Initial results from the programme of petrographic analysis of Iron Age pottery from the United Arab Emirates |
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Authors: | A. Benoist S. Méry |
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Affiliation: | 1. CNRS/Maison de l'Orient, , 69365 Lyon cedex 07, France;2. UMR 7041 ArScAn, Maison de l'archéologie et de l'ethnologie R. Ginouvès, , 92023 Nanterre cedex, France |
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Abstract: | This article presents the results of petrographic analyses of a collection of sixty potsherds from various sites of the Iron Age period in south‐eastern Arabia. Several macroscopic groups were identified during previous research. The fine red painted ware and the sandy buff ware appear to be homogeneous in composition and might represent two groups of production. Compositionally, fine red painted ware recalls Bronze Age pottery groups in Oman. Sandy buff ware could have been produced in the oasis of Al Ain, in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Both groups are represented at several sites, which indicates regional exchange. One sherd from Rumeilah could be related to Mesopotamian ceramics and is probably a Mesopotamian import. |
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Keywords: | pottery Iron Age south‐eastern Arabia petrographic analysis exchange |
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