LEADER 02836oam 2200613I 450 001 9910783979203321 005 20230421043714.0 010 $a1-134-96792-6 010 $a1-134-96793-4 010 $a1-280-33709-5 010 $a0-203-32714-4 010 $a0-203-03726-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203037263 035 $a(CKB)1000000000254342 035 $a(EBL)179984 035 $a(OCoLC)252810506 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000289069 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11220289 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289069 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10383203 035 $a(PQKB)10387758 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC179984 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL179984 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10058252 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL33709 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000254342 100 $a20180331d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe archaeology of the Arabian Gulf, c. 5000-323 BC /$fMichael Rice 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1994. 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 369 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aThe Experience of archaeology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-51319-7 311 $a0-415-03268-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 348-357) and index. 327 $aBook 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; Index 330 $aThe archaeological remains in the Gulf area are astounding, and still relatively unexplored. Michael Rice has produced the first up-to-date book, which encompasses all the recent work in the area. He shows that the Gulf has been a major channel of commerce for millenia, and that its ancient culture was rich and complex, to be counted with its great contempororaries in Sumer, Egypt and south-west Persia. 410 0$aExperience of archaeology. 607 $aPersian Gulf Region$xHistory 607 $aPersian Gulf Region$xAntiquities 607 $aPersian Gulf Region$xCivilization 676 $a953.6 700 $aRice$b Michael$f1928,$01479877 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783979203321 996 $aThe archaeology of the Arabian Gulf, c. 5000-323 BC$93696249 997 $aUNINA