Qala At Al Bahrain

Author : Flemming Hojlund
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9788793423411

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Qala'at al-Bahrain 3 by Flemming Hojlund Pdf

The capital of ancient Dilmun, Qala'at al-Bahrain, the most important archaeological site in East Arabia, was excavated in 1954-1978 by a Danish expedition from Moesgaard Museum. The first two volumes were published in 1994 and 1997, dealing with the northern city wall, the Islamic fortress and the central monumental buildings. The third volume covers the remaining 13 excavations, presenting their architectures and stratigraphies. A detailed treatment of the finds is given, stamp seals, inscriptions, figurines, incense burners, human bones, pottery, etc., dating from the late 3rd millennium to the Islamic period.

Author : Peder Mortensen,Gulf Project (Danmark)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:637225387

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Qala'at Al-Bahrain by Peder Mortensen,Gulf Project (Danmark) Pdf

Author : Flemming Højlund,H. Hellmuth Andersen
Publisher : Aarhus University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015043769960

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Qala'at Al-Bahrain by Flemming Højlund,H. Hellmuth Andersen Pdf

The capital of ancient Dilmun, Qala?at al-Bahrain, the most important archaeological site in East Arabia, was excavated in 1954-1978 by a Danish expedition from Moesgaard Museum. The first two volumes were published in 1994 and 1997, dealing with the northern city wall, the Islamic fortress and the central monumental buildings. The third volume covers the remaining 13 excavations, presenting their architectures and stratigraphies. A detailed treatment of the finds is given, stamp seals, inscriptions, figurines, incense burners, human bones, pottery, etc., dating from the late 3rd millennium to the Islamic period.

Author : Flemming Højlund,H. Hellmuth Andersen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8772885742

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Qala'at Al-Bahrain by Flemming Højlund,H. Hellmuth Andersen Pdf

Author : Flemming Højlund,H. Hellmuth Andersen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Bahrain
ISBN : 8772885742

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Qala'at Al-Bahrain: The central monument buildings by Flemming Højlund,H. Hellmuth Andersen Pdf

Author : Peter Magee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521862318

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The Archaeology of Prehistoric Arabia by Peter Magee Pdf

This book provides the first extensive coverage of the archaeology of the Arabian peninsula from c. 9000 to 800 BC. Providing a wealth of detail on the environmental and archaeological record, it argues that this ancient region was in many ways very different from the surrounding states in Egypt and Mesopotamia. It examines the adaptation of humans to Arabia's environment and the eventual formation of a unique society that flourished for millennia.

Author : Curtis E. Larsen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 0226469069

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Life and Land Use on the Bahrain Islands by Curtis E. Larsen Pdf

According to archeological and historical records, the Bahrain Islands of the Arabian Gulf were the home of a flourishing civilization four thousant years ago. Then, as now, these islands served as an important locus of maritime trade, but they were also characterized as a land of copious artesian springs and fertile fields. Modern Bahrain, in contrast, is beset by environmental and demographic problems: the depletion of the artesian water supply, abandonment of rural agricultural lands, and rapid population growth. In this exemplary interdisciplinary study, Curtis E. Larsen combines archeological, geological, historical, and anthropological methods to reconstruct the paleoenvironmental and socioeconomic context that links Bahrain's present to its past.

Author : Steffen Terp Laursen
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9788793423190

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Royal Mounds of A'ali in Bahrain by Steffen Terp Laursen Pdf

The Royal Mounds of A'ali in Bahrain has long been shrouded in mystery and suspected to be the final resting place of the Bronze Age kings of Dilmun. Puzzled by their great size explorers and professional archaeologists have for hundreds of years attempted to penetrate their interior and wrestle secrets and treasures from the tombs. This book presents information from the early days of archaeological exploration at A'ali as well as new data from the joint Bahrain - Moesgaard Museum investigations 2010 -2016 directed by the author. The evidence from both old and new field explorations at A'ali are meticulously analyzed. The results are discussed with a strong focus on the royal cemetery as an institution, using a theoretical approach based on the anthropology and ethnography of death rituals. Emphasis is also placed on developing an architectural typology and a radio-carbon based chronology of the royal tombs at A'ali. In this study, vast quantities of hitherto unpublished data from excavations in the burial mounds of Bahrain is integrated to allow a more informed and diachronic picture of the evolution in tomb architecture, death rituals and social organization in the Early Dilmun period, c. 2200-1700 BC. Philological evidence is presented which demonstrates that the entombed kings were of Amorite ancestry. The study reveals that the Amorite Dynasty buried at A'ali emerged with the formation of huge monumental tombs in a royal cemetery proper around 2000-1900 BC and lost its grip on power c. 1700 BC.

Author : Timothy Insoll
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136774973

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Land Of Enki In The Islamic by Timothy Insoll Pdf

First published in 2005. This study results from an intensive years fieldwork completed in Bahrain in 2001. This comprised two seasons of both excavations and surveys (February-May and September-November), separated by the Bahraini summer when it was deemed too hot to work effectively in the field.

Author : Harriet Crawford,Robert Killick,Jane Moon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317848233

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Dilmun Temple At Saar by Harriet Crawford,Robert Killick,Jane Moon Pdf

The London-Bahrain Archaeological Expedition began excavations at Saar in 1990. The research has focused on the excavation of a Dilmun settlement dating to the Early Dilmun period, around 2000 BC. The discovery and excavation of this settlement and its associated temple represent important additions to the archaeological heritage of Bahrain, and complement earlier discoveries at Barbar, Diraz, and Umm As-Sejjur. This book contains a full account of the excavation and finds from the Dilmun Temple at Saar. It discusses in detail the design and construction of the temple and provides invaluable new information about daily life, social customs and religious beliefs of the period.

Author : Louvre Abu Dhabi,École du Louvre
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789462702332

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Worlds in a Museum by Louvre Abu Dhabi,École du Louvre Pdf

Held on the occasion of Louvre Abu Dhabi’s first anniversary, the symposium Worlds in a Museum addressed the topic of museums in the era of globalisation, exploring contemporary museology and the preservation and presentation of culture within the context of changing societies. Departing from the historical museum structure inherited from the Enlightenment, leading experts from art, cultural, and academic institutions explore present-day achievements and challenges in the study, display and interpretation of art, history, and artefacts. How are “global” and “local” objects and narratives balanced – particularly in consideration of diverse audiences? How do we foster perspective and multiculturalism while addressing politicised notions of centre and periphery? As they abandon classical canons and categories, how are museums and cultural entities redefining themselves beyond predefined concepts of geography and history? This collection of essays arises from the symposium Worlds in a Museum organised by Louvre Abu Dhabi and École du Louvre.

Author : Michael Rice
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134967933

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The Archaeology of the Arabian Gulf by Michael Rice Pdf

The archaeological remains in the Gulf area are astounding, and still relatively unexplored. Michael Rice has produced the first up-to-date book, which encompasses all the recent work in the area. He shows that the Gulf has been a major channel of commerce for millenia, and that its ancient culture was rich and complex, to be counted with its great contempororaries in Sumer, Egypt and south-west Persia.

Author : Benjamin W. Porter,Alexis T. Boutin
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781607323259

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Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East by Benjamin W. Porter,Alexis T. Boutin Pdf

Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East is among the first comprehensive treatments to present the diverse ways in which ancient Near Eastern civilizations memorialized and honored their dead, using mortuary rituals, human skeletal remains, and embodied identities as a window into the memory work of past societies. In six case studies, teams of researchers with different skillsets—osteological analysis, faunal analysis, culture history and the analysis of written texts, and artifact analysis—integrate mortuary analysis with bioarchaeological techniques. Drawing upon different kinds of data, including human remains, ceramics, jewelry, spatial analysis, and faunal remains found in burial sites from across the region’s societies, the authors paint a robust and complex picture of death in the ancient Near East. Demonstrating the still underexplored potential of bioarchaeological analysis in ancient societies, Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East serves as a model for using multiple lines of evidence to reconstruct commemoration practices. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian societies, the archaeology of death and burial, bioarchaeology, and human skeletal biology.

Author : Dennys Frenez,Gregg M. Jamison,Randall W. Law,Massimo Vidale,Richard H. Meadow
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784919184

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Walking with the Unicorn: Social Organization and Material Culture in Ancient South Asia by Dennys Frenez,Gregg M. Jamison,Randall W. Law,Massimo Vidale,Richard H. Meadow Pdf

This volume, a compilation of original papers written to celebrate the outstanding contributions of Jonathan Mark Kenoyer to the archaeology of South Asia over the past forty years, highlights recent developments in the archaeological research of ancient South Asia, with specific reference to the Indus Civilization.

Author : Flemming Højlund,Anna Hilton
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788793423756

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Tell F3 on Failaka Island by Flemming Højlund,Anna Hilton Pdf

Six years of excavations in Tell F3 have uncovered several occupation phases belonging to the middle of the 2nd millennium BC, Failaka period 3B (c. 1600 BC). Though the material culture of Dilmun was heavily influenced by South Mesopotamia, this was a period where Dilmun regained its former importance after the economic and political collapse around 1700 BC, perhaps leading up to a final conquest by the Sealand Dynasty. The end stages of the development of Dilmun stamp seals are documented, e.g. the first find of a Style III Dilmun seal in a safe period 3B context. The renaissance in stamp seal Style III is paralleled in stone vessels decorated in the Failaka Figurative Style. Flemming Højlund: Former Head of Oriental Department at Moesgaard Museum, Denmark; directed excavations in Bahrain, Qatar and lately on Failaka Island in Kuwait (2008-2017); published numerous articles and monographs on Arabian Gulf archaeology; and organized exhibitions on the history and culture of the Gulf at Moesgaard Museum, at the Bahrain National Museum and in Abu Dhabi. Anna Hilton: Educated at the Carsten Niebuhr Institute of University of Copenhagen and excavated extensively in the Near East, lately (2014-2019) as Field Director on Failaka. Published a monograph on the stone vessels found during the Danish excavations 1958-1963 at Tell F3 and F6 on Failaka, Kuwait.