TY  - JOUR
A1  - Döpper, Stephanie
T1  - The middle and late bronze age in central Oman: new insights from Tawi Said, Al-Mudhairib and the Wilayat al-Mudhaybi
T2  - Arabian archaeology and epigraphy
N2  - Significant changes in the material culture, subsistence and mode of life are associated with the Middle (c. 2000–1600 BCE) and Late Bronze Ages (c. 1600–1300 BCE) in Eastern Arabia. Since first excavations in the 1970s, research has focused on the United Arab Emirates, where all major sites of this period known to date are situated. This birthed the idea of two different lines of development in the second millennium BC. While a more gradual change is assumed for the United Arab Emirates, Central Oman was regarded as having completely abandoned settled agricultural life, returning to a less complex social organisation. This article presents new evidence from Tawi Said, Al-Mudhairib and the Wilayat al-Mudhaybi that shows that the developments in both regions were more akin to each other than previously assumed. This encourages us to reconsider our assumptions about Central Oman’s social complexity during this pivotal period of Oman’s history.
KW  - Wadi Suq period
KW  - Late Bronze Age
KW  - Central Oman
KW  - tombs
KW  - settlement sites
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/61782
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-617824
SN  - 1600-0471
IS  - Online Version of Record before inclusion in an issue
SP  - 1
EP  - 15
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Copenhagen
ER  -