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‫ﺍ‬ aar an its Extrna Rations:

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aar an its Extrna Rations: nw vinc for intraction beewtn

Bahrain an Guja‫ﻴ‬aturing th ar٧ 2n inniu BC

ntrouction

his papr xains th vinc for ong-istanc tra foun within th

craic assbag of th Eary Diun sttnt at aar, Bahrain. h

intraction btwn th sit an nighbouring rgions is consir, as is its

rationship with othr sits within th Diun orbit, chify @aa'at al-Bahrain,

an Faiaa, Kuwait.

aar has bn th subjct of 10 yars of xcavation by th Lonon-Bahrain
Archaoogica Expition, unr th irctorship of Dr Robrt Kiic,
Dr. Jan Moon an Dr Harrit Crawfor (unti 1995), in coaboration with th
Bahrain Nationa Musu. his pic of rsarch has bn gnrousy
sponsor by th Bahrain-British Founation, an thans ar also u to a
th irctors of th LBAE for thir unstinting hp an avic.

Priinary rsuts of th xcavations at aar ar w pubish (1), an ony

a suary is rquir hr. h sit copriss a sttlnt of ca. 250 x

100, having a ain strt with si ays, an ston houss which osty

confor to a coon pan. A tp‫ ﺕ‬is foun in a cntra, highr ara. Othr

cary intifiab pubic or ainistrativ buiings ar absnt, an thr is

no goo vinc for ainistrativ activity at th tp (2). It is uncrtain

whthr th sttnt was ai out accoring to a prtrin pan or

vop through organic growth along th ain strt. It has bn

suggst that th rguarity of its ayout an th ac of ainistrativ

structurs ipy that aar was pann an ainistr fro swhr,

prhaps Qaa'at a-Bahrain (3).