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Middle East, Muharraq

Bahrain

Muharraq pearling shoreline (strict)

Tidal mudflat Inferred from historyRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Possible pearling-era glass (rose-water sprinklers, Indian and British imports).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1850-1935

The pearling capital (UNESCO Pearling Path); a century of town refuse on the dhow-harbor foreshores. No documented digs; reclamation is burying the historic foreshore.

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