Sakamkam
Sakamkam is located in United Arab Emirates
Sakamkam
Sakamkam
Coordinates: 25°10′25″N 56°20′1″E / 25.17361°N 56.33361°E / 25.17361; 56.33361
CountryUnited Arab Emirates
EmirateFujairah
Elevation
131 m (433 ft)

Sakamkam is a wadi and settlement in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Sakamkam Fort is located here.

The area is located some 7 km north of the city of Fujairah. Archaeological finds here have been particularly rich, with some 126 burials located, including oval, circular and the characteristic Wadi Suq period figure-of-eight burial. A number of Late Islamic period ceramics have also been found in the wadi, dating from the 15th-18th centuries.[1]

Surveys of the burials and settlement remains in the wadi started in the 1980s, by a Swiss team. Further surveys were requested in 2001 and 2002 by utility companies installing infrastructure[2] and were carried out by the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey, ADIAS.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Kurian, Anupa (2003-08-02). "Who lived here before we came?". GulfNews. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  2. ↑ Beech, Mark. "ADIAS Occasional Newsletter - June 2003". www.adias-uae.com. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2018-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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