Archaeological Periods In Qatar

Introduction
Archaeological investigations and explorations began in Qatar since the mid fifties of the last cent..
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Al Ubaidi Period
4500-3800BC
The beginning of settlement in Qatar. Archaeological sites that have emerged during this period are..
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The Bronze Age
3000-1300 BC
In this period some of the coastal areas had flourished specifically al-khor and Ras Abrouk antiqui..
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Iron Age 1300-500 BC
Antiquities attributed to Iron Age are obvious at al-khor sites and al-wusail and um-almaa burials, ..
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Greek and Roman period
400 BC – 300 AD
The antiquities of this period had evidently emerged in al-mazrooa site and the area of um-elma thi..
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pre-Islam period
300-610 AD
There are many archaeological sites dating back to the pre Islam and the Islamic period. The most im..
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Archaeology at QMA

Archaeological survey
The section starts surveying a specific area in Qatar depending either on previous archaeological in..
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Excavation projects
AL-KHOR SITE Excavation Team : Qatari - French team Site : AL - Khor. Recent Stage : Preparing The ..
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Protecting And Fencing
Work is under way to identify areas of archaeological sites and to put all of them on one map in ord..
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Documenting and registering archeological sites
An agreement in principle is under discussion between QMA and the Urban Planning & Developing Author..
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Excavation projects for year 2008
A time table is put to receive four external expeditions for surveying and excavating in some sites ..
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