The settlement patterns of north-eastern and south-eastern Arabia in late antiquity |
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| Authors: | Michel Mouton |
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| Institution: | UMR 7041/CNRS –UniversitéParis X, Maison de l'Archéologie et de l'Ethnologie, 21 Allée de l'Université, 92023 Nanterre cedex –France |
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| Abstract: | The east Arabian settlements in antiquity were never large urban sites. However, they were the main centres of the communities that inhabited that area, interfacing between the nomadic and sedentary societies. A study of the distribution and characteristics of these sites reveals different, complementary functions. They were organized in local networks forming the essential structure of the settlement pattern and delineating the territories of communities having their own political identity. |
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| Keywords: | Arabia Arabian Gulf settlement patterns city late pre-Islamic period |
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