%0 Journal Article
%T Les barrages poids des r¨¦gions montagneuses d¡¯Arabie du sud au cours de la p¨¦riode pr¨¦islamique The storage dams in mountainous regions of South Arabia in the pre-Islamic period
%A Julien Charbonnier
%J Chroniques Y¨¦m¨¦nites
%D 2012
%I 
%X De l¡¯age du Bronze et jusqu¡¯¨¤ nos jours, les populations d¡¯Arabie du sud ont privil¨¦gi¨¦ le d¨¦tournement des eaux de crue pour irriguer les parcelles cultiv¨¦es. Au cours des premiers si¨¨cles de l¡¯¨¨re chr¨¦tienne toutefois, une nouvelle technique d¡¯irrigation a ¨¦t¨¦ adopt¨¦e dans les r¨¦gions montagneuses. Des barrages ont ¨¦t¨¦ construits afin de retenir et de stocker l¡¯eau des wadis. Le pr¨¦sent article entend faire un bilan de nos connaissances les concernant et les mettre en rapport avec l¡¯apparition du royaume himyarite. From the Bronze Age to the present day, inhabitants of South Arabia have given priority to the diversion of floodwater to irrigate their fields. During the first centuries of the Christian era, however, a new irrigation technique was adopted in the western mountains. Dams were built to retain and store water from wadis. This article aims at reviewing our knowledge about them and at linking their appearance to the development of the kingdom of Himyar.
%K irrigation
%K barrage
%K hydraulique
%K /Himyar
%K Arabie du Sud
%K Hautes Terres
%K p¨¦riode sudarabique
%U http://cy.revues.org/1795