Why did the cities of the Jawf valley collapse? An archaeo-geographical approach

Why did the cities of the Jawf valley collapse? An archaeo-geographical approach

[SHS:ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory

Arabia

Yemen

Jawf

archaeo-geography

archaeology

palaeoenvironment

settlement pattern

decline

Antiquity

An archaeo-geographical approach to the settlement of the Jawf valley (in today's Yemen) highlights the trends affecting the urban network of the region during the first millennium BC and in the early Christian era. This approach helps put into perspective the causes put forward until now of the decline and disappearance of cities while emphasizing the impact of probable environmental changes and the consequences of upriver anthropic action on the landscape.

Schiettecatte, Jérémie

Regards croisés sur l'étude archéologique des paysages anciens. Nouvelles recherches dans le Bassin méditerranéen, en Asie Centrale et au Proche et au Moyen-Orient

Broadening Horizons 2

2010

ENG

conference proceeding

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00581217

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/58/12/17/PDF/2010_Schiettecatte_-_BH2_-_Collapse_Cities_Jawf.pdf

Lyon

France