entity · arch_southeast_arabian_early_iron
Southeast Arabian Early Iron Age
Archaeological period label used for the first-millennium transition in Oman and adjacent areas.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1300 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
- informs · contextualizes
Bronze Age to Early Iron Age Water Harvesting and Management in the Ancient Oasis of Salūt (Bisya, Sultanate of Oman) — Michele Degli Esposti, Mauro Cremaschi, Andrea Zerboni (2025)Provides one well-studied local sequence.
Locator: Salūt Iron Age chronology and discussion - informs · contextualizes
The Early Iron Age Fort at Lizq, Sultanate of Oman — Stephan Kroll, Paul Yule (2023)Provides a fort and ceramic sequence.
Locator: pp. 159–220 - informs · contextualizes
The Early Iron Age Collective Tomb LCG-1 at Dibba al-Bayah, Oman: Long-distance Exchange and Cross-cultural Interaction — Dennys Frenez, Francesco Genchi, Hélène David-Cuny, Sultan al-Bakri (2021)Provides an Early Iron collective tomb sequence.
Locator: pp. 104–124
Research description
The label groups diverse local sequences including oasis settlement, fortification, metallurgy and tomb reuse. It must not be treated as a uniform polity or ethnicity.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Bronze Age to Early Iron Age Water Harvesting and Management in the Ancient Oasis of Salūt (Bisya, Sultanate of Oman) — Michele Degli Esposti, Mauro Cremaschi, Andrea Zerboni (2025)Provides one well-studied local sequence.
Locator: Salūt Iron Age chronology and discussion - informs · contextualizes
The Early Iron Age Fort at Lizq, Sultanate of Oman — Stephan Kroll, Paul Yule (2023)Provides a fort and ceramic sequence.
Locator: pp. 159–220 - informs · contextualizes
The Early Iron Age Collective Tomb LCG-1 at Dibba al-Bayah, Oman: Long-distance Exchange and Cross-cultural Interaction — Dennys Frenez, Francesco Genchi, Hélène David-Cuny, Sultan al-Bakri (2021)Provides an Early Iron collective tomb sequence.
Locator: pp. 104–124
Referenced records
- Oman Hajar and interior oases · entity
- Gulf interaction zone · entity