Également disponible en téléchargement par l'URL : http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/mom_1955-4982_2010_act_56_1_1336International audienceAn archaeo-geographical approach to the settlement of the Jawf valley (in today's Yemen) highlights the trends affecting the urban network of the region during the first millennium BC and in the early Christian era. This approach helps put into perspective the causes put forward until now of the decline and disappearance of cities while emphasizing the impact of probable environmental changes and the consequences of upriver anthropic action on the landscape.L'approche archéogeographique du peuplement de la vallée du Jawf (Yémen) met ici en évidence les dynamiques qui affectent le rés...