Jebel Dhanna

Location of Jebel Dhanna (Source: ADIAS)


View of the sulphur mines at Jebel Dhanna (Photograph by ADIAS)	View of the interior of one of the sulphur mines at Jebel Dhanna. Tool marks are clearly visible on the walls of the shaft (Photograph by ADIAS)

Links

Fossils - Jebel Dhanna Sites and the Jebel Dhanna Fauna (Source: ADIAS website Miocene Vertebrates from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)

Late Miocene Fossils of Abu Dhabi - visit the website, hosted by ADIAS, which was created by Peter J. Whybrow and Andrew Hill documenting the Natural History Museum-Yale University Abu Dhabi Miocene Project.

Radiocarbon dates from Jebel Dhanna (Source: ADIAS website)

Press

26 April 1999 - Ancient sulphur mines discovered (Source: www.uaeinteract.com)

25 February 2002 - Study of Jebel Dhanna sulphur mines completed (Source: ADIAS press release)

26 February 2002 - Team analyses archaeological sulphur mines (Source: Gulf News)

Publications

Sulphur, Camels and Gunpowder - The Sulphur Mines at Jebel Dhanna, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - An archaeological site of the late Islamic period.

Edited by: G.R.D. King.

With contributions by D.Hull, S. Rowland, P. Hellyer, S.J. Aspinall, M.J. Beech, R.A. Carter and G.R.D. King.

2003.

Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS) and the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO), Abu Dhabi.

ISBN 1-904566-43-X
LCCN 2003 113985

Price 100 UAE Dirhams.

Distributed by:
Zodiac Publishing, P.O. Box 502127, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Email: general@zodiacpublishing.org
Web: www.zodiacpublishing.org

Hull, D. 2003. Sulphur mines at Jebel Dhanna, Abu Dhabi: Preliminary survey and excavation results. In: D.T. Potts, H. Naboodah and P. Hellyer (eds.), Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Archaeology of the UAE. Trident Press Ltd., London. pp.277-284.
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