Bahrain Through The Ages - the Archaeology

Al_Khalifa, Shaikha Haya Ali Al Khalifa, Michael Rice

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2012
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781136141782
• Subtopic: Anthropology
• Index: Social Sciences

Introduction, Shoreline changes in Bahrain since the beginning of human Occupation, Variation in holocene land use patterns on the Bahrain Islands: construction of a land use model, The human biological history of the Early Bronze Age population in Bahrain, Dental anthropological investigations on Bahrain, India and Bahrain: A survey of culture interaction during the third and second millennia, The prehistory of the Gulf: recent finds, The Gulf in prehistory, Some aspects of Neolithic settlement in Bahrain and adjacent Regions, Early maritime cultures of the Arabian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. The origins of the Dilmun Civilization, The island on the edge of the world', Burial mounds near Ali excavated by the Danish Expedition, Dilmun - a trading entrepôt: evidence from historical and archaeological sources, Dilmun and Makkan during the third and early second millennia B.C, Death in Dilmun, The Barbar Temple: stratigraphy, architecture and Interpretation, The Barbar Temple: its chronology and foreign relations Reconsidered, The Barbar Temple: the masonry, The land of Dilmun is holy, Bahrain and the Arabian Gulf during the second millennium B.C.: Urban crisis and colonialism, The chronology of City II and III at Qal'at al-Bahrain, Iron Age Dilmun: A reconsideration of City IV at Qal'at al-Bahrain, MAR-TU and the land of Dilmun, The shell seals of Bahrain, Susa and the Dilmun Culture The Dilmun seals as evidence of long distance relations in the early second millennium B.C., Indus and Gulf type seals from Ur, Animal designs and Gulf chronology, Eyestones and Pearls, The Tarut statue as a peripheral contribution to the knowledge of early Mesopotamian plastic art, Commerce or Conquest: variations in the Mesopotamia-Dilmun Relationship, The occurrence of Dilmun in the oldest texts of Mesopotamia, The Deities of Dilmun, The lands of Dilmun: changing cultural and economic relations during the third to early second millennia B.C., Trade and cultural contacts between Bahrain and India in the third and second millennia B.C., Bahrain and the Indus civilisation, Dilmun's further relations: the Syro-Anatolian evidence from the third and second millennia B.C.; Tylos and Tyre: Bahrain in the Graeco-Roman World, A three generations' matrilineal genealogy in a Hasaean inscription: matrilineal ancestry in Pre-Islamic Arabia Bahrain and its position in an eco-cultural classification-concept of the Gulf: some theoretical aspects of eco-cultural zones, Dilmun and the Late Assyrian Empire, Some notes about Qal'at al-Bahrain during the Hellenistic period, The Janussan necropolis and late first millennium B.C. burial customs in Bahrain, Qal'at al-Bahrain: a strategic position from the Hellenistic period until modern times, The presentation and conservation of archaeological sites in Bahrain, The Barbar Temple site in Bahrain: conservation and presentation, The traditional architecture of Bahrain.

Index

Aamu nomads, 244

Abha, 242

Abqaiq, 248, 287, 367

Abu Bakr, 465

Abu Dhabi, 18, 24, 104, 105, 143, 144, 160, 228

Abu Habbah, 439

Abu Khamis, 85, 92, 93

Abu'l Buhlul b. Muhammad b. Yusul al-Zajjaj, 465

Abu Muhara mosque, 493

Abu Salabikh, 327, 328

Abu Sinan Muhammed ibn al-Fadl, 465

Abu Zaidan mosque, 493

Acemhöyük, 389, 390

Achaemenid dynasty, 26, 227, 230, 432, 438, 439, 443, 444, 464, 490

Adad, 341

Agade, 102, 148, 153, 288

Agaru, 340, 341, 346

Agarum, 199, 249

Agum III, 200

Agum-Kakrime II, 306

Ahlameans, 342

Ahlamu people, 203, 215, 236, 241, 248, 249, 396, 397

Ahmad al-Mughir, 183

Ahuma, 246

Ain Azraq, 237

see also Azraq Ain Dar, 92

Ain Qannas, 84, 85, 86, 89

Akkad, 207, 208, 210

Akkadian period, 25, 115, 138, 153, 183, 185, 222, 263, 264, 274, 283 see also Sargon of Akkad Al Ain, 144, 228

Alalakh, 272

Alamgirpur, 73

Al-Ansary, 442

Al Aqariyah, 16

Alasia, 139, 141, 396

Alat aquifer, 29

Alazum, 245

Al-Bukhāri tradition, 411, 413, 414

Al-Da'asa, 85, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93

Aleppo, 227, 329, 396

Alexander the Great, 399, 401

Al-Fadl al-Uyuni, 465

Al-Hajjar, 141...

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• List of Contents
• Editorial Note
• Introduction
• Shoreline changes in Bahrain since the beginning of human occupation
• Variation in holocene land use patterns on the Bahrain Islands: construction of a land use model
• The human biological history of the Early Bronze Age population in Bahrain
• Dental anthropological investigations on Bahrain
• India and Bahrain: A survey of culture interaction during the third and second millennia
• The prehistory of the Gulf: recent finds
• The Gulf in prehistory
• Some aspects of Neolithic settlement in Bahrain and adjacent regions
• Early maritime cultures of the Arabian Gulf and the Indian Ocean
• The origins of the Dilmun Civilization
• The island on the edge of the world’
• Burial mounds near Ali excavated by the Danish Expedition
• Dilmun – a trading entrepôt: evidence from historical and archaeological sources
• Dilmun and Makkan during the third and early second millennia B.C.
• Death in Dilmun C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky
• The Barbar Temple: stratigraphy, architecture and interpretation
• The Barbar Temple: its chronology and foreign relations reconsidered
• The Barbar Temple: the masonry
• The land of Dilmun is holy…’
• Bahrain and the Arabian Gulf during the second millennium B.C.: Urban crisis and colonialism
• The chronology of City II and III at Qal'at al-Bahrain
• Iron Age Dilmun: A reconsideration of City IV at Qal'at al-Bahrain
• MAR-TU and the land of Dilmun
• The shell seals of Bahrain
• Susa and the Dilmun Culture
• The Dilmun seals as evidence of long distance relations in the early second millennium B.C.
• Indus and Gulf type seals from Ur
• Animal designs and Gulf chronology
• Eyestones and Pearls
• The Tarut statue as a peripheral contribution to the knowledge of early Mesopotamian plastic art
• Commerce or Conquest: variations in the Mesopotamia-Dilmun relationship
• The occurrence of Dilmun in the oldest texts of Mesopotamia
• The Deities of Dilmun
• The lands of Dilmun: changing cultural and economic relations during the third to early second millennia B.C.
• Trade and cultural contacts between Bahrain and India in the third and second millennia B.C.
• Bahrain and the Indus civilisation
• Dilmun's further relations: the Syro-Anatolian evidence from the third and second millennia B.C.
• Tylos and Tyre: Bahrain in the Graeco-Roman World
• A three generations’ matrilineal genealogy in a Hasaean inscription: matrilineal ancestry in Pre-Islamic Arabia
• Bahrain and its position in an eco-cultural classification-concept of the Gulf: some theoretical aspects of eco-cultural zones
• Dilmun and the Late Assyrian Empire
• Some notes about Qal'at al-Bahrain during the Hellenistic period
• The Janussan necropolis and late first millennium B.C. burial customs in Bahrain
• Qal'at al-Bahrain: a strategic position from the Hellenistic period until modern times
• The presentation and conservation of archaeological sites in Bahrain
• The Barbar Temple site in Bahrain: conservation and presentation
• The traditional architecture of Bahrain
• Bibliography
• List of Contributors
• Index