The Bronze Age Cultural Landscape of Wadi al-Zahaimi

Düring, B.S.; Botan, S.A.; Olijdam, E.; Aal, J.H.J.M. (2019)

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On the north bank of Wādī al-Zahaimi, east of the town of Liwaʾ in northern Oman, a remarkably well-preserved Bronze Age cultural landscape was discovered and documented in January 2018 by the Wadi al-Jizzi Archaeological Project. It includes first, a well-preserved Umm an-Nar settlement with two circular tombs, a possible watchtower, and imported pottery from the Indus and Dilmun; second, a large transitional cemetery, with about 170 tombs dating to the late Umm an-Nar and early Wadi Suq periods, which has striking parallels with the famous linear alignments from ʿAsimah; and third, a small Wadi Suq settlement with stone-built houses. In this paper, we present this well-preserved Bronze Age cultural landscape and its relevance to our understanding of the late third and early second millennia BC in south-eastern Arabia

• All authors: Düring, B.S.; Botan, S.A.; Olijdam, E.; Aal, J.H.J.M.
• Editor(s): Eddisford D.
• Date: 2019
• Title of host publication: Proceedings of the seminar for Arabian Studies; Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies
• Volume: 49
• Pages: 115 - 127
• ISBN (print): 9781789692303
• ISBN (electronic): 9781789692310
• Name: 49
• Conference: Seminar for Arabian Studies
• Date: 2018-08-03 - 2018-08-05
• Location: London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland