Do South-Eastern Arabia's Earliest Extant Copper-Alloy Arrowheads date to the Wadi Suq Period?

Yule, Paul; Vogt, Burkhard

doi:10.34780/joga.v2020i0.1005

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“…The backed microliths from Saruq al-Hadid span the mid-second millennium BC and thus occur alongside the first documented metal arrowheads in southeastern Arabia ([ 91 ]). If they can indeed be regarded as components of projectile points–a functional interpretation whose detail and proof awaits traceological analyses–they add significant nuance to our understanding of the reintroduction of archery to southern Arabia after a ‘dark millennium’ in which this technology is not attested by archaeological evidence from the region [ 91 – 93 ].…”

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“…The backed microliths from Saruq al-Hadid span the mid-second millennium BC and thus occur alongside the first documented metal arrowheads in southeastern Arabia ( [91]). If they…”

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confidence: 98%

“…can indeed be regarded as components of projectile points-a functional interpretation whose detail and proof awaits traceological analyses-they add significant nuance to our understanding of the reintroduction of archery to southern Arabia after a 'dark millennium' in which this technology is not attested by archaeological evidence from the region [91][92][93].…”

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Bronze age stone flaking at Saruq al-Hadid, Dubai, southeastern Arabia

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Excavations at Saruq al-Hadid, Dubai, UAE, discovered a stone tool technology with backed microliths dating to the Wadi Suq period and Late Bronze Age (ca. 1750–1300 BCE). The stone technology is a contemporary with metal production in the region, and the assemblage was recovered from a thick bone midden deposit at this multi-period site on the edge of the Rub’ al-Khali Desert. Small cobbles of chert were imported to the site and were reduced into flakes by hard-hammer percussion. Cores were frequently rotated during knapping and the reduction strategy was ad hoc, lacking hierarchical reduction stages. Flake tools were used as-is or modified by retouching. Some flakes were selected for backing into geometric microliths, and backing techniques often reflected high levels of stoneworking skill to produce stylised scalene shapes. A review of contemporary archaeological evidence, and the context of the Saruq al-Hadid assemblage, suggest that microliths may have been made as stone armatures for arrows despite the contemporary use of copper-based arrowheads.

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“…The backed microliths from Saruq al-Hadid span the mid-second millennium BC and thus occur alongside the first documented metal arrowheads in southeastern Arabia ( [91]). If they…”

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confidence: 98%