ABU DHABI ARROWHEAD FIND NEAR OILFIELD The study of the
archaeology of the UAE began only in the late 1950s. Until then,
it was wrongly believed that the UAE's arid deserts and
mountains had played only a peripheral role in human development
in the region. Extensive research by both local and foreign
archaeological teams, including much undertaken in the deserts
and coastal areas of Abu Dhabi in close association with
Envionment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD), has shown, however, that the
UAE has played an important part in the emergence and
development of maritime trade throughout the Gulf and the Indian
Ocean for around 7,500 years. Thus this new discovery of a flint
arrowhead, about 3 cm long, dating back to the Late Stone Age or
Neolithic period just south of the Sahil oilfield, 120 kms
south-west of Abu Dhabi city during work undertaken for the
Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) underscores the possibility
that there are many more finds to be made in the region. The
item has been identified by a leading expert