Photogrammetric Recording of Archaeology in South-Eastern Arabia in Cultural Resource Management

The Al Khudairah Necropolis (Sharjah, UAE): Reflections from the 2023 Field Season

“…40 Tombs T48 and T49 exhibit their parallels with small structures, either isolated or added to much older Umm an-Nar or Wadi Suq period tombs. Tomb T 48 resembles structures BHS 4 and BHS 5, 41 BHS 7,42 BHS 11,43 BHS 47,44 BHS 49,[45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55]46 all small Iron Age-dated above ground tombs from Jebel al Buhais necropolis. In Oman it is the Wadi Suq JS4_G5 tomb from Jebel Salut 4, the one which resembles T48 from al Khudairah.…”

“…47 Tomb T49 bears parallels with some subsidiary Iron Age structures attached to Bronze Age tombs, such as BHS 2 48 and BHS 12, 49 as well as with BSH 14, an isolated structure dated to the Iron Age. 50 Among parallel structures from Oman, one should mention Samad tomb S2189, with Wadi Suq period grave goods 51 and JS4_G7 from Jebel Salut 4, dated to the same period. 52…”