event · evt_marib_irrigation_antecedents
Early irrigation antecedents in the Ma'rib oasis landscape
Cultivated soils and irrigation deposits show that water management around Ma'rib had antecedents before the securely historical Sabaean monumental horizon.
What is the evidence?
observation
Cultivated soils and irrigation deposits show that water management around Ma'rib had antecedents before the securely historical Sabaean monumental horizon.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–1000 BCE
Precision: broad calibrated range subset
Chronology model: Ma'rib early irrigation onset model
moderateGeoarchaeological evidence places irrigation onset somewhere within a much broader 2500–1000 cal BCE range; this event displays only the primary-interval overlap.
- supports · dates
Archaeopedological Analyses around a Neolithic Hearth and the Beginning of Sabaean Irrigation in the Oasis of Ma’rib (Ramlat as-Sab’atayn, Yemen) — Peter Kühn, Dana Pietsch, Iris Gerlach (2010)Provides the geoarchaeological date and its low resolution.
Locator: pp. 1305–1310; broad 2500–1000 cal BCE onset range - supports · provides archaeological observation
Archaeopedological Analyses around a Neolithic Hearth and the Beginning of Sabaean Irrigation in the Oasis of Ma’rib (Ramlat as-Sab’atayn, Yemen) — Peter Kühn, Dana Pietsch, Iris Gerlach (2010)Provides the direct evidence.
Locator: Palaeosol and irrigation-sediment results
Interpretation and caveats
The evidence supports local irrigation development but cannot assign a start century, king, polity or the later Great Dam’s final form.
Event context
Classification
Event type: irrigation landscape development
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Ma'rib irrigation oasis antecedents, Yemen highlands
Why it matters to the timeline
The event directly addresses requested irrigation antecedents while preserving the source’s broad dating.
Research notes
- Provides the geoarchaeological date and its low resolution. Role: dates. Locator: pp. 1305–1310; broad 2500–1000 cal BCE onset range.
- Provides the direct evidence. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Palaeosol and irrigation-sediment results.
Evidence and sources
- supports · dates
Archaeopedological Analyses around a Neolithic Hearth and the Beginning of Sabaean Irrigation in the Oasis of Ma’rib (Ramlat as-Sab’atayn, Yemen) — Peter Kühn, Dana Pietsch, Iris Gerlach (2010)Provides the geoarchaeological date and its low resolution.
Locator: pp. 1305–1310; broad 2500–1000 cal BCE onset range - supports · provides archaeological observation
Archaeopedological Analyses around a Neolithic Hearth and the Beginning of Sabaean Irrigation in the Oasis of Ma’rib (Ramlat as-Sab’atayn, Yemen) — Peter Kühn, Dana Pietsch, Iris Gerlach (2010)Provides the direct evidence.
Locator: Palaeosol and irrigation-sediment results
Referenced records
- Yemen highlands · entity
- Ma'rib irrigation oasis antecedents · entity
- Date assertion for evt_marib_irrigation_antecedents · date assertion