. The Prehistoric Foundations of the Early Arabian Civilization in Oman, Maskat: Ministry of Heritage and Culture, second expanded edition, 381–384.
  11. Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2018), The Umm an-Nar Burial Pits of the Necropolis of Bat, in: S. Cleuziou – M. Tosi (eds.), In the Shadow of the Ancestors. The Prehistoric Foundations of the Early Arabian Civilization in Oman, Maskat: Ministry of Heritage and Culture, second expanded edition, 377–380.
  12. Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2014), Chlorite Vessels from Tomb 155 and Tomb 156 in Bāt, Sultanate Oman, in: B. Cerasetti – B. Genito – C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky (eds), My life is like the summer rose. Maurizio Tosi e l'archeologia come modo di vivere. Papers in honour of Maurizio Tosi for his 70th birthday. BAR International Series 2690, Oxford: Archaeopress,187–192.

Forschungsdatenarchive und webbasierte Publikationen

Forschungsdatenarchive und webbasierte Publikationen

  1. Döpper, S. (2025). Al-Musalla, Zenodo.
    https://zenodo.org/communities/musalla/records 
  2. Mauro, F. – Döpper, S. (2025), Jebel Madar Survey Oman, Zenodo.
    https://zenodo.org/communities/jebelmadarsurvey/records 
  3. Döpper, S. – Biezeveld, I. (2025). Lost Cities, Zenodo.
    https://zenodo.org/communities /lostcities/records  
  4. Döpper, S. (2025). Bronze Age towers of the Oman Peninsula, Zenodo.
    https://zenodo.org/communities/omantowers/ records
  5. Döpper, S. (2025), Rock Art Oman, Zenodo.
    https://zenodo.org/communities/rockartoman/records 
  6. Živković, J. – Carvajal López, J. C. – Döpper, S. – Biezeveld, I. (2024), Bahla ware from Central Oman: Petrological and chemical information on bodies, chemical information on glazes, DIGITAL.CSIC.
    doi: 10.20350/digitalCSIC/16704
  7. Döpper, S. (2024), ArchaeoTrail, Zenodo.
    https://zenodo.org/communities/archaeotrail/records 
  8. Döpper, S. (2024), Tawi Said Archaeological Survey, Zenodo.
    https://zenodo.org/communities/tawisaid/records 
  9. Döpper, S. (2023), Al-Mudhaybi Regional Survey, Goethe University Data Repository (GUDe).
    https://gude.uni-frankfurt.de/handle/gude/260 
  10. Schmidt, C. – Döpper, S. (2020), Bat, Al-Zebah & Al-Ayn Archaeological Project, University of Tuebingen, Universität Tübingen.
    http://hdl.handle.net/10900.1/7c79db75-bac1-4e96-aaa2-3b74761c26e0 
  11. Döpper, S. (2017), Ein Formtypenkatalog der spätbronzezeitlichen Keramik Westsyriens und der Levante. Qatna Studien elektronische Appendices 1, Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen.
    https://publikationen.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/handle/10900/73946 

Sonstiges

  1. Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. – Mauro, F. (im Druck), Archaeological expedition to the Wilaya of Al-Mudhaybi: Season 2025, Al-Athar. Archaeology and Heritage Bulletin 3.
  2. Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. – Mauro, F. (im Druck), Archaeological expedition to the Wilaya of Al-Mudhaybi: Season 2024, Al-Athar. Archaeology and Heritage Bulletin 2.
  3. Bolder-Boos, M. – Döpper, S. – Fasold, P. – Sichert, E. (2025), Mit dem Handy in die Römerzeit. Neues digitales Projekt aus der Metropolregion Frankfurt am Main-Heddernheim und -Praunheim. Jahrbuch hessenArchäologie Band 2024, 273–275.
  4. Döpper, S. (2024), Archaeological expedition to Al-Khashbah (2023): Rock art survey, Al-Athar. Archaeology and Heritage Bulletin 1, 210–217.
  5. Döpper, S. (2024), Zwischen Verklärung und Vernachlässigung, Ruperto Carola Forschungsmagazin Juli 2024, 32–39.
  6. Döpper, S. (2024), Abbilder einer Gesellschaft – Felsbilder im Sultanat Oman, Antike Welt 4.24, 39–45.
  7. Döpper, S. (2021), Archäologischer Survey in der Region Al-Mudhaybi, Sultanat Oman. Einblicke in die Siedlungsgeschichte des Zentraloman, Alter Orient aktuell 18, 4–9.
  8. Thode, K. – Döpper, S. (2021), Carsten Niebuhrs Arabische Reise. Abenteuer und Archäologie im 18. Jahrhundert. Ausstellung im Meldorfer Dom. 30. Oktober bis 30. November 2021. Saxoprint.
  9. Döpper, S. (2021), The Al-Mudhaybi Regional Survey. Bulletin of the International Association for the Study of Arabia 26, 18–20.
  10. Döpper, S. (2020), Der Wadi Suq-zeitlicher Siedlungsplatz von Tawi Said im Zentraloman: Bericht über den Survey 2018. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 152, 5–27.
  11. Schmidt, C. – Döpper, S. (2019), Bericht über die Ausgrabungen 2017 und 2018 in Al-Khashbah, Sultanat Oman. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 151, 5–36.
  12. Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2018), Al-Khashbah Archaeological Projekt. Bulletin of the British Foundation for the Study of Arabia 23, 13–14.
  13. Schmidt, C. – Döpper, S. (2017), Die Entstehung komplexer Siedlungen im nördlichen Inner-Oman im 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr.: Bericht über die Ausgrabungen 2015 und 2016 in Al-Khashbah. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 149, 121–158.
  14. Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2016), Von monumentalen Türmen und kupferverarbeitenden Nomaden – Neue Ausgrabungen in Al-Khashbah, Sultanat Oman. Antike Welt 6/2016.
  15. Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2015), Necropoleis of Bāt and Al-Ayn. Bulletin of the British Foundation for the Study of Arabia 20, 20–21.
  16. Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2014), Bericht über die Ausgrabungen 2013 und 2014 in Bat und Al-Ayn, Sultanat Oman. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 146, 55–85.
  17. Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2013), Bericht über die Ausgrabungen 2011 und 2012 in Bāt und Al-Ayn, Sultanat Oman. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 145, 23–52.
  18. Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. (2011), Die Grabtürme der Nekropolen von Bāt und Al-Ayn im Sultanat Oman. Bericht über die Vorkampagne 2010, Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 143, 293–321.