Colloque : La Préhistoire des autres. Comment l'archéologie et l'anthropologie abordent le passé des sociétés non occidentales
25 November 2010
Events

The prehistory of the others Anthropological and archaeological perspectives on non-Western pasts

International conference organized by the French national institute for preventive archaeological research and the Quai Branly Museum 

January18th and19th 2011 

Découverte du plus ancien sanctuaire d'Arabie : la structure en os de dugong de l'île d'Akab
18 September 2009
Discoveries

The oldest sanctuary in Arabia is discovered: a dugong bone mound on Akab Island

The French archaeological mission to the United Arab Emirates, including CNRS and INRAP searchers, and the museum of the Umm al-Quwain Emirate (UAE) have recently discovered the oldest sanctuary in Arabia (3500-3200 BC), as well as the oldest known ceremonial site dedicated to a very particular marine mammal, the dugong (Dugong dugon). 
These results have just been published in the international review Antiquity.