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Preliminaries

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Table of Contents

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Acknowledgments

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Walter Dostal, Obituary and List of Academic Print & Film Publications

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Southwest Arabia across History: Introducing Insights from Current Research

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Walter Dostal and (Ancient) South Arabia: Cultural and Social Anthropology and the “Ivory Tower” of Regional Studies

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Water Engineering and Management Practices in South Arabia: Aspects of Continuity and Change from Ancient to Medieval and Modern Times

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Birka and Baraka - Cistern and Blessing: Notes on Custom and Islamic Law Regarding Public Cisterns in Northern Yemen

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Cultural Heritage and Identity Politics in Early Medieval South Arabia

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Sa‘da revisited

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Inhabiting Tribal Structures: Leadership Hierarchies in Tribal Upper Yemen (Hamdān and Khawlān b. ‘Āmir)

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Galactic Polities: Anthropological Insights for Understanding States in Yemen’s pre-Ottoman Past

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Notes on Contributors, Illustrations: References

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