The Late Iron Age (LIA) in Central Oman is known from the eponymous site of Samad al-Shān as well as al-Moyassar (formerly al-Maysar), which teams from Bochum and Heidelberg investigated from 1977 to 1996 in twelve campaigns. The chronology of this little known period has evoked much controversy but although this contribution contains critical comments, these regard mostly smaller issues or details and there is a general unspoken agreement about the basic chronological issues. The present study adds both new and old unpublished documentation to the discussion. What follows includes a re-examination of the original documentation of M42 and M43 sites which confirms the excavators' chronology. New LIA sites are added. M. Mouton's attempted deconstruction of the existing chronology and his new combined definition of the PIR and Samad LIA assemblages rest on slight inconsistencies in the original al-Moyassar site report of 1981. Despite the spotty nature of our sources, Oman's latest prehistoric facies shows a distinctive character separate from that known principally in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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评价萨马德晚期铁器时代

阿曼中部的晚期铁器时代 (LIA) 以 Samad al-Shān 和 al-Moyassar（前身为 al-Maysar）的同名遗址为人所知，波鸿和海德堡的团队于 1977 年至 1996 年在十二个战役中对其进行了调查。这个鲜为人知的时期的年表引起了很多争议，尽管这篇文章包含批评性评论，但这些评论主要是较小的问题或细节，并且对基本的年表问题有普遍的不言而喻的共识。本研究在讨论中增加了新的和旧的未发表的文献。接下来的内容包括重新检查 M42 和 M43 站点的原始文件，以确认挖掘机的年表。添加了新的 LIA 站点。M. Mouton'