Failaka Archaeological Research Project. Preliminary results after the first season of excavation at the Kharaib el-Desht site in 2013/ Appendix 1: Kharaib el-Desht 2013: pottery. Preliminary report/ Appendix 2: Survey of Kharaib el-Desht Bay on Failaka Island: preliminary report

• Authors: Pieńkowska, Agnieszka , Mierzejewska, Marta , Nowakowska, Magdalena

Abstracts

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The site of Kharaib el-Desht on Failaka Island, Kuwait, was explored by an archaeological Kuwaiti–Polish team for the first time in 2013. The project included a survey and underwater archaeological research. Preliminary results indicate a dating of the site to the late Islamic period. Pottery collected from the survey of the site and from the excavations has been studied in a sepearate appendix to this report. As for the underwater and waterfront archaeology project, the main objective was to locate and describe seashore archaeological sites, provide documentary evidence and manage proper preservation of the discoveries in order to further educational opportunities.

Keywords

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Gulf archaeology; Kuwait; Failaka; late Islamic period

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 24(1)
• Pages: 560-589

Contributors

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Pieńkowska, Agnieszka

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Mierzejewska, Marta

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Nowakowska, Magdalena

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0010.0094