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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 The Origins of Doha Project originsofdoha.wordpress.com
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Doha and Al Bidda in 1860
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Area F
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A r e a D
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1 2 3 4 Meters
Phase 1 Features
Cut features
(1:100 @ A4)
Legend
Phase D7
Earliest occupation of the site Possibly a range of dates Pottery no older than 19th century
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Phase 2 Features
1 2 3 4 Meters
Cut features Legend Structure Lined Tanur
Phase D6
A number of cut features Tannurs and associated windbreaks First stone buildings
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1 2 3 4 Meters
Phase 3 Features
Cut features Legend Structure Lined Tanur
Phase D5
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 phase post-dates the 1867 destruction of Doha
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Phase 4 Features
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Cut features Legend Structure Lined Tanur
Phase D4
Two adjacent house compounds Kitchen areas with tannurs Alleyway between compounds
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1 2 3 4 Meters
Phase 5 Features
Cut features Legend Structure Lined Tanur
Phase D3
Similar building plots Better preserved architecture Structures can be matched to 1950s aerials photographs Quarter anna coins from Oman (Faisal bin Turki, 1890s)
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Phase D3
1959 Aerial Photograph
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1947 Aerial Photograph
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- 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
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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