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Archaeological Survey and Excavation on Sīnīya Island, Umm al-Quwain Timothy Power, Michele Degli Esposti, Robert Hoyland, Rania Hussein Kannouma The Tourism and Archaeology Department of the Government of Umm al-Quwain (TAD-UAQ) has set up a new project on Sīnīya Island in the historic Khawr alBayḍāʾ lagoon. The project was prompted by development
Figure 1: Fourteenth- and fifteenth-century surface ceramics from the site of Old UAQ The two main archaeological sites on Sīnīya Island include a late antique monastery and village in the northeast, and a middle to late Islamic town and mosque in the southwest. The two towers of Mallāḥ, surviving vestiges of a late Islamic estate of the ruling Al Mualla, are located roughly midway between them. Dozens of smaller sites spanning the past two thousand years are scattered across the island, mostly consisting of pottery scatters and shell middens. Given the outstanding universal significance of the new sites, an Archaeology Advisory Committee to TAD-UAQ was set up to secure funding and develop partnerships. The committee includes Peter Hellyer (MoCY) and Timothy Power (UAEU), who have worked under the direction of Shaikh Majid b. Saud Al Mualla, Chairman of TAD-UAQ, to ensure that the work is done to international best practices. The committee has assembled a multidisciplinary team drawn from local and international institutions for the Sīnīya project. The field team is directed by Timothy Power (UAEU), Michele Degli Esposti (IAMUQ), Robert Hoyland
Figure 2: Preliminary test trenches on the Akab (Akʿāb) island were excavated to investigate ancient human occupation witnessed by several shell middens (A), as well as the natural sedimentary record, which preserves evidence of fluctuating environments (B). © M. Degli Esposti, L. Forti/IAMUQ 26
