<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The <italic>Nawamis</italic> are sandstone-built circular structures, located at several sites across Southern Sinai, Egypt. They are thought to be family tombs, created by the nomadic people that inhabited the area. Archaeological age estimates fall within the Early to Late Bronze Age. Here an interesting suite of nine OSL dates of three stone pieces has been resulted, from two <italic>Nawamis</italic> at Gebel Gunna and Ain Khodra fields. Single aliquot regeneration OSL of quartz grains provided the accumulated dose. XRD was used to identify mineralogy of several tombs. Based on the estimated luminescence ages a time span from Early and late Bronze ages is obtained, while some possible later activity, due to partial (re)construction or reuse of tombs, was detected.</p></abstract>

The Nawamis are sandstone-built circular structures, located at several sites across Southern Sinai, Egypt. They are thought to be family tombs, created by the nomadic people that inhabited the area. Archaeological age estimates fall within the Early to Late Bronze Age. Here an interesting suite of nine OSL dates of three stone pieces has been resulted, from two Nawamis at Gebel Gunna and Ain Khodra fields. Single aliquot regeneration OSL of quartz grains provided the accumulated dose. XRD was used to identify mineralogy of several tombs. Based on the estimated luminescence ages a time span from Early and late Bronze ages is obtained, while some possible later activity, due to partial (re)construction or reuse of tombs, was detected.

Chronology of construction and occupational phases of Nawamis tombs, Sinai based on OSL dating

King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia & Lab of Archaeometry, Dept of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean, Rhodes,

Laboratory of Archaeometry, Department of History, Archaeology and Cultural Resources Management, University of the Peloponnese, 24133 Kalamata,

King Saud University, Dept of History, Riyadh,

Department of Geology, University of Patras, 26504 Rio,

National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Helwan, Cairo,

Geochronometria

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The Nawamis are sandstone-built circular structures, located at several sites across Southern Sinai, Egypt. They are thought to be family tombs, created by the...

Chronology of construction and occupational phases of Nawamis tombs, Sinai based on OSL dating

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 121 - 130

Received: Mar 08, 2016

Accepted: Sep 19, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geochr-2015-0041

Keywords
Nawamis, surface luminescence dating, Bronze Age Levant, SAR-OSL, XRD

© 2016 I. Liritsiz.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Chronology of construction and occupational phases of Nawamis tombs, Sinai based on OSL dating

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 121 - 130

Received: Mar 08, 2016

Accepted: Sep 19, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geochr-2015-0041

KeywordsNawamis, surface luminescence dating, Bronze Age Levant, SAR-OSL, XRD

© 2016 I. Liritsiz.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Nawamis, surface luminescence dating, Bronze Age Levant, SAR-OSL, XRD