Dilmun and Its Gulf Neighbours
Harriet Crawford presents a scholarly and up-to-date account of the archaeology of the Arabian Gulf from c. 4500-1500 BC. She offers a new interpretation of the structure of the urban, centralized and probably literate society of the Early Dilmun period (c. 2000-1800 BC) using material from the recently excavated site of Saar on the main Bahrain island. Like the neighboring societies in Oman and the Emirates, Dilmun was greatly influenced by its participation in the complex trade routes...
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A scholarly and up-to-date account of the archaeology of the Arabian Gulf from c. 4500-1500 BC.
List of illustrationsPreface and acknowledgementsList of abbreviations and glossary1The setting12The earliest settlements193The development of Dilmun384The expansion of Dilmun: settlement and architecture605Dilmun: graves and artefacts806The Oman Peninsula: settlement and architecture1047The Oman Peninsula: graves and artefacts1248Dilmun: development and decline. An overview143Bibliography157Index165
