Goldwork technology at the Arabian Peninsula. First data from Saruq al Hadid Iron Age site (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

Llopis, Ignacio Soriano; Perea, Alicia; Escanilla, Nicolau; Rodrigo, Fernando Contreras; Ali, Yaaqoub Yousif Ali Al; Karim, Mansour Boraik Radwan; Zein, Hassan

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.08.030

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“…Gold and jewellery seem to be the right answer. Gold working is attested at the not far site of Sarūq al‐Ḥadīd, in the Dubai desert, already during the Iron Age (e.g., Soriano et al, 2018; Weeks et al, 2017, pp. 51–52, fig.…”

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Copper‐alloy figurines from Tell Abraq (Umm al‐Quwain, UAE) and the circulation of Hellenistic motifs in late pre‐Islamic Arabia (300 bc–300 ad)

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2023

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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Four copper‐base figurines recently discovered at the site of Tell Abraq (Umm al‐Quwain, UAE) illustrate the circulation of allochthonous artistic motifs across the Arabian Peninsula during the late pre‐Islamic period (broadly, 300 bc–300 ad). It is argued that these motifs were adopted by the local communities even in the absence of a full understanding of their genuine meaning and consequently, possibly adapted for the representation of local deities or elite members. These derivative artefacts travelled alongside high‐quality local products, both kinds of objects being witnessed at Tell Abraq. There, a unique figurine of a standing naked man additionally fosters some considerations about the diffusion of Herakles’ iconography in the region. The finds presented here might be generally indicative of the presence of high‐rank burials extensively looted in antiquity, while so far, the presence of other structures to which they could be related has to be discarded.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Copper‐alloy figurines from Tell Abraq (Umm al‐Quwain, UAE) and the circulation of Hellenistic motifs in late pre‐Islamic Arabia (300 bc–300 ad)

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2023

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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“…Dalam proses peleburan batu besi, mineral yang mengandung besi memisah, membentuk bongkahan dan butiran-butiran kecil yang disebut logam mentah (raw material atau ingot), sedangkan mineral yang tidak mengandung besi memisah menjadi terak besi atau slag. Limbah dan logam mentah (ingot) selalu ada dalam setiap aktivitas peleburan logam, terutama bijih besi dan emas (Soriano et al, 2018). Slag merupakan artefak yang paling banyak ditemukan di situs peleburan logam karena merupakan limbah yang tidak dimanfaatkan sehingga oleh pelaku peleburan ditinggal begitu saja di lokasi pengerjaan.…”

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Penelitian Baru Arkeometalurgi Di Indonesia Jejak Pengerjaan Logam Kuno Di Hulu Sungai Barito Kalimantan Tengah

Hartatik¹,

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2018

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Archaeometallurgy research and data related to ancient metals working in Kalimantan are limited, even never doing research for archaeometallurgy. This paper will discuss the ancient metalworking traces in the upper Barito watershed (Montalat River and Teweh River), and how are the ancient metalworking techniques carried out by the people in the Barito upstream and their relation to the blacksmith's tradition? This aims to find out the evidence of ancient metal work and explain the metalworking techniques carried out by the people in the Barito upstream in the past and its relationship to the blacksmith. Data collection in the field is carried out by survey and excavation techniques, with artefactual analysis, mineral nalysis with X-RF (X-Ray Fluorescence), and ethnoarchaeological approaches. This research had result evidence of metalworking activities buren toponymies, raw material, slag, furnace, and tuyere. Ancient metalworking techniques began with the search for iron ore, preparing materials, melting iron ore to separate raw materials and slag, and finally forge iron to be tools. Iron smelting has been abandoned four generations ago. Now, there is a blacksmith who is the final part of metal working. AbstrakData arkeologi yang berkaitan dengan pengerjaan logam kuna di Kalimantan masih sangat minim, bahkan belum pernah dilakukan penelitian arkeologi secara khusus. Artikel ini membahas bukti pengerjaan logam kuna di hulu DAS Barito (Sungai Montalat dan Sungai Teweh) tentang bagaimana teknik pengerjaan logam kuna yang dilakukan masyarakat di hulu Barito dan hubungannya dengan tradisi pandai besi. Tujuannya adalah mengetahui bukti pengerjaan logam kuna dan menjelaskan teknik pengerjaan logam yang dilakukan oleh masyarakat di hulu Barito pada masa lalu dan hubungannya dengan pandai besi. Pengambilan data di lapangan dilakukan dengan teknik survei dan ekskavasi, analisis artefaktual, analisis mineral logam dengan X-RF (X-Ray Fluorescence), dan pendekatan etnoarkeologi. Dari penelitian ini diperoleh bukti pengerjaan logam berupa toponimi buren yang dikenal masyarakat sebagai lokasi peleburan bijih besi, besi mentah, terak besi, tungku pembakaran, dan pipa udara dari tanah liat. Teknik pengerjaan logam kuna diawali dengan pencarian bahan bijih besi, p-

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“…The study area (Saruq Al-Hadid site, Dubai, UAE) is contained within the Rub' Al-Khali (the Empty Quarter), a sand desert containing large areas covered by dry sand sheets, sand dunes, and drift sand. Archaeological fieldwork and post-excavation analyses were conducted by several authors e.g., [23][24][25][26][27][28]. However, a very limited number of studies have approached the site using satellite remote sensing [29].…”

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Detecting and Predicting Archaeological Sites Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning—Application to the Saruq Al-Hadid Site, Dubai, UAE

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In this paper, the feasibility of satellite remote sensing in detecting and predicting locations of buried objects in the archaeological site of Saruq Al-Hadid, United Arab Emirates (UAE) was investigated. Satellite-borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is proposed as the main technology for this initial investigation. In fact, SAR is the only satellite-based technology able to detect buried artefacts from space, and it is expected that fine-resolution images of ALOS/PALSAR-2 (L-band SAR) would be able to detect large features (>1 m) that might be buried in the subsurface (<2 m) under optimum conditions, i.e., dry and bare soil. SAR data were complemented with very high-resolution Worldview-3 multispectral images (0.31 m panchromatic, 1.24 m VNIR) to obtain a visual assessment of the study area and its land cover features. An integrated approach, featuring the application of advanced image processing techniques and geospatial analysis using machine learning, was adopted to characterise the site while automating the process and investigating its applicability. Results from SAR feature extraction and geospatial analyses showed detection of the areas on the site that were already under excavation and predicted new, hitherto unexplored archaeological areas. The validation of these results was performed using previous archaeological works as well as geological and geomorphological field surveys. The modelling and prediction accuracies are expected to improve with the insertion of a neural network and backpropagation algorithms based on the performed cluster groups following more recent field surveys. The validated results can provide guidance for future on-site archaeological work. The pilot process developed in this work can therefore be applied to similar arid environments for the detection of archaeological features and guidance of on-site investigations.

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Goldwork technology at the Arabian Peninsula. First data from Saruq al Hadid Iron Age site (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

Copper‐alloy figurines from Tell Abraq (Umm al‐Quwain, UAE) and the circulation of Hellenistic motifs in late pre‐Islamic Arabia (300 bc–300 ad)

Copper‐alloy figurines from Tell Abraq (Umm al‐Quwain, UAE) and the circulation of Hellenistic motifs in late pre‐Islamic Arabia (300 bc–300 ad)

Penelitian Baru Arkeometalurgi Di Indonesia Jejak Pengerjaan Logam Kuno Di Hulu Sungai Barito Kalimantan Tengah

Detecting and Predicting Archaeological Sites Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning—Application to the Saruq Al-Hadid Site, Dubai, UAE

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