Settlements in northern Arabia were in a transitional stage of urbanization during the third to second millennium BCE, according to a new study.
Settlements in northern Arabia were in a transitional stage of urbanization during the third to second millennium BCE, according to a study published October 30, 2024 in the open-access journalby Guillaume Charloux of the French National Center for Scientific Research, Paris and colleagues.
In this study, Charloux and colleagues provide a detailed description of the Bronze Age town of al-Natah in Medinah province, occupied from around 2400-1500BCE. The town covered approximately 1.5 hectares, including a central district and nearby residential district surrounded by protective ramparts. A cluster of graves represents a necropolis, with burial practices indicating some degree of social stratification. The authors estimate the town was home to around 500 residents.
The authors add:"For the first time in north-western Arabia, a small Bronze Age town connected to a vast network of ramparts has been discovered by archaeologists, raising questions about the early development of local urbanism."Guillaume Charloux, Shadi Shabo, Bruno Depreux, Sylvain Colin, Kévin Guadagnini, François Guermont, Sabine Dupuy, Mylène Bussy, Noisette Bec Drelon, Modwene Poulmarc’h, Diaa Albukaai, Saifi Alshilali, Rémy Crassard, Munirah AlMushawh.
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