There is a lacuna of knowledge on the inland trade routes across Bronze Age central Arabia,
which this article seeks to fill based on new evidence from Wādī al‐Fāw, Saudi Arabia …

The Royal Mounds of A'ali in Bahrain has long been shrouded in mystery and suspected to
be the final resting place of the Bronze Age kings of Dilmun. Puzzled by their great size …

This paper deals with the social organisation of early Dilmun in Bahrain based on evidence
from the burial mound record. Complete aerial photography survey and mapping have …

The remembrance of the dead is a ubiquitous dimension of most human societies, and the
spatial dimension of mortuary practices actively constitutes an essential element of the …

Archaeological strontium isotope investigations of the movement of peoples and animals
rely on different methods to characterize a “local” strontium range. In geologically …

This article outlines some general aspects of the Magan and Dilmun trade and goes on to
examine the Umm an‐Nar pottery discovered in the tombs of the Early Dilmun burial …

Discussions of mortuary monumentality of the prehistoric Oman Peninsula are largely
dominated by highly visible Hafit-type cairns and Umm an-Nar tombs of the Early Bronze …

This paper focuses on the major transformation in the social organization of Early Dilmun
society which led to the emergence of the vast mound cemeteries in Bahrain. The paper …

In the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), development has led to social,
economic, political, and cultural changes. These changes pose challenges and threats to …

As a relatively new Ph. D. student (in 2000) I attended a two-day seminar in Tanum. At the
dinner after the first day Kristian and I had an interesting conversation about the female …