Tayma and the sea: marine goods in an Arabian oasis settlement

Marine goods found in the oasis of Taymāʾ (Northwest Arabia), 300 km away from the nearest coast of the Red Sea, illustrate the economic importance and prosperity of the site. Excavations of the Saudi-German collaborative project revealed 631 marine specimens of five animal classes: coral, gastropod...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anja Prust
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: University of Warsaw Press 2020-12-01
Series:Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
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Online Access:http://pam-journal.pl/gicid/01.3001.0014.5988