The Tihamah Coastal Plain of South-West Arabia in its Regional Context c. 6000 BC - AD 600 (Paperback)

The Tihamah plain extends some 500km down the western coast of modern Yemen and about 100km along its southern coast. This publication presents the first long-term culture-history of the Tihamah, through the exploration of socio-economic, cultural and political developments and of the region's relation to the rest of South West Arabia to its east, and to the Horn of Africa lying to its west, across the Red Sea. This research assimilates and analyses all of the available data for an archaeological understanding of the pre-Islamic Tihamah. This comprehensive study, taken in a long-term perspective, enables the identification of patterns, discontinuities, changes and current interpretive problems related to the development of the Tihamah in its relation to neighbouring regions. The analysis is based on published and unpublished archaeological research - including field research undertaken by the author - and on a range of historical sources ...

General

Imprint:	Bar Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	British Archaeological Reports International Series
Release date:	December 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Nadia Durrani
Dimensions:	297 x 210 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	173
ISBN-13:	978-1-84171-894-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General Promotions
LSN:	1-84171-894-7
Barcode:	9781841718941

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