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Dilmun is a kingdom mentioned in the ancient Mesopotamian texts. This kingdom monopolized the gulf trade between Mesopotamia, Magan and Meluhha and flourished in the early 2nd Millennium BC. Dilmun is currently identified with modern... more
Dilmun is a kingdom mentioned in the ancient Mesopotamian texts. This kingdom monopolized the gulf trade between Mesopotamia, Magan and Meluhha and flourished in the early 2nd Millennium BC. Dilmun is currently identified with modern Bahrain however this island was sparsely occupied between 4000 BC and 2200 BC. As a result it has been argued that a large population immigrated to Bahrain around 2200 BC. The aim of this paper is to consider questions regarding the origin of the Dilmunites through a comparative study of the burial traditions in Bahrain and neighboring regions. This paper suggests that the Dilmunites probably originated from Amorite pastoral nomads who dwelt in the northern inner arid regions of West Asia.
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This is the abstract submitted to the proceedings of "Perspectives from the Periphery: Galilee in the Cultural Changes through Ages", which was held at Rikkyo Univeristy, Tokyo from 27 to 29 May in 2011.
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This paper analyzes the chipped stone assemblage excavated from the Early Pottery Neolithic layers (the late 7th millennium BCE) of Qasr-e Ahmad in the Qara Aghaj valley, Fars in southwest Iran. Previous studies showed obsidian... more
This paper analyzes the chipped stone assemblage excavated from the Early Pottery Neolithic layers (the late 7th millennium BCE) of Qasr-e Ahmad in the Qara Aghaj valley, Fars in southwest Iran. Previous studies showed obsidian disappeared during the Late Pottery Neolithic (the early 6th millennium BCE). However the reason is still not clear. The analysis of the assemblage from Qasr-e Ahmad shows that obsidian stone tool production during the Early Pottery Neolithic focused on the production of hunting tools and suggests that the disappearance of obsidian during the Late Pottery Neolithic was probably caused by the introduction of irrigation agriculture and full-fledged herding of sheep and goats and decline in hunting.