Failaka Island in the Late Islamic Period. Investigations at the fishing village of Kharaib al‐Dasht

2021/03/30 by Agnieszka Pieńkowska, Marek Truszkowski · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Archaeology and Historical Studies #Archaeological Research and Protection #Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

paper · doi:10.1111/aae.12189

openalex publication_date 2021/03/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

Abstract The aim of the paper is to present the architectural remains and spatial organisation of the site of Kharaib al‐Dasht, a Late Islamic fishing village dating from the late seventeenth to the nineteenth century. In the course of six seasons of excavation, which started in 2013, there was uncovered a part of this extensive site, revealing remnants of a fish processing area, residential architecture and a mosque. The findings from Kharaib al‐Dasht serve here as a starting point for a discussion on the character of settlement activity on Failaka in the Late Islamic period, which was a time of dynamic change in the political and economic landscape of the region as evidenced by the available written sources.

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• History of Kuwait [wikipedia]

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