Investigations in the Zubarah Hinterland at Murayr and Furayhah, North-West Qatar
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Investigations in the Zubarah Hinterland at Murayr and Furayhah, North-West Qatar. / Rees, Gareth; Richter, Tobias; Walmsley, Alan George.
In: Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, Vol. 41, 2011, p. 309-316.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Investigations in the Zubarah Hinterland at Murayr and Furayhah, North-West Qatar
AU - Rees, Gareth
AU - Richter, Tobias
AU - Walmsley, Alan George
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Surveys and evaluative excavations within the settlements of Murayr and al-Furayhah aimed to characterize the scale and type of occupation within them and to understand their relationship with al-Zubarah and with their surrounding landscape. Forts located at both settlements evidenced large-scale investment in construction, which appeared to post-date the foundation of al-Zubarah. Work is ongoing and further investigations targeted on features identified by these surveys will begin to discover how the lives of the hinterland populations were affected by the establishment and the demise of the new town. Investigations at these sites will add to the results of excavations within the town of al-Zubarah and aid our understanding of how this settlement, located in an area that did not naturally lend itself to large-scale settlement, survived and thrived. This success may have been helped by good relations with the local populations, and investigations at al-Furahah aimed to uncover evidence of the nature of interactions between these peoples. The construction of the fortified stronghold of Qal'at Murayr to the east of the town may indicate that this relationship was not always amicable, and investigations in an around the fort aimed to characterize the scale and function of the settlement.
AB - Surveys and evaluative excavations within the settlements of Murayr and al-Furayhah aimed to characterize the scale and type of occupation within them and to understand their relationship with al-Zubarah and with their surrounding landscape. Forts located at both settlements evidenced large-scale investment in construction, which appeared to post-date the foundation of al-Zubarah. Work is ongoing and further investigations targeted on features identified by these surveys will begin to discover how the lives of the hinterland populations were affected by the establishment and the demise of the new town. Investigations at these sites will add to the results of excavations within the town of al-Zubarah and aid our understanding of how this settlement, located in an area that did not naturally lend itself to large-scale settlement, survived and thrived. This success may have been helped by good relations with the local populations, and investigations at al-Furahah aimed to uncover evidence of the nature of interactions between these peoples. The construction of the fortified stronghold of Qal'at Murayr to the east of the town may indicate that this relationship was not always amicable, and investigations in an around the fort aimed to characterize the scale and function of the settlement.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - archaeology
KW - Qatar
KW - zubarah
KW - Islamic
KW - settlement
KW - arabia
KW - fort
M3 - Journal article
VL - 41
SP - 309
EP - 316
JO - Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies
JF - Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies
SN - 0308-8421
ER -
ID: 32351154