Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28854
Title: The exploitation of marine resources at Saruq al‐Hadid: Insights into the movement of people and resources in Bronze and Iron Age south‐eastern Arabia
Contributor(s): Roberts, James  (author); Weeks, Lloyd  (author)orcid ; Fillios, Melanie  (author)orcid ; Cable, Charlotte  (author)orcid ; Carter, Melissa (author); Youssef al Aali, Yaaqoub (author); Boraik Radwan, Mansour (author); Zein, Hassan (author)
Publication Date: 2019-12
Early Online Version: 2019-10-14
DOI: 10.1111/aae.12137
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28854
Abstract: Marine resources were an integral and consistent component of subsistence strategies employed in south-eastern Arabia throughout late prehistory. Of particular interest is the movement of these resources from the coast to interior sites and the implications of this movement for transhumance and trade in the region during this period. Marine species were frequently identified in the faunal assemblage from the inland site of Saruq al-Hadid, dating from the Bronze Age to Early Iron Age (c.2000–c.800 BCE). This included marine fish species, along with two cormorant species (Phalacrocorax sp.) and several fragments of dugong (Dugong dugon). Twenty-seven families of marine shell were also identified in the remains recovered from the site. The presence of these remains at this inland site demonstrates that resources were frequently moved from the coast to the interior throughout Saruq al-Hadid’s occupation, indicative of their enduring significance in subsistence strategies employed at the site. This paper presents the results of zooarchaeological analysis of these remains and discusses the significance of their presence at Saruq al-Hadid, with reference to subsistence, craft production and intra-regional exchange during the Bronze and Iron Ages.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 30(2), p. 179-198
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1600-0471
0905-7196
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 210105 Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 430102 Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas
430101 Archaeological science
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 130702 Understanding Asia’s past
280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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