| Autor: |
VALENTE, TATIANA, CONTRERAS, FERNANDO, VILA, BERNARDO, FERNÁNDEZ, ADRIÁN, ALI, BADER AL, KARIM, MANSOUR, ZEIN, HASSAN |
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Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies; 2023, Vol. 52, p355-371, 17p |
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The site of Al Qusais had long been forgotten until recent interest from Dubai Municipality in reassessing the data uncovered in its 1970s and 1990s excavations. The first excavations uncovered two main areas of occupation, a Bronze and Iron Age necropolis and the so-called 'Mound of Serpents', where numerous copper snakes and snake-decorated ceramics were found, associated with what seems to be a columned hall, characteristic of the Iron Age II period. In the 1990s, new excavations were held in the necropolis area, where 101 burial pits were found. A rich assemblage of burial goods and human remains were uncovered in them, although they were never studied or published. After almost thirty years, new excavations were therefore held and the data reassessed. Although the excavation did not last long, more burial pits were identified, the previously uncovered material was studied and chronologically interpreted, human remains properly identified, and a geomorphological and environmental study was held to understand its prehistoric landscape. The results from this 2020 reassessment and excavation presented here will, it is hoped, help us to understand the 'cultural' shifts that occurred from the Bronze to the Iron Age period, still so poorly understood and so difficult to distinguish from one another. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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