Multi-disciplinary research on the past human ecology of the east Arabian coast: excavations at Hamriya and Tell Abraq (Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)

  1. Peter Magee1,
  2. Hans-Peter Uerpmann2,
  3. Margarethe Uerpmann2,
  4. Sabah Abboud Jasim3,
  5. Marc Händel2,
  6. Don Barber1,
  7. Crystal Fritz1,
  8. Emily Hammer4

Article first published online: 17 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2008.00304.x

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volume 20, Issue 1, pages 18–29, May 2009

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Magee, P., Uerpmann, H.-P., Uerpmann, M., Jasim, S. A., Händel, M., Barber, D., Fritz, C. and Hammer, E. (2009), Multi-disciplinary research on the past human ecology of the east Arabian coast: excavations at Hamriya and Tell Abraq (Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates). Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 20: 18–29. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2008.00304.x

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  1. 1

    Bryn Mawr College, 101 North Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, USA e-mail: pmagee@brynmawr.edu, dbarber@brynmawr.edu

  2. 2

    The University of Tübingen e-mail: hans-peter.uerpmann@uni-tuebingen.de, margarethe.uerpmann@uni-tuebingen.de

  3. 3

    Sharjah Directorate of Archaeology, Government of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE e-mail: sjasim@archaeology.gov.ae

  4. 4

    Dept. of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138, USA e-mail: ehammer@fas.harvard.edu

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Keywords:

  • coastal archaeology;
  • Arabia;
  • deviation from the global reservoir effect;
  • environmental

The results of two seasons of research at Hamriya and Tell Abraq (Sharjah, UAE) by an international team of researchers are presented. The research has revealed extensive evidence for occupation from c. 5000 BC to the recent past adjoining lagoon areas that face the Arabian Gulf. C14 analysis of shells has contributed to understanding the chronology of settlement and also assisted our understanding of species-specific deviation from the global reservoir effect.

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