02856oam 2200625I 450 991081857040332120240405065107.01-134-96792-61-134-96793-41-280-33709-50-203-32714-40-203-03726-X10.4324/9780203037263(CKB)1000000000254342(EBL)179984(OCoLC)252810506(SSID)ssj0000289069(PQKBManifestationID)11220289(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289069(PQKBWorkID)10383203(PQKB)10387758(MiAaPQ)EBC179984(Au-PeEL)EBL179984(CaPaEBR)ebr10058252(CaONFJC)MIL33709(EXLCZ)99100000000025434220180331d1994 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe archaeology of the Arabian Gulf, c. 5000-323 BC /Michael Rice1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,1994.1 online resource (xvii, 369 pages) illustrations, mapsThe Experience of archaeologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-51319-7 0-415-03268-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-357) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Preface; Acknowledgements; THE ARABIAN GULF IN ANTIQUITY; THE PROGRESS OF GULF ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE, SEA-LEVELS, MAN AND HIS COMPANIONS; DILMUN, THE ANCIENT CULTURE OF THE GULF; THE POLITY OF THE ANCIENT GULF; THE MYTHS OF SUMER AND DILMUN; BAHRAIN: THE BLESSED ISLAND; DILMUN'S NEIGHBOURING LANDS; THE MERCHANTS OF DILMUN; GILGAMESH, THE GULF AND THE LAND OF THE LIVING; THE ENIGMA OF DILMUN; The Chronology of the Arabian Gulf; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe archaeological remains in the Gulf area are astounding, and still relatively unexplored. Michael Rice has produced the first up-to-date book, which encompasses all the recent work in the area. He shows that the Gulf has been a major channel of commerce for millenia, and that its ancient culture was rich and complex, to be counted with its great contempororaries in Sumer, Egypt and south-west Persia.Experience of archaeology.Persian Gulf RegionHistoryPersian Gulf RegionAntiquitiesPersian Gulf RegionCivilization953.6Rice Michael1928,1642330FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910818570403321The archaeology of the Arabian Gulf, c. 5000-323 BC3986947UNINA