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This unique work presents for the first time an up-to-date comprehensive study of Qatar's earliest civilization. It synthesizes a wide spectrum of data brought to light by the archaeological surveys and excavations conducted during the past decades by several teams from abroad and national and includes both published and a lot of unpublished material. Profusely illustrated, the book, in 10 Chapters, a Bibliography and an Index, an outcome of several years' research is designed equally for the specialist and for the general reader interested in the human achievement through the ages in Qatar, within convenient compass. This volume offers the most concise account of all the aspects, as evident from the table of contents, relevant to prehistory and protohistory substantiated by very interesting rare photographs, numbering several hundreds. Another important and unique aspect of this book is the systematic classification of Qatar's Stone Age tools from the Palaeolithic to the Chalcolithic periods in an Atlas with photographs of unpublished stone tools, except a few. In this highly readable book immense volume of data has been condensed lucidly and it is splendid attempt of a large and growing subject. The book includes details of most recent archaeological discoveries. This is book of remarkable distinction, which will become indispensable as a work of reference for any serious student.