Bronze Age World

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Type: official archaeological project record
Publication: French Ministry of Culture
Peer reviewed: No

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date assertion Jawf and Hadramawt research zone — date assertion
informs · provides archaeological observation · Project overview; second-millennium settlement and later fortification
Separates Hadramawt settlement evidence from later capital status.
date assertion Shabwah — date assertion
informs · provides archaeological observation · Project overview; first settlement and later fortified-capital phases
Provides the phase distinction and modern coordinate.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Project overview; first settlement in the second millennium and later mid-first-millennium fortification
Provides the phase distinction.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Project overview; first settlement in the second millennium and later mid-first-millennium fortification
Provides the phase distinction.
ranked model model_osa_traditional_high_chronology_rank2
Evidence confidence: very low
informs · provides archaeological observation · Early settlement and later capital
Shows the problem of back-projection.
geography assertion Shabwah — geography assertion
supports · locates · French archaeological mission site page; published representative coordinate 15.366667 N, 47.016667 E
The mission coordinate is a representative locator for the archaeological site. It is not used to infer the extent of second-millennium occupation or a Hadramite border.
entity Jawf and Hadramawt research zone
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · Project overview; second-millennium settlement and later fortification
Separates Hadramawt settlement evidence from later capital status.
event Second-millennium settlement at Shabwah
Evidence confidence: very high
supports · provides archaeological observation · Project overview; first settlement in the second millennium and later mid-first-millennium fortification
Provides the phase distinction.
date assertion Second-millennium settlement at Shabwah — date assertion
Evidence confidence: low
supports · provides archaeological observation · Project overview; first settlement in the second millennium and later mid-first-millennium fortification
Provides the phase distinction.
relationship Shabwah — located or analytically grouped within — Jawf and Hadramawt research zone
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological observation · Project overview; first settlement and later fortified-capital phases
Provides the phase distinction and modern coordinate.
entity Shabwah
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological observation · Project overview; first settlement and later fortified-capital phases
Provides the phase distinction and modern coordinate.
claim Second-millennium occupation at Shabwah predates the site’s much later fortification and documented role as the capital of Hadramawt.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · Project overview; first settlement and later fortified capital
Provides the phase distinction.
claim Traditional high chronologies and later king lists do not provide sufficient evidence to project mature Sabaean, Minaean, Qatabanian or Hadramite polities into the poorly docume…
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · Second-millennium settlement and later fortified capital
Provides a site-level example of why later political identity cannot be back-projected.