Building G at Makaynūn: a late pre-Islamic settlement above the ruins of a South Arabian town

Anne Benoist (1) , Julien Charbonnier (2, 3) , Michel Mouton (4, 2) , Jérémie Schiettecatte (5)

1 Archéorient - ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien
2 ArScAn - Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité
3 Department of Archaeology [Durham University]
4 CEFAS - Centre Français d'Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales
5 OM-MS - Équipe Mondes sémitiques

This article presents the results of the excavation of a residence dated between the second and fourth centuries AD, constructed over the ruins of the South Arabian town of Makaynūn, in central Hadramawt (Yemen). The building yielded a large quantity of material including objects proving contacts between the central Hadramawt and regions located to the north-east, such as central Oman, the Gulf area and India.

Mots clés: archaeology; South Arabian civilisation; Yemen; Hadramawt; settlement

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Anne Benoist, Julien Charbonnier, Michel Mouton, Jérémie Schiettecatte. Building G at Makaynūn: a late pre-Islamic settlement above the ruins of a South Arabian town. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 2014, 25, pp.80-95. ⟨10.1111/aae.12036⟩. ⟨halshs-00986966⟩