Marwan, Merwan or Marwen or Mervan (Arabic: مروان, romanized: Marwān) is an Arabic male given name derived from the word maruww (مرو) with the meaning of either minerals, 'flint(-stone)', 'quartz"' or 'hard stone of nearly pure silica'. However, the Arabic name for quartz is ṣawwān (صَوَّان).
The name is also the name of a type of genus of the herbal plant basil.
The science of archaeology grew out of the older multi-disciplinary study known as antiquarianism. Islamic archaeology involves the recovery and scientific investigation of the material remains of past cultures that can illuminate the periods and descriptions in the Quran, and the history of Islam. The earliest Islamic influence in archaeological findings begins to be seen from the Marwan period and develops increasingly.