Sakamkam Explained

Official Name:Sakamkam
Pushpin Map:United Arab Emirates
Coordinates:25.1736°N 56.3336°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United Arab Emirates
Subdivision Type1:Emirate
Subdivision Name1:Fujairah
Elevation M:131
Elevation Ft:433

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Who lived here before we came?. Anupa. Kurian. 2003-08-02. GulfNews. 2018-09-17.
  2. Web site: ADIAS Occasional Newsletter - June 2003. Beech. Mark. www.adias-uae.com. 2018-09-17.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-09-18 . 2020-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201026135140/http://www.enhg.org/portals/1/trib/V13N1/TribulusV13N1Searchable.pdf . dead .