Rewriting the end of the early bronze age in the United Arab Emirates through the anthropological and artefactual evaluation of two collective Umm an-Nar graves at Hili (eastern region of Abu Dhabi)

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Mcsweeney, Kathleen ^a   Méry, Sophie ^b   Macchiarelli, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Arabia; Artefacts; Bronze Age; Collective grave; Typology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; BRONZE AGE; CULTURAL HISTORY; MONUMENT; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 42649094174     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2007.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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