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Title:

Caravan kingdoms : Yemen and the ancient incense trade / Edited by Ann C. Gunter.

Publisher:

Arthur M. Sackler GallerySmithsonian Institution,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

181 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Yemen (Republic)--Antiquities--Exhibitions.
Incense industry--Yemen--History--Exhibitions.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Yemen--Exhibitions.

Other Authors:

Gunter, Ann Clyburn, 1951-
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-177) and index.

Contents:

Director's foreword and acknowledgments -- Minister's foreword and Arabic translation -- Sponsor's foreword and Arabic translation -- Chronology -- History, chronology, and archaeology -- The dawn of history in Yemen's interior / Alessandro de Maigret -- New research at the Sabaean city and oasis of Sirwah / Iris Gerlach -- An early Himyarite mountain settlement on Jabal al-Awd / Holger Hitgen -- Religion and funerary practices / Alexander Sima -- The Awwam temple (Mahram Bilqis) / Merilyn Phillips Hodgson -- Recent epigraphic discoveries at the Awwam temple / Mohammed Maraqten -- Conservation of the Almaqah temple of Baran / Burkhard Vogt -- Death and funerary practices / Burkhard Vogt -- The cemetery of the Awwam temple / Iris Gerlach -- Images: gods, humans, and animals / Sabina Antonini -- Trade and technology -- Trade, incense, and perfume / Nigel Groom -- The beginnings of irrigation / Ueli Brunner -- New research on the great dam at Marib / Burkhard Vogt -- Bibliography of works cited -- Credits -- Index.

ISBN:

9780934686006 (pbk.)
0934686009 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2005010448

Locations:

DYPD423 -- Eldora Public Library (Eldora)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)