A Bronze Age town in the Khaybar walled oasis: Debating early urbanization in Northwestern Arabia

Charloux, Guillaume; Shabo, Shadi; Depreux, Bruno; Colin, Sylvain; Guadagnini, Kévin; Guermont, François; Dupuy, Sabine; Bussy, Mylène; Bec Drelon, Noisette; Poulmarc'H, Modwene; Albukaai, Diaa; Alshilali, Saifi; Crassard, Rémy; Almushawh, Munirah

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0309963

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A Bronze Age town in the Khaybar walled oasis: Debating early urbanization in Northwestern Arabia

Published in PLoS ONE • Oct 30, 2024

Authors:

Guillaume Charloux

Shadi Shabo

Bruno Depreux

Abstract

Recent exploration of the Khaybar oasis by the Khaybar Longue Durée Archaeological Project (AFALULA-RCU-CNRS) has led to the discovery of an exceptional Bronze Age fortified site called al-Natah. For the first time in Northwestern Arabia, the characteristics of a third/second-millennium-BCE settleme...

Subject

Archaeology

Bronze Age

Urbanization

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