Production and exchange of ceramics on the oman peninsula from the perspective of hili

Analysis was conducted for purposes of defining provenience of the raw material for three ce-ramics types: “domestic, 33 “black-on-red, 33 and Emir grey wares selected from Periods I and II at Hili 8 settlement and Hili North Tomb A on the Oman Peninsula of the 3rd millennium b.c. Combined thin section petrography and neutron activation analysis indicated that the “domestic?3 and “black-on-red33 fine wares conform to the geological setting of the Oman Peninsula and the Emir grey ware probably comes from se Iran. The cultural implications are discussed.