Southeast Arabia at the Dawn of the Second Millennium: The Bronze Age Collective Graves of Qarn al-Harf, Ras al-Khaimah (UAE)

Author:   Derek Kennet ,  Alyson Caine ,  Anna Hilton ,  Lloyd Weeks
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
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Pages:   464
Publication Date:   15 December 2024
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Southeast Arabia at the Dawn of the Second Millennium: The Bronze Age Collective Graves of Qarn al-Harf, Ras al-Khaimah (UAE)


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Author:   Derek Kennet ,  Alyson Caine ,  Anna Hilton ,  Lloyd Weeks
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
ISBN:  

9781789257953


ISBN 10:   1789257956
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   15 December 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Introduction Derek Kennet 2. The Site and Environment Derek Kennet 3. The Excavations Derek Kennet 4. Beads Anna Hilton 5. Small Finds Anna Hilton 6. Softstone Anna Hilton 7. Metalwork Lloyd Weeks et al. 8. Human Bone Alyson Caine 9. Isotopes Janet Montgomery et al. 10. Marine Shell Hannah Russ 11. Animal Bone Cameron Smith 12. Conservation Dana Goodburn-Brown 13. Phasing and Site Interpretation Derek Kennet, Christian Velde and Michel de Vreeze 14. The Wadi Suq Period in Northern Ras al-Khaimah Derek Kennet and Christian Velde 15. The Umm an-Nar/Wadi Suq Transition Derek Kennet Appendices

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Derek Kennet is Howard E. Hallengren Professor of Arabian Peninsula and Gulf States Archaeology at the University of Chicago. He has been conducting archaeological fieldwork in Arabia for over 30 years, having worked in Kuwait, the UAE and Oman. He completed a PhD on the archaeology of Ras al-Khaimah at the School of Oriental and African Studies in 2001. Alyson Caine is a PhD Candidate at the University of California, Merced. She has conducted osteological fieldwork for over eight years and worked in Arabia for the past decade. She completed her Master’s in Paleopathology at Durham University in 2014. Anna Hilton has been conducting archaeological fieldwork in Arabia for 15 years, having worked in Bahrain, Kuwait, the UAE, Jordan and Egypt. She completed a Master’s on the soft stone vessels and archaeology of Failaka (Kuwait) at the University of Copenhagen in 2011. Lloyd Weeks is a professor in the Department of Archaeology, Classics and History at the University of New England, Australia. He completed a PhD on the archaeology of early metal production and exchange in the Persian Gulf region at Sydney University, Australia. His field research focuses on Western Asia, including excavations in the UAE and Iran.

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