TY  - JOUR
A1  - Yule, Paul
ID  - propylaeumdok204
JF  - Zeitschrift für Archäologie Außereuropäische Kulturen
VL  - 2
AV  - public
KW  - Yemen
KW  -  Zafar
KW  -  Quickbird
KW  -  GOAM
KW  -  Masnaat Mariya
UR  - https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/204/
Y1  - 2008///
EP  - 120
N2  - In February-March 2005, the joint University of Heidelberg-Yemen team conducted a season of mapping Zaf?r. Major tasks included the compilation of place-names of the different fields in the area. In this way, we obtain an instrument with which to identify fossil pre-Arabic place-names. Zaf?r is not the largest archaeological site in the Yemen, but may well be the second largest one after M?rib. The rectification of a Quickbird image documents in concrete fashion the soil erosion and other environmental changes in and around the ancient city. Vulture reliefs from the surrounding area show a new style which appears to date to the 6th century, to judge from related images in Europe. Our recording is just keeping abreast of destruction mostly from building operations.
SP  - 105
TI  - Zafar, Capital of Himyar, Fifth Preliminary Report, February?March 2005
ER  -