entity · reg_tihama
Tihama coastal plain
Red Sea and Gulf of Aden coastal plain used as a search frame for Bronze and Iron Age settlement and exchange evidence.
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–800 BCE
Precision: range
- informs · supports distribution
The Sabir Culture and Coastal Yemen during the Second Millennium BC: The Present State of Discussion — Burkhard Vogt, Alexandr V. Sedov (1998)Supports a coastal archaeological search zone while warning against over-unification.
Locator: pp. 261–270; site map and Sabir discussion - informs · 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)Dates part of the coastal sequence.
Locator: pp. 1353–1361; Sabir radiocarbon series
Research description
Tihama is represented as a broad environmental and archaeological research zone. The record does not turn Sabir-related ceramics into an ethnic or political territory.
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports distribution
The Sabir Culture and Coastal Yemen during the Second Millennium BC: The Present State of Discussion — Burkhard Vogt, Alexandr V. Sedov (1998)Supports a coastal archaeological search zone while warning against over-unification.
Locator: pp. 261–270; site map and Sabir discussion - 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)Dates part of the coastal sequence.
Locator: pp. 1353–1361; Sabir radiocarbon series