The agricultural basis of Umm an-Nar society in the northern Oman peninsula (2500-2000 BC)

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-133

  al Jahwari, Nasser Said ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Agricultural villages; Copper; Pottery; Sedentary occupation; Ubiquity analysis; Umm an Nar

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; COPPER; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; METALS INDUSTRY; ORE DEPOSIT; VILLAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 70449424175     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2009.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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