Publications

Publications

• Unkelbach, J. – Behling, H. – Schmidt, C. (2025), Reconstruction of vegetation, climate, fire and human activity at an Iron Age oasis site in Lizq, northern Central Oman, beginning in 400 cal yr BCE, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 113091.
• Schmitt, K. E. – Proctor, L. – Beuzen-Waller, T. – Schmidt, C. – Lindauer, S. – Jean, M. – Maiorano, M. P. – Sauvage, M. – Swerida, J. – Pietsch, D. – Schöne, B. R. (2025), Unlocking the potential of the terrestrial gastropod species Zootecus insularis as a climate archive for arid regions, Scientific Reports 15, 13754.
• Schmidt, C. – Beuzen-Waller, T. – Pietsch, D. – Proctor, L. – Schmitt, KE. – Schöne, BR. – Unkelbach, J. – Reinhardt, A. – Lindauer, S. (2025), A Multi-Proxy Investigation of the Anthropogenic Landscape Near the Early Bronze Age Building VII at Al-Khashbah, Oman, Open Quaternary, 11.1: 1–24.
• Maiorano M.P. – Proctor, L. – Beuzen-Waller, T. – Maini, E. – Moreau, J. – Döpper, S. (2025), Exploring Neolithic resilience and mobility in the Omani interior at Al-Khashbah KHS-A, Antiquity, Project Gallery: 1–8.
• Schmitt, K. E. – Beuzen-Waller, T. – Schmidt, C. – Proctor, L. – Lindauer, S. – Gey, C. J. – Pietsch, D. – Schöne, B. R. (2024), Melanoides tuberculata and Zootecus insularis gastropod shells provide a snapshot into past hydroclimatic conditions of arid environments: New perspectives from Oman, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 112542.
• Beuzen-Waller, T. – Lindauer, S. – Pietsch, D. – Proctor, L. – Schmidt, C. – Schmitt, K. E. – Unkelbach, J. (eds., 2024-2025), Proceedings of the International Conference Human-Environment Interactions in Ancient Arabia (HEIAA), 6–8 November 2023, Tübingen, Germany (Special Collection, Open Quaternary 10-11).
• Unkelbach, J. – Reinhardt, A. L. (2024), Atlas of the Oman pollen flora – Pollen morphology of the arid Arabian Peninsula vegetation, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 331, 105204.
  
• 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.
• Loges, L. – Schmidt, C. – Beuzen-Waller, T. – Schmitt, K. E. – Unkelbach, J. – Reinhardt, A. – Proctor, L. (2024), Leben mit dem Verschwinden des Wassers – Wie Menschen in der Bronzezeit mit Umweltveränderungen umgingen, Antike Welt 2/24: 46–55.
• Schmidt, C. (2023), Umweltveränderungen im Zentraloman in der frühen Bronzezeit und ihre Auswirkungen auf den Menschen, Alter Orient aktuell 20 – 2023: 26–31.
• Schmitt, K. E. – Fink, L. J. – Jantschke, A. – Vigelius, D. – Schöne, B. R. (2024), Isotopic and mineralogic bias introduced by pulverization of aragonite, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 38(17):e9842.
• Schmitt, K. E. – Schmidt, C. – Schöne, B. R. – Lindauer, S. (2023), Terrestrische und aquatische Schnecken aus dem Sultanat Oman: Isotopengeochemisch untersucht!, Metalla 2023 Sonderheft 12: 36-38.
• Schmitt, K. E. – Walliser, E. O. – Schöne, B. R. – Gey, C. J. – Schmidt, C. (2022), Environmental reconstructions based on aquatic and terrestrial snails originating from the Early Bronze Age and the Late Islamic Period – A stable isotope case study from the Al-Khashbah archaeological Site, Sultanate of Oman, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 45, 103620.
• Hahn, R. (2022), UmWeltWandel: Reconstructing Bronze Age landscapes and the paleoenvironment in Central Oman through a new interdisciplinary project, The IASA Bulletin 28, 14–16.

Repositories

• Beuzen-Waller, T., Pietsch, D., Proctor, L., Schmidt, C., Schmitt, K. E., Schlütz, F., & Reinhardt, A. (2025). Field Photos 2021-2024. University of Tübingen. https://doi.org/10.57754/FDAT.40g73-78z16
• Schmitt, K. E., & Schmidt, C. (2025). XRF in Areas B and H [Data set]. University of Tübingen. https://doi.org/10.57754/FDAT.hkykb-b4t70
• Schmitt, K. (2024). Supplementary data. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13930798

In the media

• • „How snail shells are shedding light on the Gulf's nomadic traditions and fishing heritage“, The National, 06.06.2025
  • „Exhibition of Archaeological Findings in Wilaya of Al Mudhaibi“, Oman News Center, 01.03.2023

• • „Exhibition of archaeological artefacts to begin today“, Times of Oman, 26.02.2023

• „Exhibition of archaeological finds in Oman’s Al-Mudhaibi Kicks off Tomorrow“, Arabian Daily, 25.02.2023
• „Archaeological exhibition begins tomorrow in Al-Mudhaibi“, The Arabian Stories, 25.02.2023
• "Archäologische Forschungen in der Wilayat al-Mudhaybi", Newsletter Deutsch-Omanische Gesellschaft, 07.2020
• „Exhibition of archaeological artefacts to begin on Sunday“, Times of Oman, 25.02.2023
• "Neues Verbundprojekt erforscht den Umweltwandel im Sultanat Oman vor 5000 Jahren", Universität Tübingen, attempto online Forschung, 26.10.2020
• "Neues Verbundprojekt erforscht den Umweltwandel im Sultanat Oman vor 5000 Jahren", Universität Tübingen, Philosophische Fakultät, 30/10/2020
• "Kleine Fächer", BMBF, Rahmenprogramm Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften, 04/11/2020
• "Archäologen bekommen vom Bund 1,5 Millionen", SWR Aktuell, 17/12/2020
• "Wiesmann: 'In die Vergangenheit blicken, in die Zukunft investieren: Bund unterstützt Teilprojekt zur Erforschung des Mensch-Umwelt-Verhältnisses an der Frankfurter Goethe-Universität'", CDU, Landesgruppe Hessen, 04/01/2021
• "Mensch und Umwelt in der Bronzezeit", Schwäbisches Tagblatt, 04/01/2021
• "An interview with the research team from project “UmWeltWandel”: Exploring the past to learn for the future", Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Framework Programme Humanities and Social Sciences, News, 17.03.2021
• "Umweltwandel im Sultanat Oman vor 5000 Jahren", Universität Tübingen, Jahresbericht 2020, S. 29, 19.08.2021