Dilmun and Its Gulf Neighbours

ISBN-13: 9780521586795 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 188 str.

Harriet Crawford

Opis

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 linking it to Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley.

Recenzje

'Like her previous Sumer and the Sumerians (CUP, 1991), Crawford's new book is above all directly intended for a student public that she knows well; many who are not specialists in this topic will commend her for it. Even more importantly, both the thorough updating of all the available information and the richness of her remarks and working hypothesis have resulted in a very stimulating contribution for her own colleagues in the field. American Journal of Archaeology

Spis treści

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.