Date of imagery: 31 Dec 2009 19 May 2014

Heritage Place

Resource Summary

Resource ID
EAMENA-0116925
Names
E54N24-23-0000001 ( Alternative Reference )
Umm an-Nar ( Toponym )
Settlement and Cemetery of Umm an-Nar Island ( Designation )
World Heritage Tentative List 5660 ( Designation )
أم النار ( Toponym )
Overall Archaeological Certainty
No archaeological certainty recorded
Definite
Cultural periods
No cultural period recorded
Bronze Age (Arabia) ( Period ) Early Bronze Age (Arabia) ( Period Detail ) Definite ( Certainty )

Archaeological Assessment

Feature forms within the Heritage Place
No feature forms recorded
Small Mound/Cairn ( Form Type ) Definite ( Certainty )
Wall ( Form Type ) Definite ( Certainty )
Structure ( Form Type ) Definite ( Certainty )
Structure ( Form Type ) Definite ( Certainty )
Large Mound ( Form Type ) Definite ( Certainty )
Feature intepretations within Heritage Place
No feature interpretations recorded
Significant Building ( Type ) 1 ( Number ) High ( Certainty )
House/Dwelling ( Type ) 2 to 5 ( Number ) High ( Certainty )
Hearth/Oven ( Type ) Unknown ( Number ) Definite ( Certainty )
Cemetery ( Type ) 1 ( Number ) Definite ( Certainty )
Settlement/Habitation Site ( Type ) 1 ( Number ) Definite ( Certainty )
Tomb/Grave/Burial ( Type ) 51 to 100 ( Number ) Definite ( Certainty )

Condition

Overall condition of resource
No overall condition recorded
Fair
Overall disturbance extent
No overall disturbance extent recorded
11-30%
Types of disturbances affecting the resource
No disturbance assessment recorded
Category: Natural - Cause: Unknown - Cause certainty: Not Applicable - From: 2004-04-15 - To: 2017-01-24
Category: Natural - Cause: Unknown - Cause certainty: Not Applicable - Before: 2004-04-15
Category: Infrastructure/Transport - Cause: Road/Track - Cause certainty: High - From: 2004-04-15 - To: 2007-01-08
Category: Infrastructure/Transport - Cause: Road/Track - Cause certainty: High - Before: 2004-04-15
Category: Industrial/Productive - Cause: Pollution - Cause certainty: Definite - From: 1974-01-01 - To: 2012-01-01
Category: Industrial/Productive - Cause: Clearance (Bulldozing/Levelling) - Cause certainty: Definite - Before: 1974-01-01
Category: Industrial/Productive - Cause: Construction - Cause certainty: Definite - From: 1974-01-01 - To: 1974-12-31
Category: Archaeological - Cause: Construction - Cause certainty: Definite - Before: 2012-01-01
Category: Archaeological - Cause: Reconstruction - Cause certainty: Definite - From: 1970-01-01 - To: 1972-12-31
Category: Archaeological - Cause: Reconstruction - Cause certainty: Definite - From: 1994-01-01 - To: 1995-12-31
Category: Natural - Cause: Water Action - Cause certainty: Definite - Before: 1979-01-01
Category: Archaeological - Cause: Excavation (Unclassified) - Cause certainty: Definite - From: 1959-01-01 - To: 1965-01-01
Category: Archaeological - Cause: Excavation (Unclassified) - Cause certainty: Definite - From: 1975-01-01 - To: 1976-01-01
Category: Archaeological - Cause: Excavation (Unclassified) - Cause certainty: Definite - From: 1979-01-01 - To: 1979-12-31
Category: Industrial/Productive - Cause: Pollution - Cause certainty: Definite - From: 1974-01-01 - To: 2012-01-01
Threat(s) to the resource
No threat assessment recorded
Threat category: Archaeological
Potential cause: Excavation (Unclassified)
Cause probability: Possible
Threat category: Industrial/Productive
Potential cause: Pollution
Cause probability: Probable
Threat category: Archaeological
Potential cause: Reconstruction
Cause probability: Possible

Designations

Designation and Protection Status

Type: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List From: 2012-12-30

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