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The Neolithic period in the Central Region of the Emirate of Sharjah (UAE)
Author(s) -
Uerpmann HansPeter,
Uerpmann Margarethe,
Kutterer Adelina,
Jasim Sabah A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
arabian archaeology and epigraphy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1600-0471
pISSN - 0905-7196
DOI - 10.1111/aae.12019
Subject(s) - facies , radiocarbon dating , archaeology , period (music) , geology , ancient history , geography , blade (archaeology) , paleontology , history , art , structural basin , aesthetics
Stratified sites at Jebel Faya in the Central Region of the Emirate of Sharjah provide evidence for successive ‘facies’ of the Neolithic period. The oldest facies — found at FAY ‐ NE 1 — yielded 14 C dates in the late ninth millennium cal BC and is characterised by blade arrowheads which are morphologically similar to PPNB points. With 14 C dates from the late eighth and early seventh millennia cal BC , a techno‐complex of large flint artefacts from FAY ‐ NE 10 represents the second Neolithic facies in the area. A sheep tooth from FAY ‐ NE 10, associated to the third facies — characterised by trihedral rods — provides evidence for a Neolithic economy. The respective layer contains numerous small fragments of cremated human bone. It dates to around 6000 cal BC . The fourth facies corresponds to the well‐known ‘Arabian Bifacial Tradition’ and has radiocarbon dates from just before 5000 cal BC to just after 4000 cal BC . The Final Neolithic — found at shell‐middens on the coast of the Gulf of Oman — is to date not represented in the interior.