The Funerary rites at Mleiha (Sharja-U.A.E.); The Camelid Graves

Marjan Mashkour (1)

1 Animal, Os et Archéologie

During the 1994 campaign of excavation in the interior of the site Mleiha (Sharja, U.A.E.), a necropole contemporaneous of the Greco-Roman period has been exposed, turning our attention to the privileged statute of some animals. Several human graves were indeed associated with camelids graves. In one case, one of the graves housed both a Camelid and an Equid. Anthropological studies will throw light on the specific Man/Animal relationships, still little unknown in this part of the world.

Mots clés: United Arab Emirate; Mleiha; Graves; Camelid; Equid; Funerary rites

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire; Environnement et Société; Ecologie, Environnement

Marjan Mashkour. The Funerary rites at Mleiha (Sharja-U.A.E.); The Camelid Graves. Kokabi M. & Wahi J. (Eds.). Anthropozoologica n° 25-26. Proceedings of ICAZ Congress (1994) Constance-Germany, 25-26, Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, pp. 725-736, 1997. ⟨hal-03132773⟩