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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

Tumulus burial field on the north coast of Kuwait Bay. Preliminary excavation report on the spring season in 2012

2015, 24, No. 1

Łukasz Rutkowski

0000-0002-0721-5392

Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw

University of Warsaw, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, Centrum Archeologii Śródziemnomorskiej

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0010.0091

Publication date

28.02.2016

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Humanities

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archeology

Language of publication

English

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Abstract

Field research was concentrated on excavating burial mounds and non-sepulchral structures located in two different microregions: Muhaita (a new cluster of five structures representing different categories) and Bahra/Nahdain (three tumuli of which two represented a type with outer ring wall that had not been excavated so far). The excavation also provided the first secure dating evidence for the burial field in the form of a radiocarbon date for material from one of the tumuli and a dating based on the first pottery find from the tombs for another one. This has supported an earlier hypothesis that at least part of the cemetery should be dated to the Early/Middle Bronze Age. Areas between previously investigated locations were surveyed, completing gaps in the hitherto studied regions.

Keywords:

Gulf archaeology,burial mounds (tumuli),cemetery in Kuwait,tumuli with outer ring

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