Dilmun and Its Gulf Neighbours

by Harriet E.W. Crawford and Harriet Crawford

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521586798
• ISBN13: 9780521586795
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.7"