Qala At Al Bahrain 3

Author : Flemming Hojlund
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,6 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 : Timothy Insoll
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 53,6 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 : Flemming Højlund,H. Hellmuth Andersen
Publisher : Aarhus University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015038032515

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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,Anna Hilton
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 41,7 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.

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 1480 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1996-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231028113

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History of Humanity by UNESCO Pdf

The second volume covers the first two and a half thousand years of recorded history, from the start of the Bronze Age 5,000 years ago to the beginnings of the Iron Age. Written by a team of over sixty specialists, this volume includes a comprehensive bibliography and a detailed index.

Author : R. Hawker
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781845641351

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Traditional Architecture of the Arabian Gulf by R. Hawker Pdf

This book chronicles the florescence of architecture in the Arabian Gulf after the expulsion of the Portuguese in the early 1600's. It demonstrates how the power vacuum created by the collapse of Portuguese control over the trade routes in the Indian Ocean encouraged a growth in fortified architecture, especially in Oman, that radiated out to the surrounding region and was then slowly replaced by new patterns in domestic and public architecture and town planning throughout the Gulf as the trade lines were secured and the individual countries took the first steps towards the formation of today's modern nation-states.The book documents the buildings and crafts of this era and analyses them within the framework of the political, economic, and social information available through primary sources from the period in a way that is both intelligent and accessible. It considers the settlements as part of a larger-connected network of cities, towns and villages and focuses both on how the buildings provided innovative solutions to the demanding climate and yet incorporated new decorative and functional ideas. Topics are extensively and richly illustrated with colored photographs of the buildings as they are now, black and white and color historic photographs from archival and museum collections, line drawings, and computer-generated reconstructions.The book is therefore attractive to a number of audiences, including those who live in or travel to the Gulf as well as people with an interest in Arab and Islamic design, culture and society, vernacular architecture, and post-colonial approaches to colonial history.

Author : Michael Rice
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,8 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 : Daniel T. Potts,Hasan Al Naboodah,Peter Hellyer
Publisher : Trident Press Ltd
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : 9781900724883

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Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates by Daniel T. Potts,Hasan Al Naboodah,Peter Hellyer Pdf

Author : Peter Magee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 50,5 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 : Peder Mortensen,Gulf Project (Danmark)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:637225387

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

Author : Steffen Terp Laursen
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 41,6 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 : D. P. S. Peacock,A. C. S. Peacock,David Williams
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782974451

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Food for the Gods by D. P. S. Peacock,A. C. S. Peacock,David Williams Pdf

The story of incense is one of the most intriguing in both eastern and western culture. From the first millennium BC to the present day it has been sought after and valued on a par with precious metals or gems. Although incense was a luxury, it was consumed in prodigious quantities by the ancient world, in temples and at funerals, but also in private homes. The papers in this volume look at the role of incense, primarily - though not exclusively - during the Roman period. It is hoped that they will provide a starting point for further research into this important, but neglected, area of social and economic archaeology.

Author : Harriet E. W. Crawford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0521586798

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Dilmun and Its Gulf Neighbours by Harriet E. W. Crawford Pdf

A scholarly account of the archaeology of the Arabian Gulf from c.4500-1500 BC.

Author : Serge Cleuziou,Maurizio Tosi
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789697896

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In the Shadow of the Ancestors: The Prehistoric Foundations of the Early Arabian Civilization in Oman by Serge Cleuziou,Maurizio Tosi Pdf

This book, first published in 2007, offered the first and only summary of decades of archaeological research in the Oman Peninsula. The original eleven chapters are expanded and enhanced in this new edition by a number of new ‘windows’, written by a new generation of scholars, in order to include more recent research and interpretations.

Author : Flemming Hojlund
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9788793423206

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Danish Archaeological Investigations in Qatar 1956-1974 by Flemming Hojlund Pdf

The first archaeological surveys and excavations in the state of Qatar were carried out by Moesgaard Museum, Denmark, in 1956-1974. A volume on the Stone Age sites was released by JAS in 1967, and the present publication includes the remaining investigations. Of special interest are several graves with iron swords and arrows and camels and a contemporary settlement with pottery showing close relations to Bahrain and the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. The first excavations at the early Islamic site of Murwab are presented, and the book is concluded with a full catalogue of the rock carvings from Jebel Jusasiyah.