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On the Formation of ‘Urban’ Oases in Arabia: New Perspectives from the North-west

    Marta Luciani

The Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula 2, pp. 89-118, 2021/12/20

Connecting the Evidence. Proceedings of the International Workshop held at the 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East in Vienna on April 25, 2016

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Abstract

New data from current research is proving decisive in questioning old tenets on the date, context and, as aconsequence, also the prime movers in the formation of so-called ‘urban’ oases in the Arabian Peninsula. This contributiondiscusses both previous scholarship and novel findings in the effort of clarifying the formation processes of theselarge, complex settlements, by looking at new discoveries in the north-west of Arabia compared to chronologicallygermane phenomena in the Levant.

Keywords: desert urbanism; Bronze Age Arabia; river oasis; irrigation systems; Southern Levant