An Archaeological Study on the Prehistoric Cultural Exchanges in the Arabian Gulf.

继1990/1991年在卡塔尔的发掘之后，我们从1991年12月到1992年1月在巴林进行了考古研究，这是该项目在阿拉伯湾的最后一季。在这个季节，我们选择了一个露天遗址，Ain Umm es-Sujur，用于我们在主岛西北端的研究，并出于一些具体目的对其进行了挖掘：检查该遗址的地层以建立年表，发现该遗址的性质或功能，在一些地区的水深，以及在被丹麦团队于20世纪50年代部分挖掘的所谓的“井庙”重新挖掘。前者被发现是公元前2000年的一个小聚落，在后者，我们发现了一个巨大的人工池塘或池塘，周围环绕着石墙或建筑，也可以追溯到公元前2000年。井庙被重新挖掘和清理，以显示其详细的建造。从出土的陶器类型来看，这一特征也应该追溯到公元前2000年左右，并发现了一些阶段。通过我们的研究获得的所有证据表明，这一遗址是公元前2000年左右由巴尔巴人建造和占领的，作为一座大城市的一部分，附近的当代遗址狄拉兹神庙也属于这座城市。

Following the excavations in Qatar in 1990 / 1991, we carried out archaeological researches in Bahrain from December, 1991 until January, 1992 as the final season of the project in the Arabian Gulf. In this season, we chose an open-air site, Ain Umm es-Sujur, for our research in the NW extremety of the main island and excavated it for some concrete purposes : examining the stratigraphy of the site to establish the chronology, finding the natures or the functions of the site the soundings at some areas and a re-excavation at so-called the 'Well Temple' which was partially excavated by a Danish team in 1950's.Ain Umm es-Sujur consists of a low hill and a large depression surrounded by some number of sand mound where the 'Well Temple' was discovered. The former was found to have been a small settlement of c. 2000 B. C. In the latter, we found a large man-made pond or pool surrounded by stone walls or buildings also dated to c. 2000 B. C. The 'Well Temple' was re-excavated and cleaned to show its construction in detail. From the excavated pottery types, this feature should be also dated to c. 2000 B. C. and some phases were found.The whole evidences obtained through our research suggest that this site was built and occupied c. 2000 B. C. by the Barbar people and functioned as a part of a great city to which Diraz Temple, a contemporary site near here, also belonged.