The decline of Magan and the rise of Dilmun: Umm an-Nar ceramics from the burial mounds of Bahrain, c.2250-2000 BC

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-155

  Laursen, Steffen Terp ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bahrain; Burial mounds; Dilmun; Magan; Trade; Umm an Nar

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; CERAMICS; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IMPORT; TRADE FLOW;

ASIA; BAHRAIN; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70449404912     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2009.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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