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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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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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Introduction
Archaeological investigations and explorations began in Qatar since the mid fifties of the last century, specifically in (1957) when Danish archaeological team expanded survey that included most of north-east, north-west and the inland area regions .Those surveys and the archaeological excavations have shown the existence of cultural and historical sequence that dates back to the Neolithic period which also called " al_ubaid " culture.
Between the years (1961-1964) more sites were discovered that were attributed to the stone ages, in addition to the discovery of sites and cities attributed to later periods.
The periods of those sites and cities can be dated back to the Bronze Age and then to the Iron Age, Greek and Roman eras, and to Islam era as well.
Example of early Islamic eras is found in the Ruins of Merweb site that which attributes to the beginnings of Abbasid and the city of Zubara, dates back to the late Islamic period.