Marking the sacral landscape of a north Arabian oasis: a sixth-millennium BC monumental stone platform and surrounding burials

Muñoz, Olivia; Cotty, Marianne; Charloux, Guillaume; Bouchaud, Charlène; Monchot, Hervé; Marquaire, Céline; Zazzo, Antoine; Crassard, Rémy; Brunet, Olivier; Boschloos, Vanessa; al-Malki, Thamer

doi:10.15184/aqy.2020.81

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Marking the sacral landscape of a north Arabian oasis: a sixth-millennium BC monumental stone platform and surrounding burials

Published in Antiquity • Jun 1, 2020

Authors:

Olivia Muñoz

Marianne Cotty

Guillaume Charloux

Abstract

Abstract Prehistoric stone structures are prominent and well-studied in the Levantine desert margins. In northern Arabia, however, such structures have received less attention. This article presents the results of investigations of a 35m-long stone platform, first constructed in the mid sixth millen...

Subject

Prehistory

Archaeology

Excavation

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