Zukayt and the burial fields of Wadi Halfayin

Wadi Halfayin is an alluvial corridor located to the south of Jebel Akhdar with its northern boundary to the south of the town of Izki and its southern boundary to the north-east of the oasis of Adam. The region comprises several contemporary villages such as Zukayt, Habl Al-Hadeed, Sooq Qadeem, Shafa and Al-Akal. The region yielded evidence of 682 monumental funerary structures – ranging from the end of the 4 th millennium to the first half of the first millennium BC (ca. 3100-600 BC) – and some diagnostic findings. In terms of later prehistoric cultural phases the valley comprises Hafit (ca. 3100-2700 BC), Umm an-Nar (ca. 2700- 2000 BC), Wadi Suq (ca. 2000-1300 BC), and Iron Age (ca. 1300-600 BC) structures.