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24. Documentation and evaluation of maritime endangered archaeology in the Kingdom of Bahrain (the MarEA project).

Author

ORTIZ-VAZQUEZ, RODRIGO, CARTER, ROBERT, BLUE, LUCY, and AL-MAHARI, SALMAN

Subjects
COASTAL archaeology, HISTORIC sites, CULTURAL property, REMOTE-sensing images, URBAN growth, UNDERWATER archaeology, ARCHAEOLOGY
Abstract

This paper outlines some of the research goals and methodological objectives of the Maritime Endangered Archaeology (MarEA) project, taking the maritime and coastal archaeology of the Kingdom of Bahrain as a case study. The Arabian Gulf's exponential population growth and fast rate of urban development, particularly in the coastal margins, has had a profound impact on the maritime cultural heritage (MCH) of the region and in particular, on the coastal heritage of the Kingdom of Bahrain over the last decades. Therefore, the need to document and assess threats to the maritime and coastal archaeology of the island has never been so urgent. MarEA aims to document and record submerged and coastal archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa, through the analysis of satellite imagery, extant datasets, and literature, working closely with local partners. The project evaluates disturbances and threats acting upon the cultural heritage. It does so by consolidating the information in EAMENA's (Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa project) open-access database. This paper highlights MarEA's methodology by demonstrating an analysis of threats and changes that have destroyed, impacted, or continue to impact maritime cultural heritage sites in Bahrain, including Qal'at al-Bahrain, the coastal towns of Manama and Muharraq, and offshore sites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2022

26. Funerary archaeology in Qatar: old data and new discoveries.

Author

SAKAL, FERHAN, BALDONI, MARICA, AL-HASHMI, MUNA, TOMEI, SARA, MARTINEZ-LABARGA, CRISTINA, and AL NAIMI, FAISAL

Subjects
ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations, ARCHAEOLOGY, IRON Age, POPULATION dynamics, INTERMENT, ANTHROPOMETRY
Abstract

This paper reports preliminary findings from select re-analyses and new excavations conducted under remit of the project 'Human Populations and Demographics in Qatar from the Neolithic to the Late Iron Age' (performed in cooperation with Sidra Medicine, the Department of Biology of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, and Qatar Museums Authority). Due to the absence of large settlements, our understanding of pre-Islamic societies in Qatar has until recently been extremely limited. However, progress in bioarchaeological research methods offers new possibilities to address this knowledge gap. Several thousand pre-Islamic burials can now be used as an important resource to elucidate the relationship between population dynamics and sociocultural changes in pre-Islamic Qatar. In addition to analysis of previously excavated skeletal remains, new excavations can be conducted in carefully chosen cemeteries from different pre-Islamic periods, thereby allowing bioarchaeological samples to be retrieved from undisturbed burial contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2022

33. New Frontiers in Archaeology: Proceedings of the Cambridge Annual Student Archaeology Conference 2019

Author

Kaercher, Kyra, Arntz, Monique, Bomentre, Nancy, Hermoso-Buxán, Xosé L., Kay, Kevin, Ki, Sabrina, Macleod, Ruairidh, Muñoz-Mojado, Helena, Timbrell, Lucy, Wisher, Izzy, Kaercher, Kyra, Arntz, Monique, Bomentre, Nancy, Hermoso-Buxán, Xosé L., Kay, Kevin, Ki, Sabrina, Macleod, Ruairidh, Muñoz-Mojado, Helena, Timbrell, Lucy, and Wisher, Izzy

Published
2020
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