The oasis of al-Kharj through time: First results of archaeological fieldwork in the province of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)

Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 285-308

  Schiettecatte, Jérémie ^a   Al Ghazzi, Abdulaziz ^b   Charloux, Guillaume ^a   Crassard, Rémy ^a   Hilbert, Yamandú ^a   Monchot, Hervé ^c   Mouton, Michel ^a   Siméon, Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Al Yam ma; Late pre Islamic and early Islamic period; Mosque; Najd; Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896029496     PISSN: 03088421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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