The land of Enki in the Islamic era : pearls, palms, and religious identity in Bahrain
Timothy Insoll
Bok · Engelsk · 2005
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| Omfang | xxvii, 575, 26 sider : : illustrasjoner, figurer, kart (noen kolorerte)
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| Opplysninger | Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""Chapter 2 Survey and Settlement""; ""Chapter 3 Stratigraphy and Architecture""; ""Chapter 4 The Pottery""; ""Chapter 5 The Faunal and Botanical Remains""; ""Part 1. The Mammal, Bird, Reptile, and Mollusc Remains from Bilad al-Qadim""; ""Part 2. Ecofactual Analysis of the Soil Samples""; ""Part 3. The Fish Bones""; ""Chapter 6 Agriculture, Diet, and the Social Role of Food""; ""Chapter 7 The Glass Vessel Fragments, Bracelets, Beads, Pendants, and Spindle Whorls""""Chapter 8 The Coins and other Metalwork""; ""Chapter 9 The Miscellaneous Finds""; ""Chapter 10 Trade, Exchange, and Related Processes""; ""Chapter 11 Religious and Social Identity""; ""Chapter 12 Conclusions""; ""Appendices""; ""Appendix 3.1: Pottery Periods and Contexts by Unit""; ""Appendix 4.1: Ware Descriptions""; ""Appendix 4.2: Common Ware Types""; ""Appendix 4.3: Supplementary Pottery Tables and Charts""; ""Appendix 5.1[1]: General Key to Mammal Measurements""; ""Appendix 5.1[2]: Fusion Data""; ""Appendix 5.1[3]: Quantification Data""""Appendix 5.1[4]: List of the Molluscs and Authors Quantified in Table 5.1[10] (but not mentioned in the text)""; ""Appendix 5.1[5]: Mollusc Reference Key -- Groups""; ""Appendix 5.2: The Non-Marine Mollusc Identification Key""; ""Appendix 5.3: Fish Bone Data Tables""; ""Appendix 7.1: Catalogue of Glass Vessel Fragments""; ""Appendix 7.2: Glass Samples Analysed""; ""Appendix 7.3: Catalogue of Glass Bracelet Fragments""; ""Appendix 7.4: Catalogue of Glass Kohl Applicator Fragments""; ""Appendix 7.5: Catalogue of Beads and Pendants""; ""Appendix 7.6: Results of XRD Analysis of Selected Beads, Pendants, Stone Vessels and Spindle Whorls from Bilad al-Qadim""""Appendix 8.1: Catalogue of Lead Coins/Weights and Associated Debris""; ""Appendix 8.2: Catalogue of Metalwork""; ""Appendix 8.3: Results of the Analytical Study of the Metalworking Debris""; ""Appendix 9.1: Comments on the Sherds with Arabic Script""; ""Appendix 9.2: Report and Catalogue of Lithics""; ""Appendix 9.3: Catalogue of Soft-Stone Vessel Fragments""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""Contributors"". - This study results from an intensive years fieldwork completed in Bahrain in 2001. This comprised two seasons of both excavations and surveys (February-May and September-November), separated by the Bahraini summer when it was deemed too hot to work effectively in the field.
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| ISBN | 0710309600. - 9780710309600
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