International Symposium organised by the Institute for the Study of Ancient Civilizations and Cultural Resources, and the Project “The Origin of the Tribal Society in the Near East” Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula: Graves
An international symposium titled “Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula: Graves” was organised by the Institute for the Study of Ancient Civilizations and Cultural Resources, and the Project ‘The Origin of the Tribal Society in the Near East” on March 8, 2023, at Kanazawa University. The speakers and titles of the papers are as follows.
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Dr Dennys Frenez (Adviser for the Archaeology and the Heritage Sector, Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, Sultanate of Oman)
Landmarks of Identity: Neolithic and Bronze Age Tombs in Southeastern Arabia. -
Dr Silvia Lischi (Researcher, Pisa University)
Stone Burial Structures in Southwestern Arabia from the Bronze Age to the Late Antiquity: Two Case Studies. -
Dr Taichi Kuronuma (Researcher, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science/Research Institute for Humanity and Nature), Dr Takehiro Miki (Assistant Professor, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo), and Dr Yasuhisa Kondo (Associate Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
Bronze and Iron Age tombs at the foot of the Al-Hajar Mountains: A case study from the surveys in the Tanuf District, North-Central Oman -
Dr Akinori Uesugi (Project Associate Professor, Institute for the Study of Ancient Civilizations and Cultural Resources, Kanazawa University)
Bronze Age Burial Mounds in Bahrain.
Dr Frenez discussed the diachronic change of mortuary practices from the Neolithic to Bronze Ages in Oman. He demonstrated how mortuary traditions and funerary monuments changed over time. He also discussed various factors for the changes.
Dr Lischi presented her paper on funerary monuments from south Oman and south Saudi Arabia dating from the Iron Age to the Late Antiquity. She discussed how different funerary monuments and mortuary practices were related to the cultural developments in these regions based on her fieldwork.
Drs Kuronuma, Miki and Kond presented the latest results of their fieldwork in the Tanuf valley of the northern part of Oman. They examined the different distribution patterns of different funerary monuments in the region, which distinctly has different geographical zones.
Dr Uesugi presented his work in Bahrain, which focuses on Bronze Age burial mounds on the island. He demonstrated the drastic changes in the funerary mounds in Bahrain around 2000 BCE based on the results of his project.
This symposium provided comparative perspectives on various mortuary practices and funerary monuments in different parts of the Arabian Peninsula, which indicate regional diversities, local developments and broader interregional interactions.
