event · evt_sabir_coastal_sequence
Sabir coastal settlement sequence
Sabir developed as a substantial settlement with a distinctive coastal material assemblage and regional comparisons.
What is the evidence?
observation
Sabir developed as a substantial settlement with a distinctive coastal material assemblage and regional comparisons.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.
1500 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
Chronology model: Sabir site sequence
highExcavation and radiocarbon dates place Sabir across the later second millennium and toward the early first millennium BCE.
- 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 the radiocarbon chronology.
Locator: pp. 1353–1361; Sabir samples - supports · provides archaeological observation
The Sabir Culture and Coastal Yemen during the Second Millennium BC: The Present State of Discussion — Burkhard Vogt, Alexandr V. Sedov (1998)Provides the settlement and assemblage evidence.
Locator: pp. 261–270
Interpretation and caveats
The sequence supports local coastal development and exchange. It does not establish a coast-wide Sabir people, a bounded polity or a continuous incense route.
Event context
Classification
Event type: coastal settlement sequence
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Sabir, Sabir culture assemblage, Tihama coastal plain, Yemen southern and western coasts
Why it matters to the timeline
Sabir is central to the requested Tihama and Yemen coast coverage and anchors a securely dated coastal sequence.
Research notes
- Provides the settlement and assemblage evidence. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: pp. 261–270.
- Provides the radiocarbon chronology. Role: dates. Locator: pp. 1353–1361; Sabir samples.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
The Sabir Culture and Coastal Yemen during the Second Millennium BC: The Present State of Discussion — Burkhard Vogt, Alexandr V. Sedov (1998)Provides the settlement and assemblage evidence.
Locator: pp. 261–270 - 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 the radiocarbon chronology.
Locator: pp. 1353–1361; Sabir samples
Referenced records
- Tihama coastal plain · entity
- Yemen southern and western coasts · entity
- Sabir · entity
- Sabir culture assemblage · entity
- Date assertion for evt_sabir_coastal_sequence · date assertion