LEWIS , Krista

Since at least the 1970s, McGuire Gibson recognized the unique potential for archaeological research in highland Yemen to reveal key insights into Arabian prehistory. At that time, southwest Arabia was considered by most to be peripheral to cultural developments in better-known parts of the early ancient Near East. A series of research projects...

Mawqa' Masna'at Maryah: dirasat athariyah jadida min muhafathat Dhamar. Akhir al-nata'ij al-bahthiyah lal mosimayn 2006 wa 2009 (in Arabic) [The site of Masna'at Maryah: new archaeological fieldwork, Dhamar province: recent results from the 2006 and 2009 seasons]

Until recently, the western Arabian Peninsula has had an enigmatic role in the large-scale prehistoric exchange networks of the greater ancient Near East. New geological and archaeological data recovered from obsidian-rich zones as well as sites in south-west Arabia and beyond, have begun to elucidate the region's unprecedented position as a...

The 2008 field season of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) Māryah Archaeological Project was dedicated to creating a detailed, three-dimensional map of the 40.4 ha highland site of Masna'at Māryah. This site was occupied from the Neolithic to the Himyarite period. In addition to precise mapping of the topography, buildings,...