entity · site_hammat_al_qa
Hammat al-Qa
Substantial Bronze Age highland settlement used to examine pre-Sabaean social complexity.
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–1200 BCE
Precision: range
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Hammat al-Qa and the Roots of Urbanism in Southwest Arabia — Christopher Edens, Tony J. Wilkinson, Graeme Barratt (2000)Provides the site evidence and interpretation.
Locator: pp. 854–862
Research description
The settlement documents aggregation and architecture in the highlands. ‘Town’ is an analytical description and does not imply a named polity or direct continuity into Sabaean institutions.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Hammat al-Qa and the Roots of Urbanism in Southwest Arabia — Christopher Edens, Tony J. Wilkinson, Graeme Barratt (2000)Provides the site evidence and interpretation.
Locator: pp. 854–862
Referenced records
- Yemen highlands · entity