Dilmun and Its Gulf NeighboursHarriet Crawford presents a scholarly and up-to-date account of the archaeology of the Arabian Gulf from c.4,500-1500 BC. It offers a new interpretation of the structure of the urban, centralized and probably literate society of the Early Dilmun period (C. 2,000-1500 BC) using material from the recently excavated site of Saar on the the main Bahrain island.Like the neighbouring societies in Oman and the Emirates, Dilmun was greatly influenced by its participation in the complex trade routes linking it to Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley. |
Contents
The Setting | 1 |
The earliest settlements | 19 |
The development of Dilmun | 38 |
The expansion of Dilman settlement and architecture | 60 |
Dilman graves and artefacts | 80 |
The Oman Peninsula settlement and architecture | 104 |
The Oman Peninsula graves and artefacts | 124 |
Dilmun development and decline an overview | 143 |
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A'ali Agade al Hasa Anatolia apparently artefacts Barbar temple beads Bidya bitumen black on red building Cardi centre Cleuziou coast contacts with Mesopotamia copper decorated Dhahran Dilmun seals Diraz Dosariyah earliest Early Dilmun period early second millennium Eastern Arabia Eastern Province economic example excavated Failaka fishing fourth millennium Frifelt Hafit Hajjar Harappan Hili Hofuf Højlund and Andersen identified important Indus valley Iran jars Jemdat Nasr Kassite large numbers LBAE levels Magan Masry material culture Maysar Meluhha Mesopotamia metres middle mound fields peninsula perhaps Persian Gulf seal phase pots pottery Potts presence probably Qala'at al Bahrain rectangular region remains route Saar seems seen settlement sherds Shimal similar society softstone southern Mesopotamia stamp seals steatite stone suggests Tarut Tell Abraq third millennium tombs tower houses trade Ubaid period Ubaid pottery Umm-an-Nar period Uruk Uruk period vessels Wadi Suq period wall Zarins