Derek Kennet
Biographic Data
| ID | 236347 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Derek Kennet |
| GIVEN NAMES | Derek |
| FAMILY NAME | Kennet |
| SIGNATURE | KENNET D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4179-3516 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 119 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Karstic Aquifers and Climate Refugia
This paper attempts to set out a preliminary narrative of changing water exploitation and settlement in Southeast Arabia from the Umm an-Nar period to the Iron Age, with a particular focus on the 4.2ka event. It argues for long-term cultural and adaptive trends that are only now becoming apparent and are relevant to understanding local adaptation strategies to climatic events such as the 4.2ka event. In setting out this narrative, we also aim to …
Sasanian and Islamic Settlement and Ceramics in Southern Iran (4th to 17th Century AD)
The organization of Chinese ceramic production from the Tang to the Ming periods
This paper analyzes the plans and layouts of Chinese ceramic workshops from the Tang to Ming periods (seventh to seventeenth century AD) to understand how ceramic production was organized and how organization developed over time. Through the comparative examination of 254 workshops from 96 workshop sites, two workshop types have been defined based on the spatial arrangement of their production facilities. This paper argues that each workshop type…
A community in transition
This paper considers skeletal and dental lesions to assess the effects of aridification on two skeletal samples from the Bronze Age in what is now the United Arab Emirates (UAE), located on the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. This paper hypothesized that the sample from Qarn al‐Harf (QAH) Tomb 6 would show a greater prevalence of skeletal and dental lesions in comparison with that from QAH Tomb 5, because QAH Tomb 6 dates to a period of ari…
The nature of third‐millennium settlement
al‐Tikha is a mid to large Umm an‐Nar (c. 2700–2000 BC) settlement situated near Rustaq at the back of the Southern Batinah coastal plain in the Sultanate of Oman that was discovered (or rediscovered) in 2014. The site is unique because its layout and spatial organisation are very largely (possibly completely) visible on the surface. This includes two separate areas of stone‐built housing, a large pottery scatter of varying density, three or four…
Longquan celadon
This paper examines the Longquan celadon industry, located in Zhejiang province in China, which flourished mainly between the Southern Song and early Ming dynasties (12th to 15th century). The products of this industry are found on archaeological sites from across China and the Indian Ocean. This paper attempts a quantified analysis of the development of the industry based on archaeological data, focussing on four aspects: production, domestic co…
Chapter 15 Paithan Excavation
Kennet, Derek, Hawkes, Jason and Willis, Michael. "Chapter 15: Paithan Excavation: Historical, Archaeological, Geographical and Epigraphical Contexts." In Excavations at Paithan, Maharashtra: Transformations in Early Historic and Early Medieval India, 324-335. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110653540-015\n\n \n\nGupta. \nHindu Tempel. \nHindu temple\n\nLandwirtschaft. \nVakataka. \nagriculture. \narchaeology. \nRELI…
Excavations at Paithan, Maharashtra
This book reports on excavations at Paithan in India revealed the development of two early Hindu temples from the 4th century to the 9th: the key formative phase of Hinduism. The temples started as small shrines but were elaborated into formal temples. In relation to these changes, the excavations revealed a sequence of palaeobotanical and palaeofaunal evidence that give insight into the economic and social changes that took place at that time
Evidence of Neolithic settlement in the foothills of the Western al‐Hajar Mountains
Systematic prospection and excavations in the Rustaq region of northern Oman, approximately 45 km from the coast in the foothills of the Western Hajar Mountains, have revealed an unexpectedly dense record of Neolithic sites. Besides surface scatters of lithic artefacts, excavation at the site of Hayy al‐Sarh recovered two stratified archaeological horizons ( AH s). The upper horizon, AH I, contained pierced marine shells that provided an age of t…
Fulayj
From human niche construction to imperial power
Current research in Sasanian archaeology, art and history
Some useful essays on a perhaps slightly neglected period of Near Eastern history. There is no overall theme, beyond that of presenting current research, and there are papers on religion, iconography, social structure, and the collapse of the Sasanian Empire as well as excavation reports
The decline of eastern Arabia in the Sasanian period
This paper lists and reviews the archaeological evidence for the Sasanian period in eastern Arabia (third–seventh centuries AD). Much of the published evidence is shown to be either erroneous or highly doubtful, leaving very little evidence that is reliable. It is argued that the paucity of evidence in comparison to the Hellenistic/Parthian period indicates that this was a time of marked and continuing decline in the number and size of settlement…
A Record of Holocene Climate Change from Lake Geochemical Analyses in Southeastern Arabia
Lacustrine sediments from southeastern Arabia reveal variations in lake level corresponding to changes in the strength and duration of Indian Ocean Monsoon (IOM) summer rainfall and winter cyclonic rainfall. The late glacial/Holocene transition of the region was characterised by the development of mega-linear dunes. These dunes became stabilised and vegetated during the early Holocene and interdunal lakes formed in response to the incursion of th…
The Transition from Early Historic to Early Medieval in the Vākāṭaka Realm
On the eve of Islam
What was the archaeological context of the rise of Islam in Arabia? The author uses new work from Eastern Arabia to show that the advent of Islam coincided with the decline of the Sasanian hegemony and one of Arabia's least affluent periods in 3500 years of history
Phytolith analysis from the archaeological site of Kush, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Despite the wealth of archaeological sites and excellent conditions for preservation, few phytolith investigations have been undertaken from the Arabian Gulf region. The results from the Sasanian and Islamic archaeological tell of Kush, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, are presented. Kush is situated just inside the Gulf on an important trade route. The occupation sequence dates from the 4 th century A.D. until the 13 th century A.D., record…
Julfar and the urbanisation of Southeast Arabia
The fourteenth‐sixteenth‐century town of Julfar (al‐Mataf) in Ras al‐Khaimah (UAE) is one of the most fully investigated archaeological sites in the Gulf, having been the subject of seven different excavation projects. Evidence from the published reports, when brought together, provides a detailed and coherent picture of the development of the site from a small fishing community in the mid‐fourteenth century to a fully urbanised settlement by the…
Two Early Historic Brick Temples at Paithan in Maharashtra
(2003). Two Early Historic Brick Temples at Paithan in Maharashtra. South Asian Studies: Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 113-123
Sasanian Pottery in Southern Iran and Eastern Arabia
The Williamson Collection Project
Sasanian Pottery in Southern Iran and Eastern Arabia
Very few archaeological sites of the Sasanian period have been identified from Southern Iran and Eastern Arabia. In part this is because a securely-dated Sasanian ceramic assemblage has not yet been isolated in this region, making it impossible to recognise with confidence the ceramic wares upon which the identification of archaeological sites normally depends. The problem is exemplified by Eastern Arabia, where considerably more systematic archa…
The Early Historic Brick Temple at Chandor (ancient Chandrapura), Goa
(2001). The Early Historic Brick Temple at Chandor (ancient Chandrapura), Goa. South Asian Studies: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 97-107
Kush
With contributions by Mark Beech (University of York, U.K.), Adrian Parker (School of Geography, University of Oxford, U.K.) and Alan Pipe (Museum of London Archaeological Service, U.K
Current Research in Sasanian Archaeology, Art and History
The decline of eastern Arabia in the Sasanian period
This paper lists and reviews the archaeological evidence for the Sasanian period in eastern Arabia (third–seventh centuries AD). Much of the published evidence is shown to be either erroneous or highly doubtful, leaving very little evidence that is reliable. It is argued that the paucity of evidence in comparison to the Hellenistic/Parthian period indicates that this was a time of marked and continuing decline in the number and size of settlement…
Kush
With contributions by Mark Beech (University of York, U.K.), Adrian Parker (School of Geography, University of Oxford, U.K.) and Alan Pipe (Museum of London Archaeological Service, U.K
From human niche construction to imperial power
Fulayj
The Williamson Collection Project
Julfar and the urbanisation of Southeast Arabia
The fourteenth‐sixteenth‐century town of Julfar (al‐Mataf) in Ras al‐Khaimah (UAE) is one of the most fully investigated archaeological sites in the Gulf, having been the subject of seven different excavation projects. Evidence from the published reports, when brought together, provides a detailed and coherent picture of the development of the site from a small fishing community in the mid‐fourteenth century to a fully urbanised settlement by the…
The nature of third‐millennium settlement
al‐Tikha is a mid to large Umm an‐Nar (c. 2700–2000 BC) settlement situated near Rustaq at the back of the Southern Batinah coastal plain in the Sultanate of Oman that was discovered (or rediscovered) in 2014. The site is unique because its layout and spatial organisation are very largely (possibly completely) visible on the surface. This includes two separate areas of stone‐built housing, a large pottery scatter of varying density, three or four…
Longquan celadon
This paper examines the Longquan celadon industry, located in Zhejiang province in China, which flourished mainly between the Southern Song and early Ming dynasties (12th to 15th century). The products of this industry are found on archaeological sites from across China and the Indian Ocean. This paper attempts a quantified analysis of the development of the industry based on archaeological data, focussing on four aspects: production, domestic co…
Excavations at Paithan, Maharashtra
This book reports on excavations at Paithan in India revealed the development of two early Hindu temples from the 4th century to the 9th: the key formative phase of Hinduism. The temples started as small shrines but were elaborated into formal temples. In relation to these changes, the excavations revealed a sequence of palaeobotanical and palaeofaunal evidence that give insight into the economic and social changes that took place at that time
Sasanian Pottery in Southern Iran and Eastern Arabia
Very few archaeological sites of the Sasanian period have been identified from Southern Iran and Eastern Arabia. In part this is because a securely-dated Sasanian ceramic assemblage has not yet been isolated in this region, making it impossible to recognise with confidence the ceramic wares upon which the identification of archaeological sites normally depends. The problem is exemplified by Eastern Arabia, where considerably more systematic archa…
Excavations at El Merj (Ancient Barca) – A First Report on the 1990 Season
Trench 330. Below recent structures the remains of two (possibly related) complexes of buildings were uncovered. Building I was a sunken, probably rectangular, courtyard bounded by a colonnade. Building II was mud brick. Seven major phases were identified. Pottery suggests a terminus post quem in the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries AD. Trench 340. Below very recent features was a brick barrack block, which probably dates to the 1930s. Below th…
Evidence of Neolithic settlement in the foothills of the Western al‐Hajar Mountains
Systematic prospection and excavations in the Rustaq region of northern Oman, approximately 45 km from the coast in the foothills of the Western Hajar Mountains, have revealed an unexpectedly dense record of Neolithic sites. Besides surface scatters of lithic artefacts, excavation at the site of Hayy al‐Sarh recovered two stratified archaeological horizons ( AH s). The upper horizon, AH I, contained pierced marine shells that provided an age of t…
On the eve of Islam
What was the archaeological context of the rise of Islam in Arabia? The author uses new work from Eastern Arabia to show that the advent of Islam coincided with the decline of the Sasanian hegemony and one of Arabia's least affluent periods in 3500 years of history
Karstic Aquifers and Climate Refugia
This paper attempts to set out a preliminary narrative of changing water exploitation and settlement in Southeast Arabia from the Umm an-Nar period to the Iron Age, with a particular focus on the 4.2ka event. It argues for long-term cultural and adaptive trends that are only now becoming apparent and are relevant to understanding local adaptation strategies to climatic events such as the 4.2ka event. In setting out this narrative, we also aim to …
Jazīrat al-Ḥulayla — early Julfār
This paper describes the results of a brief archaeological survey of Jazī;rat al-Hulayla, an island in the Emirate of Ra's al-Khayma, United Arab Emirates. The island was found to contain extensive evidence of occupation dating from the first three centuries A.D. until recent times
The organization of Chinese ceramic production from the Tang to the Ming periods
This paper analyzes the plans and layouts of Chinese ceramic workshops from the Tang to Ming periods (seventh to seventeenth century AD) to understand how ceramic production was organized and how organization developed over time. Through the comparative examination of 254 workshops from 96 workshop sites, two workshop types have been defined based on the spatial arrangement of their production facilities. This paper argues that each workshop type…
Sasanian Pottery in Southern Iran and Eastern Arabia
Pottery as Evidence for Trade in Medieval Cyrenaica
The use of pottery distributions to identify trade contacts is one of the most important tools in the archaeologist's repertoire. Recent examples of such studies, concentrating on the classical period in Cyrenaica, have produced evidence which provides valuable new insights into changing trade patterns for which there is precious little historical information. There is, at present, a debate over Cyrenaica's trading contacts during the classical p…
Some Notes on Islamic Tolmeita
This article presents some sherds of glazed, medieval pottery which were found on the surface at Tolmeita in the vicinity of the Headquarters of the Dux. This pottery suggests a period of occupation at Tolmeita from the tenth to the thirteenth centuries AD. There is a brief discussion of the possible role of Tolmeita as a port for Barqa's trade. Yakubi, al-Idrisi and Abu al-Fida are quoted as they all mention Tolmeita by name
Late Archaic Alphabets From Le Mollaie, Etruria
Excavations at El Merj (Ancient Barca) – A First Report on the 1990 Season
Trench 330. Below recent structures the remains of two (possibly related) complexes of buildings were uncovered. Building I was a sunken, probably rectangular, courtyard bounded by a colonnade. Building II was mud brick. Seven major phases were identified. Pottery suggests a terminus post quem in the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries AD. Trench 340. Below very recent features was a brick barrack block, which probably dates to the 1930s. Below th…
Some Notes on Islamic Tolmeita
This article presents some sherds of glazed, medieval pottery which were found on the surface at Tolmeita in the vicinity of the Headquarters of the Dux. This pottery suggests a period of occupation at Tolmeita from the tenth to the thirteenth centuries AD. There is a brief discussion of the possible role of Tolmeita as a port for Barqa's trade. Yakubi, al-Idrisi and Abu al-Fida are quoted as they all mention Tolmeita by name
Jazīrat al-Ḥulayla — early Julfār
This paper describes the results of a brief archaeological survey of Jazī;rat al-Hulayla, an island in the Emirate of Ra's al-Khayma, United Arab Emirates. The island was found to contain extensive evidence of occupation dating from the first three centuries A.D. until recent times
Pottery as Evidence for Trade in Medieval Cyrenaica
The use of pottery distributions to identify trade contacts is one of the most important tools in the archaeologist's repertoire. Recent examples of such studies, concentrating on the classical period in Cyrenaica, have produced evidence which provides valuable new insights into changing trade patterns for which there is precious little historical information. There is, at present, a debate over Cyrenaica's trading contacts during the classical p…
Third and early second‐millennium occupation at Nud Ziba, Khatt (U.A.E.)
Kush
With contributions by Mark Beech (University of York, U.K.), Adrian Parker (School of Geography, University of Oxford, U.K.) and Alan Pipe (Museum of London Archaeological Service, U.K
The Early Historic Brick Temple at Chandor (ancient Chandrapura), Goa
(2001). The Early Historic Brick Temple at Chandor (ancient Chandrapura), Goa. South Asian Studies: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 97-107
Sasanian Pottery in Southern Iran and Eastern Arabia
The Williamson Collection Project
Sasanian Pottery in Southern Iran and Eastern Arabia
Very few archaeological sites of the Sasanian period have been identified from Southern Iran and Eastern Arabia. In part this is because a securely-dated Sasanian ceramic assemblage has not yet been isolated in this region, making it impossible to recognise with confidence the ceramic wares upon which the identification of archaeological sites normally depends. The problem is exemplified by Eastern Arabia, where considerably more systematic archa…
Phytolith analysis from the archaeological site of Kush, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Despite the wealth of archaeological sites and excellent conditions for preservation, few phytolith investigations have been undertaken from the Arabian Gulf region. The results from the Sasanian and Islamic archaeological tell of Kush, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, are presented. Kush is situated just inside the Gulf on an important trade route. The occupation sequence dates from the 4 th century A.D. until the 13 th century A.D., record…
Julfar and the urbanisation of Southeast Arabia
The fourteenth‐sixteenth‐century town of Julfar (al‐Mataf) in Ras al‐Khaimah (UAE) is one of the most fully investigated archaeological sites in the Gulf, having been the subject of seven different excavation projects. Evidence from the published reports, when brought together, provides a detailed and coherent picture of the development of the site from a small fishing community in the mid‐fourteenth century to a fully urbanised settlement by the…
Two Early Historic Brick Temples at Paithan in Maharashtra
(2003). Two Early Historic Brick Temples at Paithan in Maharashtra. South Asian Studies: Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 113-123
The Transition from Early Historic to Early Medieval in the Vākāṭaka Realm
On the eve of Islam
What was the archaeological context of the rise of Islam in Arabia? The author uses new work from Eastern Arabia to show that the advent of Islam coincided with the decline of the Sasanian hegemony and one of Arabia's least affluent periods in 3500 years of history
A Record of Holocene Climate Change from Lake Geochemical Analyses in Southeastern Arabia
Lacustrine sediments from southeastern Arabia reveal variations in lake level corresponding to changes in the strength and duration of Indian Ocean Monsoon (IOM) summer rainfall and winter cyclonic rainfall. The late glacial/Holocene transition of the region was characterised by the development of mega-linear dunes. These dunes became stabilised and vegetated during the early Holocene and interdunal lakes formed in response to the incursion of th…
The decline of eastern Arabia in the Sasanian period
This paper lists and reviews the archaeological evidence for the Sasanian period in eastern Arabia (third–seventh centuries AD). Much of the published evidence is shown to be either erroneous or highly doubtful, leaving very little evidence that is reliable. It is argued that the paucity of evidence in comparison to the Hellenistic/Parthian period indicates that this was a time of marked and continuing decline in the number and size of settlement…
Current research in Sasanian archaeology, art and history
Some useful essays on a perhaps slightly neglected period of Near Eastern history. There is no overall theme, beyond that of presenting current research, and there are papers on religion, iconography, social structure, and the collapse of the Sasanian Empire as well as excavation reports
From human niche construction to imperial power
Evidence of Neolithic settlement in the foothills of the Western al‐Hajar Mountains
Systematic prospection and excavations in the Rustaq region of northern Oman, approximately 45 km from the coast in the foothills of the Western Hajar Mountains, have revealed an unexpectedly dense record of Neolithic sites. Besides surface scatters of lithic artefacts, excavation at the site of Hayy al‐Sarh recovered two stratified archaeological horizons ( AH s). The upper horizon, AH I, contained pierced marine shells that provided an age of t…
Fulayj
Chapter 15 Paithan Excavation
Kennet, Derek, Hawkes, Jason and Willis, Michael. "Chapter 15: Paithan Excavation: Historical, Archaeological, Geographical and Epigraphical Contexts." In Excavations at Paithan, Maharashtra: Transformations in Early Historic and Early Medieval India, 324-335. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110653540-015\n\n \n\nGupta. \nHindu Tempel. \nHindu temple\n\nLandwirtschaft. \nVakataka. \nagriculture. \narchaeology. \nRELI…
Excavations at Paithan, Maharashtra
This book reports on excavations at Paithan in India revealed the development of two early Hindu temples from the 4th century to the 9th: the key formative phase of Hinduism. The temples started as small shrines but were elaborated into formal temples. In relation to these changes, the excavations revealed a sequence of palaeobotanical and palaeofaunal evidence that give insight into the economic and social changes that took place at that time
A community in transition
This paper considers skeletal and dental lesions to assess the effects of aridification on two skeletal samples from the Bronze Age in what is now the United Arab Emirates (UAE), located on the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. This paper hypothesized that the sample from Qarn al‐Harf (QAH) Tomb 6 would show a greater prevalence of skeletal and dental lesions in comparison with that from QAH Tomb 5, because QAH Tomb 6 dates to a period of ari…
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