Sakamkam

Sakamkam is a wadi and settlement in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Sakamkam Fort is located here.

Sakamkam
Sakamkam
Coordinates: 25°10′25″N 56°20′1″E
CountryUnited Arab Emirates
EmirateFujairah
Elevation
131 m (433 ft)

The area is located some 7 km north of the city of Fujairah. Archaeological finds here have been particularly rich, with some 126 burials located, including oval, circular and the characteristic Wadi Suq period figure-of-eight burial. A number of Late Islamic period ceramics have also been found in the wadi, dating from the 15th-18th centuries.[1]

Surveys of the burials and settlement remains in the wadi started in the 1980s, by a Swiss team. Further surveys were requested in 2001 and 2002 by utility companies installing infrastructure[2] and were carried out by the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey, ADIAS.[3]

References
  1. Kurian, Anupa (2003-08-02). "Who lived here before we came?". GulfNews. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  2. Beech, Mark. "ADIAS Occasional Newsletter - June 2003". www.adias-uae.com. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  3. http://www.enhg.org/portals/1/trib/V13N1/TribulusV13N1Searchable.pdf


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