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In the beginning: Marhashi and the origins of Magan's ceramic industry in the third millennium BC
Author(s) -
Potts D.T.
Publication year - 2005
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/j.1600-0471.2005.00042.x
Subject(s) - peninsula , archaeology , ancient history , geography , history
Ceramics from the Jiroft plain in southeastern Iran are compared with material of Umm an‐Nar‐type dating to the mid‐ and late third millennium BC in the Oman Peninsula. Technological and stylistic comparisons suggest the strong possibility that potters from the Iranian side of the Straits of Hormuz may have been the instigators of Magan's earliest ceramic industry.