Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007
Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Extramural excavations in Area C and overview studies
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Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007
Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Extramural excavations in Area C and overview studies
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The walled town of Bar?qish in interior Yemen – ancient Yathill of the Sabaeans and Minaeans – was for Alessandro de Maigret (1943-2011) 'one of the archaeological marvels not just of Yemen, but of the entire Near East'. Established as an oasis settlement in the semi-desert depression of the Jawf, it became in the 1st millennium BCE a thriving caravan station on the 'incense' route and a famed place of worship, controlled by rich rulers and merchants. Topography and trade made it a crucible of South Arabian and foreign traditions, and on several occasions, it was a border town disputed between rival powers. A sustained archaeological effort to investigate the site and area began in 1986 by the Italian Archaeological Mission, led by de Maigret, and developed in two phases. In 1989-1992 the temple of the patron god was excavated, while between 2003-2007 a range of new excavations were undertaken, including a second temple, a sounding, a dissection of the tell's edge outside the Minaean wall, and a cemetery.Presented across two volumes, Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration is particularly devoted to the temple of god ?Athtar dhu-Qab? (Temple B), dated to the second half of the 1st millennium BCE. Six chapters fully illustrate its excavation, architecture, restoration, findings, inscriptions, and dating. The contribution of this work and monument to regional history transcends its local significance. The report is framed by ten chapters detailing the historiography of research on Bar?qish, the initial surveys carried out in 1986-1987, the architecture and restoration of Temple A together with the extramural excavation at the adjacent curtain wall, the cultic equipment, and radiocarbon datings. The nine contributors are leading scholars in the above fields and include recognized experts in South Arabian archaeology.The core of Volume 2: Extramural excavations in Area C and overview studies is a final report on Area C, an exploratory dissection through the western edge of the Bar?qish mound outside the curtain wall, and a unique operation for Yemen until now. Eight chapters detail the excavation, stratigraphy, and geoarchaeology (from about 800 BCE to the present), in addition to radiocarbon chronology, cultural finds, animal and plant remains, economy, major historical events, and unique evidence for trade. Four further chapters offer a glimpse of settlement archaeology for Sabaean Yathill and the survey of a religious centre to the west, together with a first typology of Minaean pottery and an epigraphic and political-historical overview for Bar?qish and the Jawf. The contributors are recognized experts in South Arabian archaeology.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright page
- Contents Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Premessa
- Contributors
- Dates and Arabic Names
- Barāqish: Reference Map and Plan
- Introductory Information
- Chapter 1
- A History of Archaeological Research at Barāqish and in Its Area
- Chapter 2
- Risultati della prima prospezione della Missione archeologica italiana a Barāqish nel 1986
- The Temple of ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ (Temple B)
- Chapter 3
- Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Lo scavo
- Chapter 4
- Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Le iscrizioni
- Chapter 5
- Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Gli oggetti
- Chapter 6
- An Obsidian Cache from Temple B
- Chapter 7
- The Temple of ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. The Pottery
- Extramural Excavation at Recess R44/45 (Minaean Wall)
- Chapter 8
- Lo scavo fuori mura in R44/45 a Barāqish
- Chapter 9
- Lo scavo fuori mura in R44/45 a Barāqish. Le iscrizioni
- Architecture and Cult
- Chapter 10
- L’architecture des Temples de Nakraḥ et ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ à Barāqish
- Chapter 11
- Le mobilier de culte dans le temple de Nakraḥ à Barāqish
- Chapter 12
- La brique de terre crue dans les fortifications de l’Arabie du sud. L’exemple de Barāqish
- Restoration: Temples A and B
- Chapter 13
- Restauro conservativo e strutturale degli elementi architettonici della sala ipostila del Tempio di Nakraḥ (Tempio A) a Barāqish
- Chapter 14
- Restauro, movimentazione e messa in sicurezza degli elementi architettonici del tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ (Tempio B) a Barāqish
- Barāqish/Yathill: Corings and Radiocarbon
- Chapter 15
- Exploratory Coring at Barāqish, 1987 and 1990
- Chapter 16
- Radiocarbon Determinations 1987-2006: Corings, Temples A and B, Area D. A Survey and Reappraisal
- Bibliography for Volume 1
- Extramural Excavations in Area C
- Cover Volume 2
- Title Page Volume 2
- Copyright Page Volume 2
- Contents Page Volume 2
- Chapter 17
- Excavations in Area C. Setting, Stratigraphy, and Geoarchaeology
- Chapter 18
- Excavations in Area C. Chronology and the Historical Sequence
- Chapter 19
- Excavations in Area C. Economy, Trade, and the Environment
- Chapter 20
- The Area C Collection Catalogue and Related Works
- Chapter 21
- Area C. The Objects
- Area C. The Objects
- Chapter 22
- Area C. The Minaean Pottery
- Chapter 23
- Area C. The Sabaean Pottery: a Survey
- Chapter 24
- Area C. Il materiale epigrafico
- Ceramic Typology, Territory, and a Historical Outline of the Jawf
- Chapter 25
- The Typological Classification of the Minaean Pottery from the Temple of ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ and the Extramural Excavations in Area C
- Chapter 26
- A Glimpse of ‘Greater Yathill’: Sabaean Settlement and Tell Evolution
- Chapter 27
- Les inscriptions de Barāqish : apport à la connaissance de l’antique cité de Yathill et du royaume de Maʿīn
- Chapter 28
- Risultati di una prospezione archeologica nel sito di Darb al-Ṣabī
- Abstracts of Chapters
- Bibliography for Volume 2