Definition: French archaeologist Jacqueline Pirenne spent much of her career excavating in South Arabia, especially in Yemen and Ethiopia. Pirene was educated at l'Université de Louvain. Long-time director of French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Pirenne retired in 1985, and began working with students at the University of Strasbourg. Pirenne is best known for proposing that the spread of proto-South Semitic language came from Ethiopia to South Arabia, rather than the other way around, basing her theories on excavations at Qatabân, Yemen and the writings of Periplus of the Erythraean Sea.
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This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar.
