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Islamic remains in Bahrain / by Karen Frifelt ; with contributions by Pernille Bangsgaard, Venetia Porter.
Penn Museum Library DS247.B23 F75 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frifelt, Karen.
- Series:
- Jutland Archaeological Society publication ; 37.
- Jutland Archaeological Society publications, 0107-2854 ; v. 37
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic pottery.
- Islamic antiquities.
- Qalʻat ʻAjāj (Bahrain)--Antiquities.
- Qalʻat ʻAjāj (Bahrain).
- Barbar Site (Bahrain).
- Islamic antiquities--Bahrain.
- Islamic pottery--Bahrain.
- Bahrain--Antiquities.
- Bahrain.
- Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- 207 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Højbjerg : Jutland Archaeological Society, in association with Moesgaard Museum and Ministry of Information, State of Bahrain ; Aarhus : Distributed by Aarhus University Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- The initial aim of the Danish archaeological campaigns in Bahrain was to look for settlements contemporary with the 'Hundred Thousand Gravemounds'. After the first few campaigns it was evident, however, that the island was such a rich archaeological field that investigation of all periods from the earliest flint-using culture to the later Islamic world was called for.
- Among the Islamic remains was an exceptionally fine collection of Early Islamic pottery and glass recovered from the rubbish which filled up a well at the Barbar site where a temple from around 2000 BC was excavated. These remains are published in this volume along with finds from the Islamic settlement at the Qala'a mound, especially the Islamic Fortress.
- The finds include pottery, metals, stone objects, jewellery, glass and coins. Additional chapters deal with animal bones found in the Barbar Well and Arabic inscriptions from the Qala'at al-Bahrain excavations.
- Notes:
- At head of title: The Carlsberg Foundation's Gulf Project.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 8788415104
- OCLC:
- 48458146
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