Location of PhD research sites 


Note that all the results of the analysis of fish bones from these sites was subsequently published in:

Beech, M.J. 2004. In the Land of the Ichthyophagi: Modelling fish exploitation in the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman from the 5th millennium BC to the Late Islamic period - Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey Monograph 1. British Archaeological Reports International Series S1217. ISBN 1841715778. Price £ 39.00 UK pounds. xxi + 293 pages; 126 figures, maps, plans, drawings, photographs; 232 tables; 8 Appendices of data, remains and sites. ( To order this book visit the Archaeopress website - More details - How to order )

 
SITE CODE SITE NAME LOCATION DATE TYPE EXCAVATOR
KUW Kuwait Kuwait Ubaid - 6-5th millennium BC settlement midden (mainland) Harriet Crawford and Rob Carter, Institute of Archaeology (UCL), London (1998-9)
DOS Dosariyah al “Dikaka” area, 12km south of the coastal town of Jubail, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia Ubaid - 6-5th millennium BC settlement midden (mainland) Abdullah Masry (late 1960's)
DA11 Dalma site 11 Dalma Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Ubaid - 6-5th millennium BC settlement midden (offshore island) Elizabeth Shepherd and Kate Flavin (1993-4), Mark Beech and Joseph Elders (1998), ADIAS
SBY2 Sir Bani Yas site 2 Sir Bani Yas Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Early Christian/pre-Islamic, 5-8th century AD villa associated with monastic settlement 
(offshore island)		 Salvatore Garfi, ADIAS (1994-5)
SBY3 Sir Bani Yas site 3 Sir Bani Yas Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Early Christian/pre-Islamic, 5-8th century AD villa associated with monastic settlement 
(offshore island)		 Joseph Elders, ADIAS (1993-4)
SBY4 Sir Bani Yas site 4 Sir Bani Yas Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Early Christian/pre-Islamic, 5-8th century AD villa associated with monastic settlement 
(offshore island)		 Salvatore Garfi, ADIAS (1996)
SBY7 Sir Bani Yas site 7 Sir Bani Yas Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Early Christian/pre-Islamic, 5-8th century AD villa associated with monastic settlement 
(offshore island)		 Elizabeth Shepherd, ADIAS (1995)
SBY9 Sir Bani Yas site 9 Sir Bani Yas Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Early Christian (Nestorian)/pre-Islamic, 5-8th century AD church and monastery (offshore island) Joseph Elders, ADIAS (1994-6)
SBY18 Sir Bani Yas site 18 Sir Bani Yas Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Late-Islamic settlement midden (offshore island) ADIAS survey (1992)
LIF94 Lifiyah  Lifiyah, west of Marawah, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Late-Islamic settlement midden (offshore island) Jakub Czastka and Alex Wasse, ADIAS (1994)
MR1.54 Marawah site 1.54 Marawah Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Arabian bifacial, 5-4th millennium BC settlement midden (offshore island) ADIAS survey (1992)
MR6.1 Marawah site 6.1 Marawah Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Early Islamic settlement midden (offshore island) Nadia Iacono and Graham Wilson, ADIAS (1999)
MR6.3 Marawah site 6.3 Marawah Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Early Islamic settlement midden (offshore island) Nadia Iacono and Graham Wilson, ADIAS (1999)
MR9 Marawah site 9 Marawah Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Late-Islamic settlement midden (offshore island) Jodie Benton, Soren Blau and Nadia Iacono, ADIAS (1999)
MR12.3 Marawah site 12.3 Marawah Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Late-Islamic settlement midden (offshore island) Jodie Benton, Soren Blau and Nadia Iacono, ADIAS (1999)
MR14 Marawah site 14 Marawah Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Late-Islamic settlement midden (offshore island) Jakub Czastka and Alex Wasse, ADIAS (1994)
MR15 Marawah site 15 Marawah Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Late-Islamic settlement midden (offshore island) Jakub Czastka and Alex Wasse, ADIAS (1994)
MR16 Merawah site 16 Marawah Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Late-Islamic settlement midden (offshore island) Jakub Czastka and Alex Wasse, ADIAS (1994)
BG6 Balghelam site 6 Balghelam Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Late-Islamic, 16th-19th century AD settlement midden (offshore island) Salvatore Garfi, ADIAS (1996)
BG9 Balghelam site 9 Balghelam Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Late-Islamic, 16th-19th century AD settlement midden (offshore island) Salvatore Garfi, ADIAS (1996)
BG12 Balghelam site 12 Balghelam Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE Late-Islamic, 16th-19th century AD settlement midden (offshore island) Mark Beech, ADIAS (1997)
UAQ92 Umm al-Qaiwain (1992) Umm al-Qaiwain, Umm al-Qaiwain Emirate, UAE Ubaid, 5-4th millennium BC settlement midden associated with cemetery (mainland) Carl Phillips, Institute of Archaeology (UCL), London (1992)
UAQ-FS-93 Umm al-Qaiwain (1993 - Flying School) Umm al-Qaiwain, Umm al-Qaiwain Emirate, UAE Ubaid, 5-4th millennium BC settlement midden (mainland) Carl Phillips, Institute of Archaeology (UCL), London (1993)
EDN North Ed-Dur Umm al-Qaiwain Emirate, UAE Iron age, 1st millennium BC settlement midden (mainland) Carl Phillips, Institute of Archaeology (UCL), London (?year)
JU Julfar Julfar, Ras al-Khaimah Emirate, UAE Islamic, mid-14th - early 16th century AD settlement (mainland) Tatsuo and Hanae Sasaki, University of Kanazawa (1988-94)
JAH Jazirat al-Hulayla Jazirat al-Hulayla, Ras al-Khaimah Emirate, UAE Islamic, 5-17th century AD settlement ("offshore" island) Tatsuo and Hanae Sasaki, University of Kanazawa (1995-98)
KU Kush Kush, Ras al-Khaimah Emirate, UAE Islamic, early 12th- 
19th century AD		 settlement (mainland) Derek Kennet, Department of Archeology, University of Durham (1995-99)
SH602 Shimal site 602 Shimal, Ras al-Khaimah Emirate, UAE Shimal, 2nd millennium BC midden associated with tomb (mainland) Derek Kennet, Department of Archeology, University of Durham (1997)
UAN2 Shimal site "Umm an-Nar 2" Shimal, Ras al-Khaimah Emirate, UAE Umm al-Nar, 3rd millennium BC midden associated with tomb (mainland) Derek Kennet, Department of Archeology, University of Durham (1997-8)
RAF Rafaq Wadi el-Qawr, Ras al-Khaimah Emirate, UAE Iron age, 1st millennium BC midden associated with tomb (mainland) Carl Phillips, Institute of Archaeology (UCL), London (?year)
KAL Kalba Kalba, Sharjah Emirate, UAE Umm al-Nar, Wadi Suq and Iron age, 3rd-1st millennium BC settlement (mainland) Carl Phillips, Institute of Archaeology (UCL), London (1990-99)
 
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