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25°35′30″N 58°10′46″E / 25.59167°N 58.17944°E / 25.59167; 58.17944
Al-Khawdh (الخوض) (25°35'N; 58°10'E, altitude 40–50 m) contains several archaeological sites and lies in the Muscat Governorate, Oman where Early Iron Age and Late Iron Age sites have been under study in recent years.
Major finds include a large cemetery of the Early Iron Age i.e. the Lizq-Rumaylah period. and a hoard of over 300 implements made of copper alloy The above-mentioned cemetery lies 2500 m south-east of the hoard site.
See also
Sources
- Paul Yule, Cross-roads – Early and Late Iron Age South-eastern Arabia, Abhandlungen Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, vol. 30, Wiesbaden, 2014, ISBN 978-3-447-10127-1; E-Book: ISBN 978-3-447-19287-3.
References
- MERSHEN, BIRGIT (2002). "'Let the water run back'. Archaeological and ethnohistorical observations from Wādī Fanjah / Wādī al-Khod, Oman: the case of a failed 18th/19th century agro-economic enterprise". Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. 32: 99–116. ISSN 0308-8421. JSTOR 41223727.
- Yule, Paul; Gaudiello, Miechela (2020). "Photogrammetric recording of an Early Iron Age hut tomb in central Oman". Kermes: Arte e Tecnica del Restauro. 30 (107): 50–54. doi:10.11588/propylaeumdok.00004610. S2CID 210261670.
- Yule, P., al-Jahwari, N., Douglas, Kh., Pracejus, B. The Iron Age metallic finds from the SQU campus in al-Ḫawḍ: a find notice, for the conference: 'Virtual work-in-progress on Iron Age metallurgy in south-eastern Arabia, 29.07.2020.
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