event · evt_malayba_bronze_settlement_irrigation
Bronze Age settlement and irrigation at Ma’layba
Ma’layba contained dwellings and excavated irrigation channels within a long-lived Bronze Age highland settlement.
What is the evidence?
observation
Ma’layba contained dwellings and excavated irrigation channels within a long-lived Bronze Age highland settlement.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1600 BCE–1300 BCE
Precision: range
Chronology model: Ma’layba site sequence
highThe excavated sequence and radiocarbon dates extend through the target interval to the thirteenth century BCE.
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Ma’layba et l’Age du Bronze du Yémen — Vittoria Buffa (2007)Provides the excavated features.
Locator: Settlement and irrigation-channel chapters - supports · dates
Excavations at Ma'layba and Sabir, Republic of Yemen: Radiocarbon Datings in the Period 1900 to 800 cal BC — Jochen Görsdorf, Burkhard Vogt (2001)Provides calibrated radiocarbon support.
Locator: pp. 1353–1361; Ma’layba samples
Interpretation and caveats
The site demonstrates local agricultural engineering before securely historical South Arabian kingdoms. It is not labeled Sabaean and the channels are not assumed to be aflaj.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement and irrigation
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Ma’layba, Yemen highlands
Why it matters to the timeline
The event directly addresses Yemen highland settlement and irrigation antecedents.
Research notes
- Provides the excavated features. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Settlement and irrigation-channel chapters.
- Provides calibrated radiocarbon support. Role: dates. Locator: pp. 1353–1361; Ma’layba samples.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Ma’layba et l’Age du Bronze du Yémen — Vittoria Buffa (2007)Provides the excavated features.
Locator: Settlement and irrigation-channel chapters - supports · dates
Excavations at Ma'layba and Sabir, Republic of Yemen: Radiocarbon Datings in the Period 1900 to 800 cal BC — Jochen Görsdorf, Burkhard Vogt (2001)Provides calibrated radiocarbon support.
Locator: pp. 1353–1361; Ma’layba samples
Referenced records
- Yemen highlands · entity
- Ma’layba · entity
- Date assertion for evt_malayba_bronze_settlement_irrigation · date assertion