Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2024

A newly identified Late Antique settlement in the al-ʿUlā oasis. New insights on the occupation, material culture, agricultural practices and religion of Late Antique northwest Arabia.

Bertrand Riba
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Elora Chambraud
Louise Purdue

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Although it is documented by later sources and a growing – though still limited – number of inscriptions, the Late Antique period remains a virtually blank page in the archaeological record of northwest Arabia. In this context, the discovery by the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) of a Late Antique settlement 1 km south of ancient Dadan, in the al-ʿUlā valley, represents an essential addition to the knowledge of this period. This settlement was identified in 2019 and investigated during three excavation seasons (2021-2023), exposing a massive building used from the 4th to the 6th century AD and probably belonging to a ruling elite. The interdisciplinary study of this site (combining archaeology, ceramology, study of macrolithic artefacts, archaeobotany, archaeozoology and geo-archaeology) offers new insights into the material culture, agricultural practices, diet and even religious identity of its inhabitants. Last but not least, the excavations have provided important clues suggesting that this settlement took over an earlier site, perhaps connected with the Minaean colony at Dadan.

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halshs-04871720 , version 1 (07-01-2025)

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Bertrand Riba, Jérôme Rohmer, Elora Chambraud, Paul Picavet, Louise Purdue. A newly identified Late Antique settlement in the al-ʿUlā oasis. New insights on the occupation, material culture, agricultural practices and religion of Late Antique northwest Arabia.. 57th Seminar for Arabian Studies, International Association for the Study of Arabia; Sorbonne Université; Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Afalula; Musée du Louvre; Sénat, Jun 2024, Paris Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA), France. ⟨halshs-04871720⟩
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