Insights on the Late Bronze Age economy in south-eastern Arabia Self-sufficiency and exchanges in Masafi-5

Maria Paola Pellegrino, Julien Charbonnier (julcharbonnier@gmail.com), Anne Benoist, Delphine Decruyenaere, Kevin Lidour, Michele Degli Esposti and Aurélien Hamel
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Maria Paola Pellegrino: Archaïos - Archaïos - Archaeology, Culture & Heritage
Julien Charbonnier: Archaïos - Archaïos - Archaeology, Culture & Heritage
Anne Benoist: Archéorient - ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Delphine Decruyenaere: BioArch - BioArchéologie, Interactions Sociétés Environnements - MNHN - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Kevin Lidour: ArScAn - Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UP8 - Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - MCC - Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Michele Degli Esposti: Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures - PAN - Polska Akademia Nauk = Polish Academy of Sciences = Académie polonaise des sciences
Aurélien Hamel: CReAAH - Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire - UM - Le Mans Université - UR - Université de Rennes - UR2 - Université de Rennes 2 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - MC - Ministère de la Culture - Nantes Univ - UFR HHAA - Nantes Université - UFR Histoire, Histoire de l'Art et Archéologie - Nantes Université - pôle Humanités - Nantes Univ - Nantes Université

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Abstract: The results of recent fieldwork conducted in Masafi-5, as well as laboratory studies on the collected materials, renew our knowledge about the lifestyle and economy of the Late Bronze Age (LBA) populations in south-eastern Arabia. The inter­ disciplinary studies conducted by the French Archaeological Mission in the UAE over the past 10 years, indeed revealed a rich economy characterised by sedentary agriculture and animal husbandry as well as multiple craft activities (manufacture of ceramics, processing of seashells, and metallurgy) based both on the exploitation of local resources and regional exchanges. In addition, Masafi-5, thanks to a well-established stratigraphic sequence, absolute dating and a comprehensive typo-chronology of the local pottery, provides new data for a discussion of the LBA chronology.

Keywords: United Arab Emirates; Ceramology; Masafi-5; Late Bronze Age; Masafi (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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Published in Advances in UAE Archaeology: Proceedings of Abu Dhabi’s Archaeology Conference 2022, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, pp.157-182, 2023, 9781803276731. ⟨10.2307/jj.14638142.12⟩

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DOI: 10.2307/jj.14638142.12

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