Two wooden coffins from the Shakhoura Necropolis, Bahrain |
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| Authors: | Sø ren Fredslund Andersen,Helle Strehle,Margareta Tengberg, Mustafa Ibrahim Salman |
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| Affiliation: | Moesgaard Museum, Denmark;;University of Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne, France;;Bahrain National Museum, Bahrain |
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| Abstract: | This article presents a detailed analysis of two wooden coffins from the 1st centuries BC/AD on Bahrain. New C14 dates are published of samples taken from the coffins, and their method of manufacture is reconstructed. The unexpected conservation of wood in a humid environment like Bahrain is explained. |
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