entity · site_shabwah
Shabwah
Hadramawt basin settlement with second-millennium occupation and much later fortified-capital development.
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–500 BCE
Precision: range
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Shabwah, Ancient Capital of Hadramawt — French Ministry of Culture (2025)Provides the phase distinction and modern coordinate.
Locator: Project overview; first settlement and later fortified-capital phases
Research description
The record explicitly separates early settlement from Shabwah’s later status as the capital of Hadramawt. No second-millennium Hadramite border or royal chronology is inferred.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Shabwah, Ancient Capital of Hadramawt — French Ministry of Culture (2025)Provides the phase distinction and modern coordinate.
Locator: Project overview; first settlement and later fortified-capital phases
Referenced records
- Jawf and Hadramawt research zone · entity
- Geography assertion for site_shabwah · geography assertion