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20,000-2,000 years ago ADIAS Burial grounds - Jebel Buhays Arabian Bifacial Tradition al-Madar site - Umm al-Qaiwain Flint arrowheads - Yaw Sahhab Dugong butchery - Akab Island Stone tools - Dalma Island Prehistoric cemetary - Dhayah Over a dozen sites - Marawah Important early settlement - Khatt Circular Graves - Jebel Hafit Prehistoric Graves - Jebel Emalah Mudbrick towers - Hili 8 Tombs - Hili North Circular tombs - Umm al-Nar Remains of Mays/Rosewood Pottery Black-on-greyware Soft-stone 'Ubaid style pottery Pottery, soft-stone - Shimal Barbar pottery Soft-stone - Fashghah Red -ridged ware' - Ghagha' Island Remains of 350 people - Tell Abraq Settlement - Ghanadha	20,000-2,000 years ago Trade - Dilmun Copper - Magan Exotic goods - Meluhha Cremation - al-Sufouh Extraordinary remains - Asimah 3000 beads etc. found - Mowaihat Coinage Coinage - Mileiha, al-Dur Iron Age wall - Kalba Iron Age enclosure - Awhala Iron Age village - al-Thugaibah Iron Age settlement - al-Madam Iron Age site - Muweilah Iron Age enclosure - Husn Madhab Iron Age buildings - Rumeilah Iron Age falaj - al-Madam Iron Age stamp seals Cistern - Kafai Drawings on stone - Hayl Mudbrick fort - Bitna 34 graves - Khor Fakkan Graves - Qarn Bint Saud Prehistoric mound - Nud Ziba Skeletons - Sharm Gold ornament - Qattarah Shaft graves - al-Qusais Tombs - Ghalilah Weaponry
2,000-200 years ago Roman glass - Mileiha, al-Dur Settlement - Mileiha Sir Bani Yas Largest pre-Islamic site - al-Dur Characene coins - al-Dur Drinking sets - al-Dur Sir Bani Yas - formation Origin of the name - Abi'el Settlement - Bidya Fortress - Mantiqa al-Sirra Wells and hearths - Balghelam	2,000-200 years ago Rejection of Islam Coins - Kashm Nadir Beach rock houses - Jumeirah City of Julfar Coffee bean - Kush Attic pottery Pottery - Wadi Haqil Orange pottery - al-Dur Pottery - Jazirat al-Hulaylah Pottery - Ras Bilyaryar 'Red-ware pottery' - Qarnein

Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey
New results from Sir Bani Yas study - 7th and 12th May 2002

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