New evidence for specialised ceramic production and exchange in the southeast Arabian Iron Age

Magee, Peter; Grave, Peter; Al-Tikriti, Walid Yasin; Barbetti, Mike; Yu, Zhiwen; Bailey, G.M.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0471.1998.tb00119.x

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“…al‐Madam, Muwailah, Kalba, Husn Madhab and Rafaq) through regional trade systems (Benoist : 363–370). A similar hypothesis was proposed in 1998 by Magee et al based on PIXE‐PIGME analysis of seven samples from the surface of Bida bint Sa'ud in the oasis of Al Ain (Magee et al : table 1).…”

Section: Sandy Buff Waresupporting

confidence: 71%

“…Fine red painted ware is found on many sites of the region, from central Oman (Salut, Lizq) to the northern end of the United Arab Emirates (Khatt). In 1998 Magee et al proposed the hypothesis of an Iranian origin for this group, based on stylistic comparisons and on PIXE‐PIGME chemical analyses of six samples which, in composition, were found to be similar to samples of fine grey pottery of the Bronze Age that were analysed in 1989 by Blackman, Méry and Wright, who at the time concluded that an Iranian origin was probable (Magee et al : 243; Blackman, Méry & Wright : table 2). This grey pottery, however, has since been shown to come from Kech Makran in south‐west Pakistan (Blackman & Méry 1999: fig.…”

Section: Fine Red Painted Warementioning

confidence: 99%

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Initial results from the programme of petrographic analysis of Iron Age pottery from the United Arab Emirates

Benoist

Méry

2012

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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This article presents the results of petrographic analyses of a collection of sixty potsherds from various sites of the Iron Age period in south-eastern Arabia. Several macroscopic groups were identified during previous research. The fine red painted ware and the sandy buff ware appear to be homogeneous in composition and might represent two groups of production. Compositionally, fine red painted ware recalls Bronze Age pottery groups in Oman. Sandy buff ware could have been produced in the oasis of Al Ain, in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Both groups are represented at several sites, which indicates regional exchange. One sherd from Rumeilah could be related to Mesopotamian ceramics and is probably a Mesopotamian import.

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Section: Sandy Buff Waresupporting

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Section: Fine Red Painted Warementioning

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Initial results from the programme of petrographic analysis of Iron Age pottery from the United Arab Emirates

Benoist

Méry

2012

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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“…This very specifi c architectural building, which was visibly a key place in the organization of each Iron Age village of the whole Oman peninsula, was offi cially reported in the scientifi c records for the fi rst time at Rumeilah (Boucharlat & Lombard, 2001a;Magee, 2003). Other artefacts found on site confi rm the existence of long trade links (either direct or mediated) between Rumeilah (and al-Ain oasis at large) with other locations such the Oman peninsula, Bahrain, Mesopotamia, and Iran (Lombard, 1998;Magee, et al, 1998;Magee, 2002).…”

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Protecting the Invisible: Site-Management Planning at Small Archaeological Sites in al-Ain, Abu Dhabi

Palumbo¹,

Al-Tikriti²,

Mahdy³

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Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites

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Protection, conservation, and site-management planning are normally fi nanced and conducted on major archaeological sites only, where there are expectations for visitor access and economic returns. Many smaller sites with lesser visible remains are then virtually abandoned, despite the value of their physical remains and archaeological, historical, and scientifi c potential.A pilot project by Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (now Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority) was conducted at Rumeilah, an Iron Age site excavated over the past forty-fi ve years. The project consisted of a full-scale site-management planning process including documentation and assessment of the site conditions and of its administrative context to demonstrate the benefi ts of applying value and community-based sitemanagement planning processes to 'invisible' heritage. The process resulted in the development of a management plan which identifi es continued explorations at the site and in the involvement of local schools and universities the activities that will be able to sustain its long-term preservation.

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“…Ware with medium to high density of small mineral grits. (28). The samples were prepared at the NWG Macintosh Centre for Quaternary Dating at the University of Sydney using protocols that have been described in previous publications (29).…”

Section: Tepe Yahya Ty390mentioning

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Investigating cross‐Gulf trade in the Iron Age III period: chronological and compositional data on Burnished Maroon Slipped Ware (BMSW) in southeastern Arabia and Iran

Magee

2005

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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Recently obtained ceramic compositional data from the late Iron Age sites of Tepe Yahya in Iran and Sharm in the United Arab Emirates is presented in this paper. Analysis of this data suggests that a distinctive ceramic, Burnished Maroon Slipped Ware (BMSW), was produced somewhere in southern Iran and exported across the Gulf to eastern Arabia. That this trade was not limited to any defined historical period, such as that represented by the Achaemenid Empire, is suggested by a series of new AMS C14 dates from Tepe Yahya. The paper concludes with speculative comments on the possible elite nature of BMSW in societies on either side of the Straits of Hormuz.

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New evidence for specialised ceramic production and exchange in the southeast Arabian Iron Age

Cited by 15 publications

References 5 publications

Initial results from the programme of petrographic analysis of Iron Age pottery from the United Arab Emirates

Initial results from the programme of petrographic analysis of Iron Age pottery from the United Arab Emirates

Protecting the Invisible: Site-Management Planning at Small Archaeological Sites in al-Ain, Abu Dhabi

Investigating cross‐Gulf trade in the Iron Age III period: chronological and compositional data on Burnished Maroon Slipped Ware (BMSW) in southeastern Arabia and Iran

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