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. (online). 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.

la si hai ma zai gu dai yin du yang mao yi xian shang de di wei dui la si hai ma zhu kao gu yi zhi de guan cha (2022)
Journal Article
Di, Y., Zhang, R., Wang, G., Kennet, D., & Wu, W. (2022). la si hai ma zai gu dai yin du yang mao yi xian shang de di wei dui la si hai ma zhu kao gu yi zhi de guan cha. Gugong Bowuyuan yuankan, 2022(10), 63-75

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., Petraglia, M., Petherbridge, L. J., Yavari, P., Heard-Bey, F. U., Shobi, B., Ghulam, T., Haj, D., Al Tikriti, A., Mohammad, A., Antony, S., Alyileili, M., Alaydaroos, S., Lau, E., Butler, M., …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., Herveux, L., Davtian, G., Carré, A., & 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).

Excavations at Paithan, Maharashtra: Transformations in Early Historic and Early Medieval India. (2020)
Book
Kennet, D., Kasturi Bai, M., & Rao, J. (2020). Excavations at Paithan, Maharashtra: Transformations in Early Historic and Early Medieval India. De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110653540

Transformations in Early Historic and Early Medieval India: Excavations at Paithan, Maharashtra 1996-1999 (2019)
Book
Kennet, D., Kasturi Bai, M., & Varaprasada Rao, J. (in press). Transformations in Early Historic and Early Medieval India: Excavations at Paithan, Maharashtra 1996-1999. Archaeological Survey of India

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

Archaeological Rescue Excavations on Packages 3 and 4 of the Batinah Expressway, Sultanate of Oman (2016)
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Saunders, B., Kennet, D., & al-Jahwari, N. (Eds.). (2016). Archaeological Rescue Excavations on Packages 3 and 4 of the Batinah Expressway, Sultanate of Oman. Archaeopress

Hafit Tombs and the Development of Early Bronze Age Social Hierarchy in Al-Batinah, Oman. (2015)
Journal Article
Deadman, W., Kennet, D., & al-Awfi, K. (2015). Hafit Tombs and the Development of Early Bronze Age Social Hierarchy in Al-Batinah, Oman. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 45, 49-56

Archaeological Atlas of Samarra : Samarra Studies II. (2015)
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Northedge, A., & Kennet, D. (2015). Archaeological Atlas of Samarra : Samarra Studies II. British Institute for the Study of Iraq ; Fondation Max van Berchem

Current fieldwork on the early Islamic archaeology of Kuwait: Kadhima, the coast and the Tariq al-Basra. (2015)
Other
Kennet, D. (2015). Current fieldwork on the early Islamic archaeology of Kuwait: Kadhima, the coast and the Tariq al-Basra

Towards a heritage management strategy for Ras al-Khaimah (UAE). (2015)
Journal Article
Ahmed, H., Kennet, D., & Humble, L. (2015). Towards a heritage management strategy for Ras al-Khaimah (UAE). Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 45, 149-158

Kadhima: Kuwait in the early centuries of Islam. (2014)
Book
Kennet, D., Ulrich, B., & Le Maguer, S. (2014). Kadhima: Kuwait in the early centuries of Islam. National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, Kuwait

Reconsidering the decline of urbanism in late Early Historic and Early Medieval South Asia. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennet, D. (2013, December). Reconsidering the decline of urbanism in late Early Historic and Early Medieval South Asia. Presented at The Orient on the Eve of Islam, Paris, France

An Outline Archaeological History of the Northern Emirates in the Islamic Period. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennet, D. (2013, December). An Outline Archaeological History of the Northern Emirates in the Islamic Period. Presented at Second International Conference on the Archaeology in the UAE, Abu Dhabi