1. 1. We would like to thank Lloyd Weeks who read over a draft of this paper and made many useful suggestions. This paper is based on the doctoral theses of both authors. Christian Velde guided one of us (PM) in our initial foray into analysing the Iron Age ceramics from Tell Abraq. The identification and subsequent interpretation of the ceramics from that site would not have been possible without his kind and generous assistance.
2. The Iranian Iron Age and the Chronology of Settlement in Southeastern Arabia
3. 4. For reports on Tell Abraq seeP Magee . The Iron Age settlement at Tell Abraq. Turnhout: Abiel, IV: forthcoming and Potts DT.A prehistoric mound in the Emirate of Umm al-Qaiwain, U. A. E.Copenhagen: Munksgaard: 1990; Potts DT.Further Excavations at Tell Abraq.Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1991.