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Dating Persistent Short-Term Human Activity in a Complex Depositional Environment: Late Prehistoric Occupation at Saruq al-Hadid, Dubai

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2019

Lloyd Weeks Open the ORCID record for Lloyd Weeks [Opens in a new window] ,
Charlotte M Cable ,
Steven Karacic ,
Kristina A Franke ,
David M Price ,
Claire Newton ,
James Roberts ,
Yaaqoub Youssef Al Ali ,
Mansour Boraik  and
Hassan Zein
Lloyd Weeks*
Affiliation:
Archaeology, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England, Armidale 2351, NSW, Australia
Charlotte M Cable
Affiliation:
Archaeology, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England, Armidale 2351, NSW, Australia
Steven Karacic
Affiliation:
Dept. of Classics, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Kristina A Franke
Affiliation:
Archaeology, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England, Armidale 2351, NSW, Australia
David M Price
Affiliation:
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong2522, NSW, Australia
Claire Newton
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d’archéologie et de patrimoine, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada
James Roberts
Affiliation:
Archaeology, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England, Armidale 2351, NSW, Australia
Yaaqoub Youssef Al Ali
Affiliation:
Architectural Heritage and Archaeology Department, Dubai Municipality, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Mansour Boraik
Affiliation:
Architectural Heritage and Archaeology Department, Dubai Municipality, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Hassan Zein
Affiliation:
Architectural Heritage and Archaeology Department, Dubai Municipality, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
*
*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

The archaeological site of Saruq al-Hadid, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, presents a long sequence of persistent temporary human occupation on the northern edge of the Rub’ al-Khali desert. The site is located in active dune fields, and evidence for human activity is stratified within a deep sequence of natural dune deposits that reflect complex taphonomic processes of deposition, erosion and reworking. This study presents the results of a program of radiocarbon (14C) and thermoluminescence dating on deposits from Saruq al-Hadid, allied with studies of material remains, which are amalgamated with the results of earlier absolute dating studies provide a robust chronology for the use of the site from the Bronze Age to the Islamic period. The results of the dating program allow the various expressions of human activity at the site—ranging from subsistence activities such as hunting and herding, to multi-community ritual activities and large scale metallurgical extraction—to be better situated chronologically, and thus in relation to current debates regarding the development of late prehistoric and early historic societies in southeastern Arabia.

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ArabiaBronze AgeIron AgeLate Pre-Islamicmobile dunesRub’ al-Khali desert
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Research Article
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Radiocarbon , Volume 61 , Issue 4 , August 2019 , pp. 1041 - 1075
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