Royal Mounds of A'ali in Bahrain , livre ebook

Steffe Terp Laursen
The Royal Mounds of A’ali in Bahrain
The Royal Mounds
of A’ali in Bahrain
The Emergence of Kingship in Early Dilmun
Steffe Terp Laursen
Jutland Archaeological Society
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The Emergence of Kingship in Early Dilmun
by Stefen Terp Laursen
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Gianni Marchesi, Jesper Olsen & Thomas Van de Velde
Jutland Archaeological Society, Moesgaard Museum, Denmark
Bahrain Authority for Culture & Aniquiies
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107642_Royal Mounds_CC17_.indd 2 24/11/17 10:45 107642_Royal Mounds_CC17_r1_.indd 3 30-11-2017 0:3:04The Royal Mounds of A’ali in Bahrain
The Emergence of Kingship in Early Dilmun
© Stefen Terp Laursen 2017 and individual authors
ISBN 978-87-93423-19-0
Jutland Archaeological Society Publica�ions vol. 100
Digiizing plans and secions: Jonatan Rose Andersen, Stefen Terp Laursen,
Karl Hjalte Maack Raun
Drawings: Jonatan Rose Andersen, Casper Skaaning Andersen, Peter Moe Astrup,
David Pretzel Bennetsen, Claus Feveile, Jakob Fink, Lene Behrmann Frandsen,
Andreas Nymark Jensen, Michael Vinter Jensen, Stefen Terp Laursen,
Ufe Lind Rasmussen, Karl Hjalte Maack Raun
English revision: Lisa Yeomans & Sharon Rhodes.
Graphic design: Jonatan Rose Andersen, Stefen Terp Laursen, Lars Foged Thomsen
Layout and cover: Louise Hilmar / Ea Rasmussen. Cover photo: P.V. Glob
Photos: Casper Skaaning Andersen, Peter Moe Astrup, David Pretzel Bennetsen, T.G. Bibby,
Claus Feveile, Jakob Fink, Lene Behrmann Frandsen, P.V. Glob, Flemming Højlund, Andreas
Nymark Jensen, Jens Vellev, Michael Vinter Jensen, Nanna Kirkeby, Stefen Terp Laursen,
Ufe Lind Rasmussen, Karl Hjalte Maack Raun, Juris Zarins, Bahrain Authority for Culture &
An�iqui ies, Car ier Heritage Department, CVMVS Museum Mumbai, Moesgaard Museum
E-book producion: Narayana Press
Published by: Jutland Archaeological Society in coopera�ion with Moesgaard Museum
and Bahrain Authority for Culture & An�iqui ies
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Published with support of the Carlsberg Founda�ion
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107642_Royal Mounds_CC17_r1_.indd 4 30-11-2017 14:30:57The Royal Mounds of A’ali in Bahrain ContentThe Emergence of Kingship in Early Dilmun
© Stefen Terp Laursen 2017 and individual authors
Jutland Archaeological Society Publica�ions vol. 100
Digiizing plans and secions: Jonatan Rose Andersen, Stefen Terp Laursen,
Karl Hjalte Maack Raun
Drawings: Jonatan Rose Andersen, Casper Skaaning Andersen, Peter Moe Astrup,
David Pretzel Bennetsen, Claus Feveile, Jakob Fink, Lene Behrmann Frandsen,
Andreas Nymark Jensen, Michael Vinter Jensen, Stefen Terp Laursen,
Ufe Lind Rasmussen, Karl Hjalte Maack Raun 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................................9
English revision: Lisa Yeomans & Sharon Rhodes.
Graphic design: Jonatan Rose Andersen, Stefen Terp Laursen, Lars Foged Thomsen
2. The early explorers and exploration history of A’ali ............................................. 11
Layout and cover: Louise Hilmar / Ea Rasmussen. Cover photo: P.V. Glob An anonymous Englishman, before 1782 .............................................................................................................................. 11
Captain (later Sir) Edward Law Durand, 1878-79 .......................................................................................................... 11Photos: Casper Skaaning Andersen, Peter Moe Astrup, David Pretzel Bennetsen, T.G. Bibby,
Claus Feveile, Jakob Fink, Lene Behrmann Frandsen, P.V. Glob, Flemming Højlund, Andreas th Ofcers of HMS Sphinx after May 1886 and before February 8 1889 .........................................................12
Nymark Jensen, Jens Vellev, Michael Vinter Jensen, Nanna Kirkeby, Stefen Terp Laursen,
th th James Theodore and Mabel Bent, 8 -18 February 1889 ..........................................................................................12Ufe Lind Rasmussen, Karl Hjalte Maack Raun, Juris Zarins, Bahrain Authority for Culture &
An�iqui ies, Car ier Heritage Department, CVMVS Museum Mumbai, Moesgaard Museum André Jouannin, 1903 .............................................................................................................................................................................13
Lieutenant Colonel Francis Beville Prideaux, 1906-190814
Jacques Cartier, 1911 ................................................................................................................................................................................16
Published by: Jutland Archaeological Society in coopera�ion with Moesgaard Museum
Ernest John Henry Mackay, 1925 ..................................................................................................................................................16and Bahrain Authority for Culture & An�iqui ies
Ronald Sinclair’s unconrmed report of German archaeologists, 1929 ......................................................17
Charles Belgrave and the RAF, 1944 ..........................................................................................................................................18Distributed by Aarhus University Press
Finlandsgade 29
Danish Gulf Expedition, 1960-63 ..................................................................................................................................................18
DK-8200 Aarhus N
Abdul Aziz Suweileh, 1982 ................................................................................................................................................................19www.unipress.dk
Bahrain National Museum, c. 1987, c. 1998 and 2009-2012 ....................................................................................19
Extract from Nāṣir al-Khayrī 2003 ...............................................................................................................................................19
3. Gazetteer of elite burial mounds previously
investigated in A’ali ..................................................................................................................................................................21
4. Recent investigations .............................................................................................................................................................85
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................................................85
Research objectives and strategy...................................................................................................................................................85
Dates and participants ...........................................................................................................................................................................87
Excavation reports .....................................................................................................................................................................................88Mound A (Gazetteer no. 2) ....................................89
Mound D (Gazetteer no. 6) ....................................95Mound E (Gazetteer no. 7) ..............................................................................................................................................................99
Mound H (Gazetteer no. 10) ...................................................................................................................................................... 118Mound L (Gazetteer no. 14) ........................................................................................................................................................122
Mound M (Gazetteer no. 15) .....................................................................................................................................................130Mound N (Gazetteer no. 16) ......................................................................................................................................................130
Published with support of the Carlsberg Founda�ion
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107642_Royal Mounds_CC17_r1_.indd 4 30-11-2017 14:30:57 107642_Royal Mounds_CC17_.indd 5 24/11/17 10:45 The central parts .......................................................................................................................................................................................147
The eastern area ........................................................................................................................................................................................157
Artefacts ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................160
Main results and reconstruction