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Bahrain Petroleum Company made available copies of water well boring logs and
stimulated my interest in the geology of Bahrain. Mohammed Ayub and Jeff
Garden of the Bahrain Department of Agriculture pointed out important
agricultural and groundwater problems on the islands.
I also wish to acknowledge the help of the late Sheikh AbdT Aziz bin
Mohammed al-Khalifah, former Minister of Education for the State of Bahrain for
permission to conduct my field studies. At the time of my visit, Abdul-Kader al-
Tekriti was Director of Antiquities. He made available transportation when needed
and furnished his knowledge of the local archeology. Thanks are also due to the
staff of the Bahrain Museum. In particular, my friend Fayez Tarawneh gave much
needed moral support and made me feel a part of his family. Friends from the
villages of Karbabad and Karrana should also be acknowledged. Special thanks are
owed Patricia and Martin Gibbs and Carol and Ron Duncan who made me welcome
during my stay.
Portions of this research were facilitated by my participation in the Saudi
Arabian archeological survey of 1976, which was made possible by Abdullah H.
Masry, Director of Antiquities of Saudi Arabia, and Robert McC. Adams. This
work gave me much-needed exposure to the larger cultural universe to which
Bahrain is related. While in Saudi Arabia I was helped by Marney Golding, Juris
Zarins, and Conni Piesinger. An analysis of gastropod faunas from Bahrain was
done by Steven Lintner. Radiocarbon dating of Saudi Arabian sedimentary
sequences was provided by the Saudi Arabian Department of Antiquities. Karl W.
Butzer, McGuire Gibson, Robert McC. Adams and Henry T. Wright read an early
draft of this manuscript and made many helpful comments. It is also appropriate
to acknowledge Doreen Banks who typed the original manuscript for this work, and
Barbara Barkes, who aided me throughout the preparation of the final manuscript.
Iam most grateful to my wife Judy for her help and patience throughout
the course of this study. She and our sons, Kyle, Ian, and Andrew, spent long
periods without husband or father while I was in the field or in my study. Finally, I
wish to thank my brother Leonard and my mother Leora for all manner of help to
me and my family during each phase of this research.