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The Arabian Iron Age funerary stelae and the issue of cross-cultural contacts?

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Studies on South Arabian anthropomorphic funerary stelae often mention a North Arabian influence in their iconography, or sometimes even the coming of North Arabian populations, bringing in their own practices. The issue of a northern influence will be debated here through the study of two types of South Arabian stelae: Eye stelae from the Jawf valley and square stelae from Qatabân. My purpose is to show that neither onomastics nor chronology yield evidence for a northern origin or influence. This will be followed by a wider approach of the origins of South Arabian culture. I will confront two hypotheses: one is the acculturation of southern populations by northern groups, or even the migration of people from Southern Levant or North Arabia; the other is an endogenous development. The latter is to me the most convincing.
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halshs-00580897 , version 1 (29-03-2011)

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Jérémie Schiettecatte. The Arabian Iron Age funerary stelae and the issue of cross-cultural contacts?. Death, Burial and the Transition to the Afterlife in Arabia and Adjacent Regions, Dec 2008, Londres, United Kingdom. p. 191-203. ⟨halshs-00580897⟩
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