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Longquan celadon: a quantified archaeological analysis of a pan-Indian Ocean industry of the 12th to 15th centuries (2023)
Journal Article
Zhang, R., Kennet, D., Brown, P., Song, X., Guangyao, W., Zhai, Y., & Mingjun, W. (2023). Longquan celadon: a quantified archaeological analysis of a pan-Indian Ocean industry of the 12th to 15th centuries. World Archaeology, https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2023.2216183

This paper examines the Longquan celadon industry, located in Zhejiang province in China, which flourished mainly between the Southern Song and early Ming dynasties (12th to 15th century). The products of this industry are found on archaeological sit... Read More about Longquan celadon: a quantified archaeological analysis of a pan-Indian Ocean industry of the 12th to 15th centuries.

A community in transition: Analysis of health and well‐being in people living during and following aridification (2022)
Journal Article
Caine, A. C., Roberts, C. A., & Kennet, D. (2022). A community in transition: Analysis of health and well‐being in people living during and following aridification. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 32(5), 1082-1095. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3134

This paper considers skeletal and dental lesions to assess the effects of aridification on two skeletal samples from the Bronze Age in what is now the United Arab Emirates (UAE), located on the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. This paper hypothe... Read More about A community in transition: Analysis of health and well‐being in people living during and following aridification.

Fine-Scale Genetic Structure in the United Arab Emirates Reflects Endogamous and Consanguineous Culture, Population History, and Geography (2022)
Journal Article
Elliott, K. S., Haber, M., Daggag, H., Busby, G. B., Sarwar, R., Kennet, D., …Barakat, M. T. (2022). Fine-Scale Genetic Structure in the United Arab Emirates Reflects Endogamous and Consanguineous Culture, Population History, and Geography. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac039

The indigenous population of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has a unique demographic and cultural history. Its tradition of endogamy and consanguinity is expected to produce genetic homogeneity and partitioning of gene pools while population movement... Read More about Fine-Scale Genetic Structure in the United Arab Emirates Reflects Endogamous and Consanguineous Culture, Population History, and Geography.

Ancient agriculture in Southeast Arabia: A three thousand year record of runoff farming from central Oman (Rustaq) (2021)
Journal Article
Purdue, L., Kennet, D., Garnier, A., Parton, A., Djerbi, H., Botan, S., …Moger, D. (2021). Ancient agriculture in Southeast Arabia: A three thousand year record of runoff farming from central Oman (Rustaq). CATENA, 204, Article 105406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105406

Runoff farming is a key hydro-agricultural strategy that has proven efficient in arid areas. Research in Arabia on the function, development, maintenance, durability and abandonment of this technology is scarce. A multiproxy investigation (cartograph... Read More about Ancient agriculture in Southeast Arabia: A three thousand year record of runoff farming from central Oman (Rustaq).

Evidence for Neolithic settlement in the foothills of the Western al-Hajar Mountains (2018)
Journal Article
Bretzke, K., Parton, A., Lindauer, S., & Kennet, D. (2018). Evidence for Neolithic settlement in the foothills of the Western al-Hajar Mountains. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29(2), 103-114. https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.12118

Systematic prospection and excavations in the Rustaq region of northern Oman, approximately 45 km from the coast in the foothills of the Western Hajar Mountains, have revealed an unexpectedly dense record of Neolithic sites. Besides surface scatters... Read More about Evidence for Neolithic settlement in the foothills of the Western al-Hajar Mountains.

Fulayj: a late Sasanian fort on the Arabian coast (2018)
Journal Article
al-Jahwari, N., Kennet, D., Priestman, S., & Sauer, E. (2018). Fulayj: a late Sasanian fort on the Arabian coast. Antiquity, 92(363), 724-741. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.64

Archaeological evidence for a Sasanian presence in the ‘Uman region of Eastern Arabia is sparse. Recent excavations at the site of Fulayj in Oman have, however, revealed it to be a Late Sasanian fort, the only securely dated example in Arabia, or ind... Read More about Fulayj: a late Sasanian fort on the Arabian coast.

The Rustaq Batinah Archaeological Survey. (2016)
Journal Article
Kennet, D., Deadman, W., & al-Jahwari, N. (2016). The Rustaq Batinah Archaeological Survey. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 46, 155-168

Kiln sites of the fourteenth–twentieth-century Julfar ware pottery industry in Ras al-Khaimah, UAE (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Mitsuishi, G., & Kennet, D. (2013). Kiln sites of the fourteenth–twentieth-century Julfar ware pottery industry in Ras al-Khaimah, UAE.

This paper presents a summary of the results of a study of four kiln sites of Julfar ware, a coarse ware that was produced in the Shimal area of Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) close to the historical site of Julfar between the fourteenth and twentieth centurie... Read More about Kiln sites of the fourteenth–twentieth-century Julfar ware pottery industry in Ras al-Khaimah, UAE.