THE ORIGIN OF TRIBAL ALLIANCES AND SOCIAL COMPLEXITY BETWEEN EASTERN ARABIA AND EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE LATE BRONZE AGE AND IRON AGE DABA BURIAL COMPLEX (II-I MILL BCE) IN THE MUSANDAM PENINSULA, SULTANATE OF OMAN.

Anno
2020
Proponente Marco Ramazzotti - Professore Associato
Sottosettore ERC del proponente del progetto
SH6_3
Componenti gruppo di ricerca
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Alessio Agostini Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca / Structured participants in the research project
Adolfo La Rocca Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca / Structured participants in the research project
Francesco Genchi Dottorando/Assegnista/Specializzando componente non strutturato del gruppo di ricerca / PhD/Assegnista/Specializzando member non structured of the research group
Fulvio Cruciani Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca / Structured participants in the research project
Livia Ottolenghi Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca / Structured participants in the research project
Emanuela Cristiani Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca / Structured participants in the research project
Fabio Attorre Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca / Structured participants in the research project
Fabrizio Rufo Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca / Structured participants in the research project
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Alessandro Di Ludovico PhD - Archaeologyst Department of Classics, University of Rome Sapienza Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Ahmed Karbotly PhD - ANE - Hisotiran Department of Classics, Sapienza Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Federica Ianncci MA - Archaeologyst Department of Classics, University of Rome Sapienza Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Francesco Del Bravo PhD student - Archaeologyst Berlino, Frei Universitat Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Ron Pinhasi Associate Professor Department of Anthropology University of Vienna, Austria Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
David Reich Full Professor Department of Genetics, Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, United States Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Stefano Benazzi Full Professor Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Luca Bondioli Director Laboratory of Anthropology Museo delle Civiltà, Roma Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
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Alessia Nava PhD - Anthropology Laboratory for the study of Diet and Ancient Technology, Sapienza University of Rome. Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Irene Viaggiu PhD student - Archaeologyst Laboratory of Analytical Archaeology and Artificial Adaptive Systems (LAA&AAS) Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Alfredo Coppa Full Professor Laboratorio di Paleobiologia delle Popolazioni Umane Antiche (Sapienza) Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Francesco Caputo MA - Archaeologist Laboratory of Analytical Archaeology and Artificial Adaptive Systems (LAA&AAS) Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Francesca Della Torre MA - Maths Laboratory of Analytical Archaeology and Artificial Adaptive Systems (LAA&AAS) and Semeion Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Dario Rose PHD - Topography Department of Classics, Sapienza Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Ahmed Kzzo PHD - ANE - Archaeologyst Department of Classics, Sapienza Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Maria Laura Santarelli Professor CISTeC - Sapienza Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Abstract

The funerary complex of Daba is to date among the richest site of the Late Bronze and Iron Age period in Eastern Arabia. The objects unearthed in the site represent a unique assemblage for wealth and quality: a milestone for the understanding the historical and political connections between Early Arabian, Syro-Mesopotamian and Indus Civilizations that for a decade will engage scholars from all over the world.

The incredible wealth of the site is represented by thousands of artifacts so far recovered from LCG-1 and LCG-2 (two collective burials associated with the bone remains of about five hundred individuals of all age and genders): pottery, metal weapons and bowls, silver and gold jewelries, shells and stone inlays, stamp and cylinder seals, ornaments and ritual paraphernalia, and along with five thousands and more beads defining a vast network of exchanges connecting Indian Ocean and Eastern Mediterranean, the Lower Sea and the Upper Sea according to the Babylonian geographers.

The burial complex of Daba is a unique laboratory for the analysis of the Late Bronze and Iron Age human mobility and funerary practices in Western Asia and this extraordinary context needs interdisciplinary researches on the peer polity interaction played by Magan (Oman), the so called Land of Copper, Dilmun, Sumer, Ebla and Meluhha (the territorial states crossing Eurasia) since the 4th and 3rd mill. BCE through the Age of International Political Relation (Late Bronze Age) and until the Age of Great Empires Formation (Late Iron Age).

The funerary context of Daba in Oman, the sites, the settlements, the desert, marine, riverine and estuarine routes between Arabic Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, routes coasting Eurasia and placed at the crossroad of the ancient world's Great Empires (Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian), formed large, mixed and autonomous cultural identities fixing monumental tributes to the rapid spread of nomadic societies and tribal alliances.

ERC
SH6_3, SH6_5, SH6_4
Keywords:
ARCHEOLOGIA, VICINO ORIENTE ANTICO, ANTROPOLOGIA, GENETICA DELLE POPOLAZIONI, ANTROPOLOGIA DELL'AMBIENTE

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