Music -related cultures in prehistoric Arab Bay

Archaeologists analyzed a pair of copper bells from the Bronze Age Oman, which proposed a common music tradition of connected cultures and helped to facilitate trade around the Arab Bay.

Music is a universal aspect of human life that exists in all societies. If it is used in religious ceremonies, cultural activities or only for entertainment, music often served as a force to bring people together.

However, musical instruments are usually made of materials such as wood and metal, which are not widely survived in archaeological records. This makes it difficult to learn how music shapes prehistoric cultures.

Therefore, BC. A pair of copper alloying, Oman, Dahwa’s “Umm An-Nar” cultural zone is a rare and important finding.

“These copper alloying bells are the first thing found in good archaeological contexts in Oman, and especially an early context,” Professor Khaled Douglas, the chief author of the research, said.

In order to investigate the origins of the bells, archaeologists from the University of Sultan Qaboos visually analyzed them and performed the isotope analysis of copper. Consequences published in the journal Antiquity.

Although it is stylistic to the bell samples from the contemporary Indus Valley, isotope analysis shows that the bells are produced in Oman.

This suggests that the production of the bells is influenced by contact between Umm-Nar Culture and Indus Valley civilization.

The trading around the Arab Bay is well based on the bronze age. Many examples of ceramics, beads and metal objects, which share similarities from the Indus Valley, were found in Arabia.

However, these discoveries are mainly examined economically and remain uncertain of social consequences of this comprehensive interaction.

“Early Bronze Age (Umm-An-Nar Period) has already demonstrated rich evidence for inter-regions contact,” joint writer Professor Nasser Nasser Al-Jahwari said. Says. “However, the exact nature of these contacts is still a matter of work and discussion.”

Therefore, the discovery of the bells shows that the connections between the Gulf’s bronze age cultures are not only based on trade. Cultural practices probably flowed to the material between the Arabian Peninsula and the Indus Valley.

Music traditions were probably a key aspect of life around the Arab Bay, probably showed common rituals or religious beliefs. Music can be the glue that holds these different cultures together and provides harmonious relationships.

“The discovery of Dahwa bells, at the end of the third millennium BC, music, divine and social dance, the various communities in this region to follow the opinion of the thousand years of communication tone for the view of a tone of communication.