event · evt_shabwah_second_millennium_settlement
Second-millennium settlement at Shabwah
Shabwah was occupied during the second millennium BCE before its later fortification and role as the capital of Hadramawt.
What is the evidence?
observation
Shabwah was occupied during the second millennium BCE before its later fortification and role as the capital of Hadramawt.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 millennium range
Chronology model: Shabwah pre-fortification sequence
lowThe official project synthesis identifies first settlement in the second millennium BCE but does not resolve the target-period subphases closely.
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Shabwah, Ancient Capital of Hadramawt — French Ministry of Culture (2025)Provides the phase distinction.
Locator: Project overview; first settlement in the second millennium and later mid-first-millennium fortification
Interpretation and caveats
The event records occupation only. It explicitly rejects projecting the later Hadramite polity, urban walls or traditional royal chronology into the second millennium.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement occupation
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Shabwah, Jawf and Hadramawt research zone
Why it matters to the timeline
The event supplies cautious Hadramawt coverage while separating settlement from later political identity.
Research notes
- Provides the phase distinction. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Project overview; first settlement in the second millennium and later mid-first-millennium fortification.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Shabwah, Ancient Capital of Hadramawt — French Ministry of Culture (2025)Provides the phase distinction.
Locator: Project overview; first settlement in the second millennium and later mid-first-millennium fortification
Referenced records
- Shabwah · entity
- Jawf and Hadramawt research zone · entity
- Date assertion for evt_shabwah_second_millennium_settlement · date assertion