The Thāj Archaeological Project: results of the first field season
Jérôme Rohmer
(1, 2)
,
Ahmad Al-Jallad
(3)
,
Mahmud Al-Hajiri
(4)
,
Rozan Alkhatib-Alkontar
(5)
,
Tara Beuzen-Waller
,
Paul Calou
(5)
,
Damien Gazagne
(6)
,
Kosmas Pavlopoulos
(7)
Jérôme Rohmer
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Tara Beuzen-Waller
- Fonction : Auteur
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- IdHAL : tara-beuzen-waller
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Résumé
Located 90 km inland from the Gulf coast, west of modern al-Jubayl, Thāj is the largest ancient site known in eastern Arabia. It was a major hub of long-distance trade in the ‘Hellenistic’ period and in the first centuries AD. It has been known to Western scholarship since the beginning of the twentieth century, but only limited surveys and excavations have been carried out at the site so far. In 2016, an international archaeological project led by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH), the CNRS (France), and Leiden University (Netherlands) was launched in order to conduct a comprehensive archaeological exploration of the site, including large-scale excavations and a wide array of specialized studies. This paper presents the results of the first field season of this project, which took place in October–November 2016. These first results already shed new light on the ancient environment, layout, chronology, and material culture of Thāj.
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The Thāj Archaeological Project: results of the first field season
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Résumé |
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Located 90 km inland from the Gulf coast, west of modern al-Jubayl, Thāj is the largest ancient site known in eastern Arabia. It was a major hub of long-distance trade in the ‘Hellenistic’ period and in the first centuries AD. It has been known to Western scholarship since the beginning of the twentieth century, but only limited surveys and excavations have been carried out at the site so far. In 2016, an international archaeological project led by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH), the CNRS (France), and Leiden University (Netherlands) was launched in order to conduct a comprehensive archaeological exploration of the site, including large-scale excavations and a wide array of specialized studies. This paper presents the results of the first field season of this project, which took place in October–November 2016. These first results already shed new light on the ancient environment, layout, chronology, and material culture of Thāj.
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Auteur(s) |
Jérôme Rohmer
1, 2
, Ahmad Al-Jallad
3
, Mahmud Al-Hajiri
4
, Rozan Alkhatib-Alkontar
5
, Tara Beuzen-Waller
, Paul Calou
5
, Damien Gazagne
6
, Kosmas Pavlopoulos
7
1
OM -
ORIENT ET MÉDITERRANÉE : Textes, Archéologie, Histoire
( 542221 )
- 27 rue Paul Bert 94204 IVRY SUR SEINE CEDEX
- France
2
OM-MS -
Équipe Mondes sémitiques
( 551603 )
- France
3
Universiteit Leiden = Leiden University
( 121723 )
- Leiden University | 2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
- Pays-Bas
4
SCTH -
Saudi Commission for Tourism and Heritage
( 456607 )
- Arabie saoudite
5
IPGS -
Institut de physique du globe de Strasbourg
( 93740 )
- 5 Rue René Descartes 67084 STRASBOURG CEDEX
- France
6
EVEHA International
( 1053568 )
- France
7
Sorbonne university Abu Dhabi
( 1076448 )
- Ile d’Al Reem
Abu Dhabi
Émirats Arabes Unis
PO Box 38044
- Émirats arabes unis
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Date de publication |
2018-01-01
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Volume |
48
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Page/Identifiant |
287-302
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Domaine(s) |
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Mots-clés |
en
Thāj, archaeology of eastern Arabia and the Gulf, ‘Hellenistic’/late pre-Islamic period, fortifications, Hasaitic
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