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Fragmentary endings: a discussion of 3rd-millennium BC burial practices in the Oman Peninsula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Soren Blau
Soren Blau*
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Department of Archaeology and Natural History, Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia, soren@coombs.anu.edu.au
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Abstract

This paper reviews the architectural and human skeletal remains from Umm an-Nar period tombs (c. 2500–2000 BC), found across the Oman Peninsula. Possible meanings for the regional dispersal of the tombs across the region are considered. Tomb Unar 2 may provide possible interpretations of 3rd-millennium BC burial practices.

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Umm an-Nar periodOman Peninsulaburial practicesskeletal remainstomb design

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Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 289 , September 2001 , pp. 557 - 570
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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