The Bronze Age Towers at Bat, Sultanate of Oman : : Research by the Bat Archaeological Project, 27-12 /

The Bronze Age Towers at Bat, Sultanate of Oman : : Research by the Bat Archaeological Project, 27-12 / / ed. by Christopher P. Thornton, Charlotte M. Cable, Gregory L. Possehl.

In the third millennium B.C.E., the Oman Peninsula was the site of an important kingdom known in Akkadian texts as "Magan," which traded extensively with the Indus Civilization, southern Iran, the Persian Gulf states, and southern Mesopotamia. Excavations have been carried out in this regi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
MitwirkendeR:
Beuzen, Tara,
Cable, Charlotte M.,
Cammas, Cécilia,
Charbonnier, Julien,
Choimet, Gabrielle,
Costa, Teresa,
Desruelles, Stéphane,
Eddargach, Wassel,
Fouache, Eric,
Ghazal, Royal Omar,
Gregoricka, Lesley A.,
Hopper, Kristen,
Kondo, Yasuhisa,
Leigh, Benedict,
Martin, Chloé,
Mortimer, Anne,
Tengberg, Margareta,
Thornton, Christopher P.,
Wattez, Julia,
Williams, Kimberly D.,
HerausgeberIn:
Cable, Charlotte M.,
Possehl, Gregory L.,
Thornton, Christopher P.,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
©2017
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.) :; 9 color, 242 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Archaeological Site of Bat in Its Environment
  • 3. Excavations at Kasr al-Khafaji (Tower 1146)
  • 4. Excavations at Matariya (Tower 1147)
  • 5. Digital Documentation of Kasr al-Sleme (Tower 1148)
  • 6. Excavations at Tower 1156
  • 7. Surface Structures at Ad-Dariz South
  • 8. Other Towers in the Bat Area
  • Typological and Chronological Consideration of the Ceramics at Bat, Oman
  • 10. The Bat Chipped Stone Assemblage
  • 11. Metal
  • 12. Preliminary Report on Ground Stone Artifacts from Bat
  • 13. Conclusion
  • Appendix I. Archaeobotanical Studies at Bat. A Short Summary and Recommendations
  • Appendix II. Falaj al-Sharsah (Islamic Period): Ancient Water Systems in Oman
  • Appendix III. Assessment of Mudbricks from Tower 1147
  • Appendix V. Excavation of the Wadi Suq tombs at Tower 1156
  • APPENDIX VI. List of Field Staff (2007–12)
  • Bibliography
  • Author Biographies

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