Joint QM-UCL Qatar Old Doha Rescue Excavation UCL Qatar Trenches Daniel Eddisford The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com d.m.eddisford@durham.ac.uk
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Doha and Al Bidda in 1860 The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com d.m.eddisford@durham.ac.uk
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Area F The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com d.m.eddisford@durham.ac.uk
A r e a D The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com d.m.eddisford@durham.ac.uk
Phase D7 Earliest occupation of the site Phase 1 Features Possibly a range of dates Pottery no older than 19th century 0 1 2 3 4 Meters (1:100 @ A4) Legend Cut features The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com d.m.eddisford@durham.ac.uk
Phase D6 Phase 2 Features 0 1 2 3 4 Meters A number of cut features Legend Cut features Tannurs and associated windbreaks Lined Tanur Structure First stone buildings The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com d.m.eddisford@durham.ac.uk
Phase D5 Phase 3 Features A similar street plan to the one surviving into the 20th century Configuration of architecture similar to following phases Preliminary examination of material culture suggests this 0 1 2 3 4 Meters phase post-dates the 1867 destruction of Doha Legend Cut features Lined Tanur Structure The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com d.m.eddisford@durham.ac.uk
Phase D4 Phase 4 Features 0 1 2 3 4 Meters Two adjacent house compounds Legend Cut features Kitchen areas with tannurs Lined Tanur Alleyway between compounds Structure The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com d.m.eddisford@durham.ac.uk
Phase D3 Phase 5 Features 0 1 2 3 4 Meters Similar building plots Quarter anna coins Legend Cut features Better preserved architecture from Oman Lined Tanur Structures can be matched to 1950s (Faisal bin Turki, 1890s) Structure aerials photographs The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com d.m.eddisford@durham.ac.uk
Phase D3 1959 Aerial Photograph The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com d.m.eddisford@durham.ac.uk
1947 Aerial Photograph The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com d.m.eddisford@durham.ac.uk
The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com d.m.eddisford@durham.ac.uk
The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com d.m.eddisford@durham.ac.uk
The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com d.m.eddisford@durham.ac.uk
- Large, important, deeply stratified urban site - Detailed information about daily life in Doha - Buried heritage shows the development of Doha - Relevant also to the wider region - All this would be lost without this type of intervention The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com d.m.eddisford@durham.ac.uk
Acknowledgments Qatar Museums QRail Sheikha Mayasa bint Hamad Al-Thani Faisal Al-Naimi Ferhan Sakal Thomas Leisten Alice Bianchi Richard Fletcher All the QM and UCL team members The UCL Qatar students Qatar National Research Fund The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com d.m.eddisford@durham.ac.uk
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