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SHARJAH’S ARCHAEOLOGY, CONNECTED

Sites, objects and publications in one research catalogue.

The Authority’s scientific publications, 3D objects, inscriptions, historical locations and field archive — brought together as bilingual records linked to real archaeological sites across Sharjah.

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The collections

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New acquisitions

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Prototype access workflow

A proposed public / registered / internal workflow for the future library. These access levels are a concept feature and are not asserted as fields published by the current SAA source manifest.

Public
Published content available without restriction — read online or download.
Registered researchers
Semi-restricted materials and specialised studies, by registration or request.
Internal
Unpublished or sensitive reports, limited to the entity's working teams.
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Catalogue

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This catalogue view is generated from the complete SAA sitemap manifest. Metadata below is the known source-of-truth for this exact page; use the original-page link for its full published content.

NORMALISED SOURCE RECORD · MANIFEST FIELDS
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RELATED IN THE CATALOGUE
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Home / Map of archaeological sites

Map of archaeological sites

Every site links to its excavation reports, maps and photographic archive in the catalogue.

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Bronze Age
Iron Age
Pre-Islamic / Late Antique
Islamic
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Dr. Amina Al-Suwaidi

Registered researcher · Department of Archaeology, UAE University · since March 2026
PROTOTYPE REQUEST WORKSPACE
ACCESS REQUESTS
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+ Request access to the selected title
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SAVED TO MY SHELF
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ADMINISTRATION
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Upload & cataloguing

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Drop TIFF scans or PDFs here
TIFF ≥ 400 dpi for fragile documents · dedicated protocol B for large maps · files are auto-renamed to the naming convention on intake
Select files — try a neutral source batch
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PROPOSED CATALOGUING RECORD
Title
Collection
Linked archaeological site
Period
Language
Production date
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SUBMISSION SUMMARY
Files
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Linked site
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Submit to cataloguing queue ✓
Items submitted through the upload wizard land here as Awaiting review, are checked by the Historical Studies Unit, then published to their access level.
TITLE
COLLECTION
ACCESS
STATUS
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This dossier is keyed to one exact SAA source page. The tabs provide source-family and general catalogue entry points; they do not infer archaeological relationships that the manifest does not publish.

LANGUAGE
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GROUP
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LAST UPDATED
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ORIGINAL
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orientation marker · coordinates are not source metadata · open map →
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official interactive 3D
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SOURCE CONTEXT
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The object route uses the selected manifest ID throughout, so another collection card opens its own title, language, image, URL and source metadata rather than reusing one demonstration object.

FIND RECORD
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PROCESSING HISTORY
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Digital Archaeological Library
A bilingual catalogue concept backed by the complete SAA source manifest. Proposed workflow fields are labelled as prototype features.
Catalogue All collections Map of sites New acquisitions
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