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Late pre-Islamic burials at Mleiha, Emirate of Sharjah (UAE)

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Excavation of two of the monumental grave-buildings at Mleiha yielded human skeletal remains in the upper parts of the respective grave-fills. The fill mainly consisted of flood-sediments washed into the grave-shafts. As determined for grave 5 this happened after construction of the grave during PIR-A (14C-age = 384-233 BC) and before deposition of an intrusive burial (14C-age = 623-656 AD) of an adult, probably female individual. Micromorphological analysis of sediments around the skull in grave 5 provides evidence that the human remains were not washed into the grave-building together with the flood-sediments but buried there afterwards. Like all excavated grave-buildings at Mleiha the original grave-chambers did not contain human remains. The preservation of human bone in the upper grave-fill indicates that the absence of skeletal remains from the primary grave-context cannot be explained by natural processes.
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SE-Arabia, PIR-A period, micro-morphology, Mleiha, burials

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Kutterer, A., et al. “Late Pre-Islamic Burials at Mleiha, Emirate of Sharjah (UAE).” ARABIAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND EPIGRAPHY, vol. 25, no. 2, 2014, pp. 175–85, doi:10.1111/aae.12045.
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Kutterer, A., Overlaet, B., Miller, C., Kutterer, J., Jasim, S., & Haerinck, E. (2014). Late pre-Islamic burials at Mleiha, Emirate of Sharjah (UAE). ARABIAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND EPIGRAPHY, 25(2), 175–185. https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.12045
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Kutterer, A, Bruno Overlaet, C Miller, J Kutterer, S Jasim, and Ernie Haerinck. 2014. “Late Pre-Islamic Burials at Mleiha, Emirate of Sharjah (UAE).” ARABIAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND EPIGRAPHY 25 (2): 175–85. https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.12045.
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Kutterer, A, Bruno Overlaet, C Miller, J Kutterer, S Jasim, and Ernie Haerinck. 2014. “Late Pre-Islamic Burials at Mleiha, Emirate of Sharjah (UAE).” ARABIAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND EPIGRAPHY 25 (2): 175–185. doi:10.1111/aae.12045.
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Kutterer A, Overlaet B, Miller C, Kutterer J, Jasim S, Haerinck E. Late pre-Islamic burials at Mleiha, Emirate of Sharjah (UAE). ARABIAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND EPIGRAPHY. 2014;25(2):175–85.
IEEE
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A. Kutterer, B. Overlaet, C. Miller, J. Kutterer, S. Jasim, and E. Haerinck, “Late pre-Islamic burials at Mleiha, Emirate of Sharjah (UAE),” ARABIAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND EPIGRAPHY, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 175–185, 2014.
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  author       = {{Kutterer, A and Overlaet, Bruno and Miller, C and Kutterer, J and Jasim, S and Haerinck, Ernie}},
  issn         = {{0905-7196}},
  journal      = {{ARABIAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND EPIGRAPHY}},
  keywords     = {{SE-Arabia,PIR-A period,micro-morphology,Mleiha,burials}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{175--185}},
  title        = {{Late pre-Islamic burials at Mleiha, Emirate of Sharjah (UAE)}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1111/aae.12045}},
  volume       = {{25}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}

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