Publications

Publications

• Unkelbach, J., Behling, H. and 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. and 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 and 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. and 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. and 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. and 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. and 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. and 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. und 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. and 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. und 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. and 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