The Al Khudairah Necropolis (Sharjah, UAE): Reflections from the 2023 Field Season

• Authors: Carmen del Cerro Linares , Carlos Fernández Rodríguez , Paula Gómez Sanz , Alicia Alonso García , Armando González Martín

Abstracts

EN

The necropolis from Jebel al Khudairah, located in the Central Region of the Emirate of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) witnessed excavations in 2020 and 2023 from members of the Spanish Archaeological and Archaeobiological Mission at Sharjah, drawn from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. In this paper we present a preliminary overview of the results from these two field seasons after completing excavations of five tombs of very diverse types, located in several sectors of the jebel. Only one of them provided remains of burials of at least two individuals accompanied by a metal arrowhead. Nevertheless, the preliminary comparative analysis of the architecture of the structures as well as of the only datable find, allows one to make some suggestions concerning the chronological span of the necropolis.

Keywords

EN

al Khudairah; Sharjah; necropolis; burial mound; anthropological studies

• Publisher: Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Études et Travaux (Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences)
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 36
• Pages: 39-56

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Carmen del Cerro Linares

• Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid

• https://orcid.org/0000000300840096

author

Carlos Fernández Rodríguez

• Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid

• https://orcid.org/0000000316290893

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Paula Gómez Sanz

• Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid

• https://orcid.org/000000020065347X

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Alicia Alonso García

• Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid

• https://orcid.org/0000000346809107

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Armando González Martín

• Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid

• https://orcid.org/0000000192161220

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/EtudTrav.36.002

Biblioteka Nauki

28763082