entity · site_nafun_complex
Nafūn shell-midden complex
Eight-mound coastal complex used intermittently during the Iron Age.
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.
1012 BCE–536 BCE
Precision: range
- informs · provides archaeological observation
The First Investigation of an Iron Age Shell Midden in Oman: The Nafūn Complex — Alžběta Danielisová, Maria Pia Maiorano, Dominik Chlachula, Dennys Frenez, Elena Maini, David Daněček, Jakub Trubač, Helen David-Cuny, Roman Garba (2024)Provides the site sequence and calibrated range.
Locator: Site survey, excavation and radiocarbon results
Research description
Nafūn combines marine exploitation, habitation and artefacts linking coast and interior. Its long calibrated range crosses 800 BCE and does not demonstrate a classical-period port or fixed ocean route.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Maritime exchange evidence
Marks evidence compatible with coastal or seaborne movement.
Why does this record have this property?
The shell midden demonstrates sustained coastal knowledge and exchange but not oceanic long-distance capability by itself.
- The First Investigation of an Iron Age Shell Midden in Oman: The Nafūn Complex
supports · Site results and discussion
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
The First Investigation of an Iron Age Shell Midden in Oman: The Nafūn Complex — Alžběta Danielisová, Maria Pia Maiorano, Dominik Chlachula, Dennys Frenez, Elena Maini, David Daněček, Jakub Trubač, Helen David-Cuny, Roman Garba (2024)Provides the site sequence and calibrated range.
Locator: Site survey, excavation and radiocarbon results
Referenced records
- Dhofar · entity
- Western Indian Ocean connections · entity