The skeletal remains from Umm an-Nar tomb QA 1-1: spatial distribution and anthropological analysis
Collective aboveground circular tombs of stone are one of the main categories of mortuary structures from the Umm an-Nar period (2500–2000 BC) in the Oman peninsula. The tombs have been known since the late 1950s but various aspects of their functioning still await a full explanation. Most of them s...
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| description | Collective aboveground circular tombs of stone are one of the main categories of mortuary structures from the Umm an-Nar period (2500–2000 BC) in the Oman peninsula. The tombs have been known since the late 1950s but various aspects of their functioning still await a full explanation. Most of them survived in poor condition, often empty, only a dozen or so actually yielding any human remains. Tomb QA 1-1, one of ten Umm an-Nar-type tombs at Wadi al-Fajj in northwestern Oman, has yielded a substantial assemblage of human skeletal remains (estimated MNI 25) from the two of four burial chambers excavated between 2016 and 2018. While the excavation of the tomb should be continued, a presentation of the bone assemblage recovered to date, including a distribution analysis of the remains, deposition characteristic, and preliminary osteological analysis, adds to the existing source base of Early Bronze Age populations in the ancient land of Magan. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b7852b0a6d345b08061118dfcd2ceae2024-04-08T11:14:10ZdeuUniversity of Warsaw PressPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean1234-54152083-537X2021-12-0130210312810.31338/uw.2083-537X.pam30.2.2701.3001.0015.6804The skeletal remains from Umm an-Nar tomb QA 1-1: spatial distribution and anthropological analysisŁukasz Rutkowski0Marta Parol1Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of WarsawIndependent researcherCollective aboveground circular tombs of stone are one of the main categories of mortuary structures from the Umm an-Nar period (2500–2000 BC) in the Oman peninsula. The tombs have been known since the late 1950s but various aspects of their functioning still await a full explanation. Most of them survived in poor condition, often empty, only a dozen or so actually yielding any human remains. Tomb QA 1-1, one of ten Umm an-Nar-type tombs at Wadi al-Fajj in northwestern Oman, has yielded a substantial assemblage of human skeletal remains (estimated MNI 25) from the two of four burial chambers excavated between 2016 and 2018. While the excavation of the tomb should be continued, a presentation of the bone assemblage recovered to date, including a distribution analysis of the remains, deposition characteristic, and preliminary osteological analysis, adds to the existing source base of Early Bronze Age populations in the ancient land of Magan.http://pam-journal.pl/gicid/01.3001.0015.6804Umm an-NartombQA 1-1Omancollective graveosteological examination |
| spellingShingle | Łukasz Rutkowski Marta Parol The skeletal remains from Umm an-Nar tomb QA 1-1: spatial distribution and anthropological analysis Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean Umm an-Nar tomb QA 1-1 Oman collective grave osteological examination |
| title | The skeletal remains from Umm an-Nar tomb QA 1-1: spatial distribution and anthropological analysis |
| title_full | The skeletal remains from Umm an-Nar tomb QA 1-1: spatial distribution and anthropological analysis |
| title_fullStr | The skeletal remains from Umm an-Nar tomb QA 1-1: spatial distribution and anthropological analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The skeletal remains from Umm an-Nar tomb QA 1-1: spatial distribution and anthropological analysis |
| title_short | The skeletal remains from Umm an-Nar tomb QA 1-1: spatial distribution and anthropological analysis |
| title_sort | skeletal remains from umm an nar tomb qa 1 1 spatial distribution and anthropological analysis |
| topic | Umm an-Nar tomb QA 1-1 Oman collective grave osteological examination |
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