Dilmun and its Gulf Neighbours

Harriet Crawford presents a scholarly account of the archaeology of the Arabian Gulf from c.4500-1500 BC. It offers an interpretation of the structure of society in the Early Dilmun period (c.2000-1500 BC) using material from the excavated site of Saar on the main Bahrain island. The urban, centralized and probably literate society in Dilmun is contrasted with the contemporary societies in Oman and the Emirates. Here there is evidence from buildings and graves for a loosely knit, apparently tribal society. Both societies were greatly influenced by their participation in the complex trade routes which linked them with ancient Mesopotamia to the north and the Indus Valley to the south east, but developed their own distinctive cultures. The reason for their divergent development seems to relate to the fact that Dilmun was an entrepot, while the Oman peninsula was a source of raw materials.

List of contents

1. The setting; 2. The earliest settlements; 3. The development of Dilmun; 4. The expansion of Dilmun: settlement and architecture; 5. Dilmun: graves and artefacts; 6. The Oman Peninsula: settlement and architecture; 7. The Oman Peninsula: graves and artefacts; 8. Dilmun: development and decline. An overview.

About the author

Harriet Crawford

Summary

Harriet Crawford presents an accessible account of the archaeology of the Arabian Gulf from c.4500-1500 BC. It offers an interpretation of the structure of the urban, centralized and probably literate society of the Early Dilmun period (c.2000-1500 BC).

Product details

• Authors: Harriet Crawford, Harriet E. W. Crawford, Crawford Harriet E. W.
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.03.1998
• EAN: 9780521583480
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58348-0
• Dimensions: 194 mm x 254 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 570 g
• Illustrations: 49 b/w illus. 5 maps, Zeichnungen, nicht spezifiziert, Karten
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Middle East, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE