@article{c92136ff0d9f4182a35e369dc138b54c,
title = "The nature of third-millennium settlement: The example of al-Tikha (Rustaq) an Umm an-Nar site on the Batinah coast of Oman",
abstract = "al-Tikha is a mid to large Umm an-Nar (c. 2700–2000 BC) settlement situated near Rustaq at the back of the Southern Batinah coastal plain in the Sultanate of Oman that was discovered (or rediscovered) in 2014. The site is unique because its layout and spatial organisation are very largely (possibly completely) visible on the surface. This includes two separate areas of stone-built housing, a large pottery scatter of varying density, three or four typical Umm an-Nar round towers and a small cemetery consisting of at least four tombs, along with a few other features. The layout of the site is described and discussed in detail, in particular, in relation to what it might tell us about the nature of Umm an-Nar settlement and social organisation more generally. The location of the site within a pattern of repeating Umm an-Nar settlement along Wadi Far (Wādī al-Farʿī) is also described and discussed.",
keywords = "Early Bronze Age, Southeastern Arabia, Umm an-Nar, landscape, settlement, spatial organisation",
author = "Deadman, {William M.} and Derek Kennet and {de Vreeze}, Michel and al-Jahwari, {Nasser S.}",
note = "Funding Information: The project is grateful to Mr. Sultan Saif Nasser Al‐Bakri and Mr. Khamis Al‐A'smi for their support and guidance. Thanks are due to the Department of Archaeology at Sultan Qaboos University and at Durham University. The Digital Globe Foundation is acknowledged for a valuable grant of high‐resolution satellite imagery. Thanks are due to all RBAS team members. The project was generously funded by the Anglo‐Omani Society. Thanks are also due to Lloyd Weeks, Bleda D{\"u}ring and Eric Olijdam for reading and commenting on an earlier version of this paper. Funding Information: The project is grateful to Mr. Sultan Saif Nasser Al-Bakri and Mr. Khamis Al-A'smi for their support and guidance. Thanks are due to the Department of Archaeology at Sultan Qaboos University and at Durham University. The Digital Globe Foundation is acknowledged for a valuable grant of high-resolution satellite imagery. Thanks are due to all RBAS team members. The project was generously funded by the Anglo-Omani Society. Thanks are also due to Lloyd Weeks, Bleda D{\"u}ring and Eric Olijdam for reading and commenting on an earlier version of this paper. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.",
year = "2022",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1111/aae.12218",
language = "English",
volume = "33",
pages = "49--84",
journal = "Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy",
issn = "0905-7196",
publisher = "Blackwell Munksgaard",
number = "1",
}