H 290 x W 205 mm
220 pages
Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white
Published Jul 2016
ISBN
Paperback: 9781784913953
Digital: 9781784913960
Keywords
Oman; rescue excavations; archaeology; Sasanian; Samad; Batinah
British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs 18
By Ben Saunders
This report presents the results of rescue excavations conducted during the spring and summer of 2014 in preparation for the construction of the Batinah Expressway (Packages 3 and 4) on the Batinah coastal plain in al-Batinah North Governate
Section I: Introduction; Section II: Tomb typology; Section IIIa: The excavations; Section IIIb: Package 4; Section IV: The human remains (Alyson Caine); Section V: Finds from the excavations (Andrew Blair, Cameron Clegg, Anna Hilton, Heiko Kalweit, Derek Kennet, Peter Magee, Ben Saunders, and Michel de Vreeze); Section VI: Discussion (W.M. Deadman); Bibliography