Al-Natah
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| Location | Khaybar Oasis |
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| Region | Medina Province, Saudi Arabia |
| Type | walled oasis town |
| Area | 1.5 hectares (3.7 acres) |
| History | |
| Founded | 2400 BCE |
| Abandoned | 1500 BCE |
| Site notes | |
| Discovered | 2024 |
| Excavation dates | 2024 |
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Al-Natah is an archaeological site dating to the Bronze Age, in the Khaybar Oasis (Medinah Province, Saudi Arabia) on the road between Mecca and Aqaba.
History
[edit]The town covered about 1.5 hectares with some 500 residents, protected by ramparts. The occupation dates from around 2400 to 1500 BCE, from the late Early Bronze Age to the early Late Bronze Age. The site may represent "low urbanization", a transitional stage between mobile pastoralism and complex urban settlements.[1]
Early Bronze
[edit]In the Early Bronze IIIB, the site was occuped from around 2400 BCE.
Middle Bronze
[edit]In the Middle Bronze (c. 2000-1550 BCE), the city was a walled oasis.
Late Bronze
[edit]In the Late Bronze I, the occupation came to an end around 1500 BCE.
Excavations
[edit]The excavation is conducted by a CNRS team led by Guillaume Charloux.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bronze Age Town of Al-Natah Represents 'Slow Urbanism,' Archaeologists Say | Sci.News". Sci.News: Breaking Science News. 2024-10-30. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ Charloux, Guillaume; Shabo, Shadi; Depreux, Bruno; Colin, Sylvain; Guadagnini, Kévin; Guermont, François; Dupuy, Sabine; Bussy, Mylène; Bec Drelon, Noisette; Poulmarc’h, Modwene; Albukaai, Diaa; Alshilali, Saifi; Crassard, Rémy; AlMushawh, Munirah (2024-10-30). Uziel, Joe (ed.). "A Bronze Age town in the Khaybar walled oasis: Debating early urbanization in Northwestern Arabia". PLOS ONE. 19 (10): e0309963. Bibcode:2024PLoSO..1909963C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0309963. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 11524520. PMID 39475942.