HLO1‐south: An Early Neolithic site in Wadi al‐Hilo (Sharjah, UAE)

Site HLO1 (Sharjah, UAE), situated in a particularly favourable geographical position, has provided an extraordinary range of anthropogenic radiocarbon dates, spanning before 8000 to Zero BCE. The Neolithic is represented by finds from the eighth to the fifth millennium BCE. Apart from the dated fir...

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Published in:Arabian archaeology and epigraphy 2018-05, Vol.29 (1), p.1-9
Main Authors: Uerpmann, Margarethe, Uerpmann, Hans‐Peter, Hinderer, Matthias, Lindauer, Susanne, Neureiter, Christina, Ghukasyan, Robert, Kesejyan, Suren, Petrosyan, Arthur
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bronze Age
graves
HLO1
Murals
Neolithic
radiocarbon dates
Sharjah
United Arab Emirates
Wadi al‐Hilo
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Summary:Site HLO1 (Sharjah, UAE), situated in a particularly favourable geographical position, has provided an extraordinary range of anthropogenic radiocarbon dates, spanning before 8000 to Zero BCE. The Neolithic is represented by finds from the eighth to the fifth millennium BCE. Apart from the dated fireplaces, however, there are almost no typical artefacts of this period. Small stone structures appear to have been early Neolithic graves. A middle Neolithic grave consisted of a large rounded stone heap which was reused as a grave during the Late Bronze Age. The site is interpreted as a campsite of nomadic herders, used throughout the Neolithic period. After a break in the fourth millennium BCE, the site became a Bronze Age smelting site which continued to be settled until the Late Iron Age.
ISSN:0905-7196
1600-0471
DOI:10.1111/aae.12107