The Ancient Saar Project: London-Bahrain Archaeological Expedition

Robert Killick, 2007. (updated 2024) https://doi.org/10.5284/1042738. How to cite using this DOI

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Robert Killick (2024) The Ancient Saar Project: London-Bahrain Archaeological Expedition [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1042738

Downloads

The digital objects available for download are below. The physical archive has been deposited in the National Museum of Bahrain.

Reports:

Saar Excavation Report 1 Saar Excavation Report 1
The Dilmun Temple at Saar
edited by Harriet Crawford, Robert Killick, and Jane Moon
    Full Report PDF 11 Mb
Saar Excavation Report 2 Saar Excavation Report 2
Early Dilmun Seals from Saar, fragments of art and administration
by Harriet Crawford
    Full Report PDF 6 Mb
Saar Excavation Report 3 Saar Excavation Report 3
The Early Dilmun Settlement at Saar   
by Robert Killick and Jane Moon
    Full Report PDF 45 Mb

Images:

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Bahrain map
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Early Dilmun sites in Bahrain
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Bahrain map
Early Dilmun sites in Bahrain
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Bahrain map
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Early Dilmun sites in Bahrain
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Cemeteries
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The Northern Burial Complex
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Cemeteries
The Northern Burial Complex
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Cemeteries
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The Northern Burial Complex
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Double chamber burials
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Two-tier Early Dilmun burials along the southwestern edge of the Saar mound-field
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Double chamber burials
Two-tier Early Dilmun burials along the southwestern edge of the Saar mound-field
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Double chamber burials
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Two-tier Early Dilmun burials along the southwestern edge of the Saar mound-field
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Honeycomb cemetery
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Part of the Southern Burial Complex
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Honeycomb cemetery
Part of the Southern Burial Complex
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Honeycomb cemetery
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Part of the Southern Burial Complex
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Middle East map
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Southwestern Asia
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Middle East map
Southwestern Asia
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Middle East map
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Southwestern Asia
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Saar area map
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Archaeological remains in the Saar area
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Saar area map
Archaeological remains in the Saar area
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Saar area map
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Archaeological remains in the Saar area
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Settlement limits
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Location and extent of the Saar settlement
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Settlement limits
Location and extent of the Saar settlement
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Settlement limits
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Location and extent of the Saar settlement
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Site aerial
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The Early Dilmun settlement at Saar from the air, taken in 1993 (S)
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Site aerial
The Early Dilmun settlement at Saar from the air, taken in 1993 (S)
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Site aerial
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The Early Dilmun settlement at Saar from the air, taken in 1993 (S)
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Site and eastwards
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The plain to the east of the settlement (E)
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Site and eastwards
The plain to the east of the settlement (E)
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Site and eastwards
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The plain to the east of the settlement (E)
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The Saar Database:


Documentation
Database Documentation PDF 54 Kb
Entity Relationship Diagram JPG
Entity Relationship Diagram
The entity relationship diagram for the database
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Database Tables:
ARCHITECTS PLANS CSV
ARCHITECTS PLANS
ARCHITECTS_PLANS.csv
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SECTIONS CSV
SECTIONS
SECTIONS.csv
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Block levels CSV
Block levels
Block_levels.csv
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Room types CSV
Room types
Room_types.csv
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DRAWINGS CSV
DRAWINGS
DRAWINGS.csv
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Bldg measurements CSV
Bldg measurements
Bldg_measurements.csv
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SAMPLING CSV
SAMPLING
SAMPLING.csv
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Bldg codes CSV
Bldg codes
Bldg_codes.csv
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CONTEXTS CSV
CONTEXTS
CONTEXTS.csv
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SITE SUPERVISORS PLANS CSV
SITE SUPERVISORS PLANS
SITE_SUPERVISORS_PLANS.csv
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Site period CSV
Site period
Site_period.csv
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FINDS CSV
FINDS
FINDS.csv
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FILE LIST CSV
FILE LIST
FILE_LIST.csv
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Installation codes CSV
Installation codes
Installation_codes.csv
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Pot versus strat CSV
Pot versus strat
Pot_versus_strat.csv
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GRAVES CSV
GRAVES
GRAVES.csv
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PHOTOGRAPHS CSV
PHOTOGRAPHS
PHOTOGRAPHS.csv
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Pottery periods CSV
Pottery periods
Pottery_periods.csv
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The Saar Imagebank:


The Imagebank database is available to download below. The Imagebank images can be viewed and downloaded using the Imagebank Search page.


Documentation
Database metadata CSV
Imagebank database metadata
Database metadata for the Saar Imagebank
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Explanation of fields PDF 184 Kb
Database
Saar Imagebank CSV
Saar Imagebank
Data for images within the Saar Imagebank
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601 Kb

GIS Data


Documentation
GIS Metadata CSV
GIS metadata
Download metadata for Saar GIS files as a CSV file
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GIS Description PDF 123 Kb
GIS
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The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Architecture
The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Architecture
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The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Architecture
'Flat' plans of the excavated walls of all the buildings.
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The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Installations line
The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Installations line
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The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Installations line
Plans of the domestic installations (lines)
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The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Installations poly
The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Installations poly
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The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Installations poly
Plans of the domestic installations (polygons)
ZIP 3.74 Mb
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The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Saar Spot finds
The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Saar Spot finds
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The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Saar Spot finds
Location of all plotted small finds.
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The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Contours annotation
The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Contours annotation
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The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Contours annotation
Contours in and around the Saar settlement.
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The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Contours Polyline
The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Contours Polyline
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The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Contours Polyline
Contours in and around the Saar settlement.
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The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Coast
The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Coast
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The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Coast
Outline of coast of Bahrain as at c.1995.
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The Ancient Saar Project GIS - 2024 GIS Contexts
.csv file providing further information about installations.
CSV
The Ancient Saar Project GIS - 2024 GIS Contexts
.csv file providing further information about installations.
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0.29 Mb
The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Catalogue
.csv file providing catalogue description of each plotted small find.
CSV
The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Catalogue
.csv file providing catalogue description of each plotted small find.
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2.19 Mb
The Ancient Saar Project GIS - Building Levels
The correlation of levels within and between buildings at Saar, including some revisions to Table 2.2 in Killick & Moon 2005.
XLSX 12.36 Kb



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