Archaeological investigation of Early Bronze Age burial site QA 1 in Wadi al-Fajj in northern Oman: results of the 2016 season
Archaeological investigation of Early Bronze Age burial site QA 1 in Wadi al-Fajj in northern Oman: results of the 2016 season
Author(s): Łukasz RutkowskiSubject(s): Archaeology, Ancient World, Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Oman; Early Bronze Age; Umm an-Nar culture; burial site; circular tombs; Qumayrah– Ayn; QA 1;
Summary/Abstract: The first excavation season of a joint project of the PCMA and Department of Archaeology and Excavations, Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Oman, was carried out in the microregion of Qumayrah in the fall of 2016. A single tomb was investigated at an Umm an-Nar period burial site in the area of the village of Al-Ayn. A complete ground-plan was traced, identifying the tomb as an example of a well-known type with interior divided into four burial chambers by crosswalls. The excavated quadrant yielded commingled skeletal remains and mortuary gifts: numerous beads, a number of pottery sherds and a single complete vessel, a few metal objects and a score of stone vessel fragments.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 1/2017
- Issue No: XXVI
- Page Range: 523-542
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English