Le palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.) dans l’Arabie méridionale préislamique
This paper deals with the date palm tree culture in pre-Islamic South Arabia, from its beginning until the 6th century AD. Crossing archaeobotanical data and epigraphic mentions of the date palm made it possible to draw up a diachronic map of ancient palm groves. This in turn served as a basis to di...
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| Language: | English |
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Laboratoire Éco-anthropologie et Ethnobiologie
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Revue d'ethnoécologie |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/1356 |
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| Summary: | This paper deals with the date palm tree culture in pre-Islamic South Arabia, from its beginning until the 6th century AD. Crossing archaeobotanical data and epigraphic mentions of the date palm made it possible to draw up a diachronic map of ancient palm groves. This in turn served as a basis to discuss the issue of the origin and diffusion of the date palm culture at a regional scale: where and when did it begin? How did it spread? And what place did it take in the society, as foodstuff or as a symbol? It seems that this culture appeared only late in the region. It was mainly limited to the lower valleys of the inland and was not a long-lasting culture of South Arabia. |
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| ISSN: | 2267-2419 |