Community identity and economy in Qatar prior to the oil industry, based on archaeological evidence: An interdisciplinary research study

Since the middle of the 20th century, many archaeological excavations have been conducted within Qatar. They revealed remains of historical towns and villages that are primary sources for understanding and reconstructing Qatar history, communal identity, and economy prior to the advent of the oil industry. In addition, the results of the lab analysis of unearthed organic and inorganic archaeological remains determine the sources of the uncovered material culture, not only that which originated from the Gulf's neighboring territories but also that which came from far regions stretching from Holland in the west to China and India in the east. This paper highlights the result of an ongoing interdisciplinary research study endeavoring to discuss the multifaceted challenges that formed the social and communal identity and economy (including trade) of the past generation in Qatar before the emergence of the oil era, particularly during the period from the 18th to the early 20th century, based primarily on archaeological records of a series of excavated sites dated and based on historical, archaeological, petrological, and mineralogical interdisciplinary studies in which the author participated.Scopu

Urban History of South-Western Palestine during the Bronze Age A Historical and Archaeological Study in the View of Gaza Region

Abstract The important geo-strategic location of south-western Palestin

Les fouilles de Tell es-Sakan (Gaza) : nouvelles données sur les contacts égypto-cananéens aux IVe-IIIe millénaires

Tell es-Sakan has revealed two culturally distinct occupation phases : an Egyptian phase (strata 9 to 6) characterized by an almost exclusively Egyptian material culture of the Late Predynastic Period (Dynasty 0), i.e. the late Early Bronze Age IB in Palestine ; and a Canaanite phase (strata 5 to 1) with a Canaanite culture of the Early Bronze Age III. Protected by fortifications rebuilt twice, the Egyptian settlement may have been, at the end of the fourth millennium ВСЕ, the administrative center of the Egyptian colonies in southwestern Palestine. The abandonment of the site at the beginning of the third millennium followed the Egyptian withdrawal from Palestine and the reorganization of the Egypto-Palestinian relations. The reurbanization of the site in the Early Bronze Age III shows the expansion of the Canaanite culture and political system into the Gaza region.Tell es-Sakan a connu deux phases d'occupation culturellement distinctes : une phase égyptienne (niveaux 9 à 6) caractérisée par une culture matérielle presque exclusivement égyptienne qui date de l'époque prédynastique récente (Dynastie 0), soit du Bronze ancien IB récent de Palestine ; et une phase cananéenne (niveaux 5 à 1) qui relève de la civilisation cananéenne du Bronze ancien III. Protégé par des fortifications reconstruites deux fois, l 'établissement égyptien a pu être à la fin du IVe millénaire le centre administratif des colonies égyptiennes installées au sud-ouest de la Palestine. Le retrait égyptien au début du IIIe millénaire a entraîné l 'abandon du site et la réorganisation des échanges égypto-palestiniens. Sa réurbanisation au Bronze ancien III manifeste l'expansion de la. civilisation cananéenne dans la région de Gaza.De Miroschedji Pierre, Sadeq Moain, Faltings Dina, Boulez Virginie, Naggiar-Moliner Laurence, Sykes Naomi, Tengberg Margareta. Les fouilles de Tell es-Sakan (Gaza) : nouvelles données sur les contacts égypto-cananéens aux IVe-IIIe millénaires. In: Paléorient, 2001, vol. 27, n°2. pp. 75-104

Gaza Research Project: 1998 Survey of the Old City of Gaza

This article presents results of the first season of fieldwork conducted by the Gaza Research Project in 1998. Fieldwork comprised small-scale topographic survey around the old city of Gaza and reconnaissance of other second millennium tell sites in the region, namely Tell Ali Muntar. The primary aims were to examine the chronological and topographical relationship of two proximate tell sites lying at the southern limits of the Levantine coastal plain, between the Wadi al-Hasi and the Wadi Gaza, and to assess the feasibility of excavation of ancient Gaza