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aar an its Extrna Rations:

inhabitants of aar wr thoroughy stp in th practic an

chaniss of tra, as onstrat by th arg nubr of sas an

saings foun. Ovr 92 Diun typ-sals hav bn foun (4). Aitional,y

261 fragnts of saings hav bn iscovr (5), his iprssiv total,

fro a non-urban sit, supports th txtua vi'nc that th pop of Eary

DiIun wr a traing 'n'ation,'whosc conoy' was' intrinsicay ink

to'thc'--cha'ng'of finish goos an raw atrias fro Msopotaia,

outhast Arabia th Harappan orbit an swhr. hat sai, th high

nubr of sas foun at aar ay aso constitut vinc for ivy oca

corc within th Diun nty (6). port wars at aar show,

howvr, that goos originating fro th intr-rgiona xchang ntwork

fitr through or ca ircty 'to sits outsi Oaa'at a-Bahrain an

Faiaka.

ounings bnath th tp vs show that th sttnt ay go back

to as ary as 2300 BC, but xcavations hav focus on th atr phass of

th sit, at to th arly 2n inniu BC. h xcavat 2n inniu

squnc ay b ivi, on craic grouns, into four prios (7), th first

of which is prsnt ony in th p sounings an is not at with hr.

hs ivisions ar inpnnt of thos a on th basis of thos a

on th basis of stratigraphy an architctur (it Lvs ١٧-١), though th wto

squncs corrat w.

Pottry Prio 2 bgins vry shorty af‫ا‬r th start of @aa'at a-Bahrain City

IIb prio, thrfor concing soon af‫ا‬r 2000 BC, accoring to HOjun

an Anrsn's 1994 chronoogy (8). Prio 3 is contporary with th City

Ic prio, probably faing btwn ca, 1950-1850 BC. Prio 4 post-ats

th occupation of th North City Wa at Qaa'at a-Bahrain, but shows

vopnt towars HOjun-s Oaa'at City ١١F assbag fo th Wst

Wa (9), towars th atr phas at th Karanah ‫ ﺍ‬ctry (10), an towars

Prios 2B an 3A at Faiaka (11). hr is no fir vinc that aar Prio

4 xtns into th O Babyonian prio, so a at btwn 1850 an 1750

BC is iy.