A re-evaluation of stratigraphic and ceramic evidence from the Bronze and Iron Age site of al-SÌŁinaÌÊżiyyah at Tayma in Saudi Arabia
This work investigated the ceramics from SÌŁinaÌÊżiyyah site in Tayma Area. In particular, this study aimed to determine their types, source and chronology. Also, it aimed to find out their distribution within and outside Tayma Area, in order to increase our knowledge of the history of Tayma and its contacts. Hausleiter (2014) has classified Tayma ceramics into a number of groups, of which four of groups are attested in SÌŁinaÌÊżiyyah assemblage. The features and the suggested dates for these ceramics were reviewed below. Moreover, several excavations have been conducted at SÌŁinaÌÊżiyyah, and a large number of ceramics were derived from these excavations. However, the ceramics in the published reports are very few, and very important information related to these ceramics is not avialable. Therefore, new excavations in SÌŁinaÌÊżiyyah were expected to provide significant results regarding the sequences and the dating of these ceramics. For these reasons, as the main part of the current study, two new excavations were conducted in SÌŁinaÌÊżiyyah site. The ceramics derived from these excavations were divided into six groups based on their physical attributes. These groups were made up of three types of fabric
Alonazi, Majed Turki F.
A re-evaluation of stratigraphic and ceramic evidence from the Bronze and Iron Age site of al-SÌŁinaÌÊżiyyah at Tayma in Saudi Arabia. This work investigated the ceramics from SÌŁinaÌÊżiyyah site in Tayma Area. In particular, this study aimed to determine their types, source and chronology. Also, it aimed to find out their distribution within and outside Tayma Area, in order to increase our knowledge of the history of Tayma and its contacts. Hausleiter (2014) has classified Tayma ceramics into a number of groups, of which four of groups are attested in SÌŁinaÌÊżiyyah assemblage. The features and the suggested dates for these ceramics were reviewed below. Moreover, several excavations have been conducted at SÌŁinaÌÊżiyyah, and a large number of ceramics were derived from these excavations. However, the ceramics in the published reports are very few, and very important information related to these ceramics is not avialable. Therefore, new excavations in SÌŁinaÌÊżiyyah were expected to provide significant results regarding the sequences and the dating of these ceramics. For these reasons, as the main part of the current study, two new excavations were conducted in SÌŁinaÌÊżiyyah site. The ceramics derived from these excavations were divided into six groups based on their physical attributes. These groups were made up of three types of fabric
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