Ain Qannas

A desert with sparse greenery
Ain Qannas

Ain Qannas or Ein Ganas is an archaeological site located near Al-Murah village in Al-Hasa, Eastern Saudi Arabia.[1] It dates to between the late 6th to early 5th millennium BCE. The site is related to Ubaid period, which is Arabian Neolithic period.[2]

Description

The site is approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) from the coast, at the time it was located by the shores of a lake. The site is at a mound 4 m (13 ft) high and 250 m (820 ft) across.[2] It contains multi-storied residential units with evidence of a slave culture that evolved in the site.[1] The stratigraphy indicated abrupt climatic fluctuation with moist and dry periods alternating. In upper stratigraphic levels, fragments of pottery have been found; there is also evidence of hunting equids and herding of goats and cattle.[2] Blade-type tools with projectile points and scrapers have also been found.[3]

By the end of Ubaid period, before 5,550 years ago, the civilized era began in Mesopotamia where commercial and cultural contacts between the civilizations around the Persian Gulf has thrived.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Antiquity Sites". scth.gov.sa. Archived from the original on 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  2. ^ a b c Henrickson, E.F.F.; Thuesen, I. (1989). Upon this Foundation: The ʻUbaid Reconsidered. Museum Tusculanum Press.
  3. ^ Rice, Michael (2002-03-11). The Archaeology of the Arabian Gulf. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780203037263.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.