Hajji Muhammad Ware in the Gulf. New Data from the Ubaid-Related Site Bahra 1 (Kuwait)

• Authors: Anna Smogorzewska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper discusses Hajji Muhammad ware in the context of the Gulf, where Ubaid-related sites were identified. It focuses on new data concerning Hajji Muhammad ware provided from a recently excavated site Bahra 1 (Kuwait). Style, morphological types and decorative motifs of Hajji Muhammad ware from Bahra 1 are discussed in extent. Pottery evidence from Bahra 1 has been employed in this paper to discuss the validity of Hajji Muhammad ware as an chronological indicator and the function of this ware among Neolithic population in the Gulf.

Keywords

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Hajji Muhammad; Bahra 1; pottery; Persian/Arabian Gulf; Ubaid

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Études et Travaux (Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences)
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 28
• Pages: 141–158

Contributors

author

Anna Smogorzewska

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