M. James Blackman, Sophie Mery, and Rita P. Wright
Production and Exchange of Ceramics on the Oman
Peninsula from the Perspective of Hili
Journal of Field Archaeology 16 (1989) 61--77
Analysis was conducted for purposes of defining provenience of the raw material for three ceramic types: ``domestic,'' ``black on-red,'' and Emir grey wares selected from Periods I and II at Hili 8 settlement and Hili North Tomb A on the Oman Peninsula of the 3rd millennium B.C. Combined thin section petrography and neutron activation analysis indicated that the ``domestic'' and ``black-on-red'' fine wares conform to the geological setting of the Oman Peninsula and the Emir grey ware probably comes from SE Iran. The cultural implications are discussed.