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041 _aeng
043 _aar-----
050 _aDS247.A14
_bD64 1971
090 _aDS247.A14, D64 1971
100 _aDoe, D. Brian.
_91557
245 _aSouthern Arabia /
_c[by] Brian Doe.
250 _a1st. ed.
260 _aLondon :
_bThames and Hudson,
_c1971.
300 _a267 p. :
_billus. (incl. 8 col.), maps, plans. ;
_c26 cm.
490 _aNew Aspects of Antiquity.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical reference (p. 254-258)
505 _a1. The background : General history -- Topography -- Climate -- Language -- Religion -- Frankincense and myrrh -- 2. History, the kingdoms and art : The Minaeans -- The Qatabanians -- ʼAusān -- The Sabaeans and the Himyar -- The Ḥaḍramaut -- Architecture -- Sculpture -- Alabaster and pottery -- Jewellery -- Coins -- 3. The sites : The First and Second Governates -- The Aden area -- The Third Governate -- The Abyan area -- The Audhilla area -- The Fourth Governorate -- The Wāḥidi area of Wadi Maifaʻah -- The Wadi Jirdān area -- The Baihān area -- The Fourth and Fifth Governates -- The Wadi Ḥaḍramaut -- The First Governate -- The island of Socotra.
520 _aFor almost twenty years the author has lived in Aden, first as a Government Architect and then as Director of the Department of Antiquities. In this capacity he has made many expeditions and conducted extensive research into the archaeology of Southern Arabia. Doe presents an integrated study of this mysterious land, its culture, trade, art and architecture--ranging from earliest historical times to the rise of Islam in the seventh century A. D.
651 _aArabia, Southern
_vAntiquities.
_91558
651 _aArabian Peninsula, Southern
_vAntiquities.
_91559
830 _aNew Aspects of Antiquity.
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910 _aNIT Ana Koleksiyonu
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