Tumuli graves and desert wells in the As-Sabbiya. Preliminary excavation report on the spring season in 2010 Cover Image

Tumuli graves and desert wells in the As-Sabbiya. Preliminary excavation report on the spring season in 2010
Tumuli graves and desert wells in the As-Sabbiya. Preliminary excavation report on the spring season in 2010

Author(s): Łukasz Rutkowski
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Gulf archaeology; Kuwait; burial mounds; tumulus cemetery

Summary/Abstract: For the fourth time (and for the first time in the spring), at the invitation of the Kuwaiti National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, a PCMA expedition carried out excavations in the region of As-Sabbiya (northern Kuwait). Field research was concentrated on excavating burial mounds in a new location, surveyed in 2009, in the area of Bahra. Five stone features, including four burial mounds were explored. A different set of grave goods was recovered compared to that found in the area of Mugheira excavated in the previous years. Two desert well sites were also investigated.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: XXII
  • Page Range: 493-517
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: English