Boat remains and maritime trade in the Persian Gulf during the sixth and fifth millennia BC

Antiquity

Volumn 80, Issue 307, 2006, Pages 52-63

  Carter, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boat building; Maritime archaeology; Persian Gulf; Ubaid ware

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL HISTORY; MARITIME TRADE; NEOLITHIC;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 33745105274     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X0009325X     Document Type: Article

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