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Derek Kennet's Outputs (48)

The organization of Chinese ceramic production from the Tang to the Ming periods: archaeological evidence from ceramic workshops (2024)
Journal Article
Song, X., Zhang, R., & Kennet, D. (in press). The organization of Chinese ceramic production from the Tang to the Ming periods: archaeological evidence from ceramic workshops. World Archaeology, https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2024.2304327

This paper analyzes the plans and layouts of Chinese ceramic workshops from the Tang to Ming periods (seventh to seventeenth century AD) to understand how ceramic production was organized and how organization developed over time. Through the comparat... Read More about The organization of Chinese ceramic production from the Tang to the Ming periods: archaeological evidence from ceramic workshops.

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, 54(5), 700-722 . 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.

The nature of third‐millennium settlement: The example of al‐Tikha (Rustaq) an Umm an‐Nar site on the Batinah coast of Oman (2022)
Journal Article
Deadman, W. M., Kennet, D., de Vreeze, M., & al‐Jahwari, N. S. (2022). The nature of third‐millennium settlement: The example of al‐Tikha (Rustaq) an Umm an‐Nar site on the Batinah coast of Oman. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 33(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.12218

al-Tikha is a mid to large Umm an-Nar (c. 2700–2000 BC) settlement situated near Rustaq at the back of the Southern Batinah coastal plain in the Sultanate of Oman that was discovered (or rediscovered) in 2014. The site is unique because its layout an... Read More about The nature of third‐millennium settlement: The example of al‐Tikha (Rustaq) an Umm an‐Nar site on the Batinah coast of Oman.

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

Sasanian Coins from ‘Uman and Bahrayn. (2008)
Book Chapter
Kennet, D. (2008). Sasanian Coins from ‘Uman and Bahrayn. In D. Kennet, & P. Luft (Eds.), Current Research in Sasanian Archaeology, Art & History. BAR International Series 1810: (55-64.)

The Glazed Ceramics. (2007)
Book Chapter
Kennet, D., Petrie, C., & Priestman., S. (2007). The Glazed Ceramics. In R. Coningham, & I. Ali (Eds.), Charsadda: the British Excavations at the Bala Hisar. BAR International Series (227-233)

The Decline of Eastern Arabia in the Sasanian Period (2007)
Journal Article
Kennet, D. (2007). The Decline of Eastern Arabia in the Sasanian Period. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 18(1), 1-122. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0471.2007.00274.x

This paper lists and reviews the archaeological evidence for the Sasanian period in eastern Arabia (third–seventh centuries AD). Much of the published evidence is shown to be either erroneous or highly doubtful, leaving very little evidence that is r... Read More about The Decline of Eastern Arabia in the Sasanian Period.

On the eve of Islam: archaeological evidence from Eastern Arabia (2005)
Journal Article
Kennet, D. (2005). On the eve of Islam: archaeological evidence from Eastern Arabia. Antiquity, 79(303), 107-118. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00113730

What was the archaeological context of the rise of Islam in Arabia? The author uses new work from Eastern Arabia to show that the advent of Islam coincided with the decline of the Sasanian hegemony and one of Arabia's least affluent periods in 3500 y... Read More about On the eve of Islam: archaeological evidence from Eastern Arabia.

Sasanian and Islamic pottery from Ras al-Khaimah: classification, chronology and analysis of trade in the Western Indian Ocean (2004)
Book
Kennet, D. (2004). Sasanian and Islamic pottery from Ras al-Khaimah: classification, chronology and analysis of trade in the Western Indian Ocean. Archaeopress

During the course of a preliminary surface survey of the island of Hulaylah in Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates in 1991, it became clear that, although understanding of the ceramic sequence from the Bronze Age until about the 4th century AD in th... Read More about Sasanian and Islamic pottery from Ras al-Khaimah: classification, chronology and analysis of trade in the Western Indian Ocean.

Sasanian and Islamic pottery. (2003)
Book Chapter
Fredslund Andersen, S., & Kennet, D. (2003). Sasanian and Islamic pottery. In H. Hellmuth Andersen, & F. Højland (Eds.), The Barbar Temples. Volume 1 (307-310)

Phytolith analysis from the archaeological site of Kush, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (2003)
Journal Article
Ishida, S., Parker, A., Kennet, D., & Hodson, M. (2003). Phytolith analysis from the archaeological site of Kush, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. Quaternary Research, 59(3), 310-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0033-5894%2803%2900043-7

Despite the wealth of archaeological sites and excellent conditions for preservation, few phytolith investigations have been undertaken from the Arabian Gulf region. The results from the Sasanian and Islamic archaeological tell of Kush, Ras al-Khaima... Read More about Phytolith analysis from the archaeological site of Kush, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.

Julfar and the urbanisation of southeast Arabia (2003)
Journal Article
Kennet, D. (2003). Julfar and the urbanisation of southeast Arabia. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 14(1), 103-125. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0471.2003.00011.x

The fourteenth-sixteenth-century town of Julfar (al-Mataf) in Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) is one of the most fully investigated archaeological sites in the Gulf, having been the subject of seven different excavation projects. Evidence from the published rep... Read More about Julfar and the urbanisation of southeast Arabia.

The early Islamic archaeology of Kuwait Bay.
Book Chapter
Kennet, D. The early Islamic archaeology of Kuwait Bay. In M. Ruttkay, B. Kovár, & K. Pieta (Eds.), Archaeology of Failaka and Kuwaiti coast – current research (147-157)

Kiln sites of the fourteenth–twentieth-century Julfar ware pottery industry in Ras al-Khaimah, UAE
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mitsuishi, G., & Kennet, D. (2013, December). Kiln sites of the fourteenth–twentieth-century Julfar ware pottery industry in Ras al-Khaimah, UAE. Presented at 46th Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, London

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.