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Stone Age Homes Found in the Gulf

Submitted by PaulM on Tuesday, 06 January 2004  Page Views: 1575

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Archaeologists have discovered the remains of Stone Age houses going back 7,000 years on an island off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. The foundations of three dwellings were found on Marawah island, 60 miles) west of the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi.

The site also yielded a flint spearhead about three inches long, a flint arrowhead and a grinding stick, said Mark Beech, the senior resident archaeologist of the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey.

Beech said the team suspected there were more house remains to be found.

“These structures are amazing in terms of historic importance. They are the best and most complete structures found in the whole (Gulf) region,” Beech said. Less well-preserved remains of houses have been found in Kuwait and Qatar.

Samples examined at Glasgow University showed the houses date to 6,5000-7,000 years ago, which is about 2,000 years before the earliest Pharaoh in Egypt.

The houses belong to what is called the Arabian Neolithic Era, which corresponds to the Late Stone Age. They have walls that are half a meter thick and built of local stone. They are rectangular and oval in shape, Beech said.

Source: The Scotsman, 06/01/2004

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Pearl claimed as world's oldest is to be exhibited in Abu Dhabi by Andy B on Sunday, 20 October 2019
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Archaeologists say natural pearl was found on island off capital of United Arab Emirates
Agence France-Presse in Abu Dhabi

An 8,000-year-old pearl that archaeologists say is the world’s most ancient is to be displayed in Abu Dhabi, according to authorities who said it was proof that the objects have been traded since neolithic times.

The natural pearl was found during excavations at Marawah Island, off the capital of the United Arab Emirates, that revealed the earliest architecture yet found in the country.

“The layers from which the pearl came have been carbon dated to 5800-5600BC,” said the chairman of Abu Dhabi’s department of culture and tourism, Mohamed al-Muabarak.

“The discovery of the oldest pearl in the world in Abu Dhabi makes it clear that so much of our recent economic and cultural history has deep roots that stretch back to the dawn of prehistory.”

The excavation of the Marawah site, which is made up of numerous collapsed neolithic stone structures, has also yielded ceramics, beads made from shell and stone, and flint arrowheads.
Fisherman hands in giant pearl he kept under the bed for 10 years
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The pearl will be shown for the first time in the exhibition 10,000 Years of Luxury, opening on 30 October at the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/20/pearl-claimed-as-worlds-oldest-is-to-be-exhibited-in-abu-dhabi
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British scientists explore Sharjah mountains by coldrum on Thursday, 18 June 2009
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An archeological team from the Royal Holloway University of London has arrived in Sharjah to carry out research to identify the archaeological layers of Al Faya Mountain in Sharjah using gamma rays.

The studies on the mountain started last season, when an archaeological layer dating back over 100,000 years was found.

This is the same period as early Homo sapiens - "wise man" which has the same anatomic features of modern people - left East Africa for the northern shores of the Indian Ocean and South Asia, during periods when the sea level was low.

Crossing what are now called the Indonesian Islands, the intelligent man reached Australia over 50,000 years ago.

This important discovery captured the attention of scientists all over the world, and the findings are expected to shed more light on the history of mankind.

http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Environment/10322898.html
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85,000 years old villages found by coldrum on Wednesday, 17 June 2009
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New archaeological discoveries in Sharjah's Jebel Fayah showed that human settlements existed in the area over 85,000 years ago.

Excavation work was carried out as part of a joint programme between the Directorate of Antiquities at the Culture and Information Department in Sharjah and the Institute of Prehistoric Studies and Research at the German University of Tubengin.

The two-month excavation showed the existence of a deeper layer at the depth of four metres below the surface, which dates back to at least 100,000 years.

This coincides with the time when man left Africa and reached Australia around 50,000 years ago.

It had been assumed for hereditary reasons that man moved from East Africa to the south of the Arabian Peninsula and then to the northern coasts of the Indian ocean and South Asia.

During times when the sea level was low, people crossed to the islands now known as Indonesia, which proves that they had some knowledge of navigation that allowed them to sail to Australia.

It can be assumed that some of the ancestors of Australia's first residents stayed in the rocky shelters on the foot of Jebel Fayah mountain.

The latest discoveries prove that the UAE has a long and rich history.

Considering the international significance of the new discoveries, the international science community put the site under the spotlight, with many scientists and specialists flocking the area to find out more about the archeological discoveries.

http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Heritage_and_Culture/10306636.html
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