Trade centres and commercial routes in the Arabian Gulf: Post-Hellenistic discoveries at Dibba, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 214-237

  Jasim, Sabah A ^a  

^a Antiquities   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Burial; Dibba; Glass; Ivory; Roman imports; UAE

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ECONOMIC HISTORY; EXCAVATION; GLASS; IMPORT; IVORY; TRADE;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; PERSIAN GULF; SHARJAH [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 33845534226     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2006.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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