Tell Abraq: cross-cultural connections in the Persian Gulf from the Late Bronze Age to the early centuries AD

2025/11/17 by Michele Degli Esposti · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Ancient Near East History #Archaeology and Historical Studies #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Bronze Age #Chronology #Key (lock) #Period (music) #Persian

paper · pdf · doi:10.15184/aqy.2025.10246

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Abstract

Tell Abraq (United Arab Emirates) is a key site in south-east Arabian archaeology, evidencing over three millennia of continuous human occupation. Recent discoveries highlight its inclusion in trade networks across the Persian Gulf and beyond and illustrate how the nature of the site changed through time.

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