Second season of the Saudi-French mission in al-Yamāma, al-Kharj area (11 November - 18 December 2012)

Jérémie Schiettecatte (1) , Antoine Chabrol (2) , David Gandreau (3, 4) , Bruno Gavazzi (5, 6) , Hervé Monchot (7) , Sébastien Moriset (4, 3) , Michel Mouton (8) , Mathieu Niveleau (9) , Pierre Simeon (10)

1 OM-MS - Équipe Mondes sémitiques
2 EfA - École française d'Athènes
3 AE&CC - Architecture, Environnement & Cultures Constructives
4 CRAterre - CRAterre
5 IPGS - Institut de physique du globe de Strasbourg
6 ARCHIMEDE - Archéologie et histoire ancienne : Méditerranée - Europe
7 Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle
8 ArScAn - Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité
9 Chercheur indépendant
10 OM-IM - Équipe Islam médiéval

Report of the archaeological, geophysical, archaeozoological and topographical activities of the French-Saudi mission in the oasis of al-Kharj, 80 km South of Riyadh, in the Central Province of Saudi Arabia carried out from November 11 to December 18 2012. It includes chapters on: - The geographic and historical setting - Description on the Registration system - Report of the exploration of the site of al-Yamāma (geophysical survey, topographical survey, archaeological sounding, , excavation of a mosque, zooarchaeological study, restoration process) and a geomorphological study of al-Kharj area.

Mots clés: mudbrick architecture; restoration; geomagnetism; pottery; Early Islamic Period; Saudi Arabia; Arabian Peninsula; Najd; mosque; sounding; geomorphology

Mots clés: prospection géomagnetique; restauration architecturale; géomorphologie; sondage archéologique; céramique; Nejd; mosquée; architecture de terre; Central Province; al-Kharj; Yamâma; période islamique; Arabie Saoudite; Péninsule arabique

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Jérémie Schiettecatte, Antoine Chabrol, David Gandreau, Bruno Gavazzi, Hervé Monchot, et al.. Second season of the Saudi-French mission in al-Yamāma, al-Kharj area (11 November - 18 December 2012). [Research Report] CNRS, UMR8167 Orient & Méditerranée. 2012. ⟨halshs-00797003⟩