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Boat Remains and Maritime Trade in the Persian Gulf during sixth and fifth Millennia BC

Carter, R.A.

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R.A. Carter



Abstract

Archaeological excavations in Kuwait have revealed the earliest remains anywhere of sea-going boats. The author explains these remains and the distribution of Ubaid pottery as evidence for a system of maritime exchange in the Arabian Neolithic driven by status and ceremony.

Citation

Carter, R. (2006). Boat Remains and Maritime Trade in the Persian Gulf during sixth and fifth Millennia BC. Antiquity, 80(307), 52-63. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x0009325x

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Mar 1, 2006
Deposit Date Dec 1, 2008
Publicly Available Date Jun 17, 2011
Journal Antiquity
Print ISSN 0003-598X
Electronic ISSN 1745-1744
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 80
Issue 307
Pages 52-63
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x0009325x
Keywords Persian Gulf, Ubaid ware, Boat-building, Maritime archaeology.

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