Prehistoric small scale monument types in Hadramawt (Southern Arabia): Convergences in ethnography, linguistics and archaeology

Antiquity

Volumn 83, Issue 321, 2009, Pages 602-618

  'Aqil, Abdalaziz Ja'afar Bin ^a   McCorriston, Joy ^b  

^a General Organization of Antiquities and Museums   (Yemen)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Hadramawt; Linguistics; Prehistoric; South Arabia; Stone monuments; Tombs; Yemen

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952551064     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0003598x00098860     Document Type: Article

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