Hafit period

Hafit culture
Geographical range	Eastern Arabia
Period	Bronze Age
Dates	c. 3200 BC – 2600 BC
Preceded by	Dark Millennium
Followed by	Umm Al Nar culture

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The Hafit period defines early Bronze Age human settlement in the United Arab Emirates and Oman in the period from 3200 to 2600 B.C, during the period of Prehistoric Arabia. It is named after the distinctive beehive burials first found on Jebel Hafit, a rocky mountain near Al Ain, bordering the Rub Al Khali desert. Hafit period tombs and remains have also been located across the UAE and Oman in sites such as Bidaa bint Saud, Jebel Buhais and Buraimi.

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The Hafit people repopulated the area to the west of the Hajar Mountains following a period of intense aridity which saw the abandonment of the area during what is known as the Dark Millennium.