Rewriting the end of the Early Bronze Age in the United Arab Emirates through the anthropological and artefactual evaluation of two collective Umm an‐Nar graves at Hili (eastern region of Abu Dhabi)

Abstract

The Hili archaeological complex in Al Ain (U.A.E.) is important for its wealth of third‐millennium BC Umm an‐Nar burial and settlement sites. Two of the most significant burial sites are Tomb N at Hili and Tomb A Hili North. The latter is a classic circular Umm an‐Nar monumental grave, while Hili N is a pit‐grave, one of only two Umm an‐Nar period pit‐graves discovered so far in the U.A.E. Both of these tombs contained the remains of hundreds of individuals, in the case of Tomb A Hili North, more than 300, while around 600 people had been deposited in Hili N. Both population groups have been the subject of anthropological and artefactual analyses and a comparison of the findings help to shed light on the chronology of the end of the Umm an‐Nar period.

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