claim · claim_no_classical_incense_route_backprojection
The later classical incense trade cannot be projected backward as a continuous 1600–800 BCE route across Yemen, Dhofar, the Horn and the Levant.
The later classical incense trade cannot be projected backward as a continuous 1600–800 BCE route across Yemen, Dhofar, the Horn and the Levant.
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Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · provides primary evidence
Hatshepsut’s Punt Reliefs: Their Structure and Function — Filip Taterka (2019)Shows an expedition context rather than a classical caravan system.
Locator: New Kingdom source-specific commodities
Contradicting sources
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Other source context
- informs · critiques interpretation
Sabaeans on the Somali Coast — Alessia Prioletta, Christian Julien Robin, Jérémie Schiettecatte, Iwona Gajda, Khayr H. Nuʿmān (2021)Shows a later contact horizon without a continuous route.
Locator: Endpoint inscriptions and provenance limits - informs · contextualizes
Persistent Pastoralism: Monuments and Settlements in the Archaeology of Dhofar — Joy McCorriston (2023)Shows the need for local chronological control in Dhofar.
Locator: Regional chronology and pastoral landscapes