Rock art landscapes beside the Jubbah palaeolake, Saudi Arabia

The authors have undertaken a systematic survey of rock art along the Jubbah palaeolake in northern Saudi Arabia and interpret the results using GIS. They conclude that the overwhelming majority of prehistoric rock art sites overlook contemporary early Holocene palaeolakes, and that the distribution...

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Published in:Antiquity 2013-09, Vol.87 (337), p.666-683
Main Authors: Jennings, Richard P., Shipton, Ceri, Al-Omari, Abdulaziz, Alsharekh, Abdullah M., Crassard, Rémy, Groucutt, Huw, Petraglia, Michael D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Arabia
Archaeological research
Archaeology
Asia
Cave art
Ethnology and art
Geographic information system
Geographic information systems
Geographical information systems
GIS
Holocene
Inscriptions
Jubbah
Lakes
Landscape
Methodology and general studies
Middle East and Indian Peninsula
Mobility
Museums
Palaeolakes
Petroglyphs
Population movements
Prehistoric art
Prehistoric era
Prehistory and protohistory
Rock art
Rock drawings
Rock paintings
Saudi Arabia
tenth millennium BP
Thamudic
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Summary:The authors have undertaken a systematic survey of rock art along the Jubbah palaeolake in northern Saudi Arabia and interpret the results using GIS. They conclude that the overwhelming majority of prehistoric rock art sites overlook contemporary early Holocene palaeolakes, and that the distribution of later Thamudic rock art offers insights into human mobility patterns at Jubbah in the first millennium BC.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.1017/S0003598X00049383