Before the Holocene humid period: Life-sized camel engravings and early occupations on the southern edge of the Nefud desert

被引：1

作者：

Guagnin, Maria ^{[1
,12
]}

Shipton, Ceri ^{[2
]}

Stileman, Finn ^{[2
]}

Jibreen, Faisal ^{[3
]}

Alsulaimi, Malek ^{[3
]}

Breeze, Paul S. ^{[4
]}

Stewart, Mathew ^{[5
,6
]}

Hatton, Amy ^{[5
]}

Drake, Nick ^{[4
]}

Jha, Deepak Kumar ^{[1
]}

Al-Tamimi, Fahad ^{[3
]}

Al-Shamry, Mohammed ^{[3
]}

Al-Shammari, Mishaal ^{[3
]}

Kay, Andrea ^{[1
]}

Groucutt, Huw S. ^{[1
,5
,7
,8
]}

Alsharekh, Abdullah M. ^{[9
]}

Petraglia, Michael ^{[6
,10
,11
]}

机构：

[1] Max Planck Inst Geoanthropol, Dept Archaeol, Jena, Germany

[2] UCL, Inst Archaeol, London, England

[3] Minist Culture, Heritage Commiss, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

[4] Kings Coll London, Dept Geog, London, England

[5] Max Planck Inst Geoanthropol Chem Ecol & Biogeoche, Extreme Events Res Grp, Jena, Germany

[6] Griffith Univ, Australian Res Ctr Human Evolut, Brisbane, Australia

[7] Univ Malta, Dept Class & Archaeol, Msida, Malta

[8] Univ Cologne, Insitute Prehist Archaeol, Cologne, Germany

[9] King Saud Univ, Coll Tourism & Antiqu, Dept Archaeol, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

[10] Smithsonian Inst, Human Origins Program, Washington, DC USA

[11] Univ Queensland, Sch Social Sci, Brisbane, Australia

[12] Max Planck Inst Geoanthropol, Dept Archaeol, Kahla Str 10, D-07745 Jena, Germany

来源：

ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA | 2023年 / 36卷

关键词：

Sahout; Saudi Arabia; Rock art; Wild camel; Helwan retouch; PPN; SAUDI-ARABIA; ROCK ART; JUBBAH; SILCRETE; OASIS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ara.2023.100483

中图分类号：

K85 [文物考古];

学科分类号：

0601 ;

摘要：

The Neolithic of northern Arabia is characterised by monumental stone structures, ephemeral 'hearth sites' indicative of a highly mobile lifestyle, and a rich rock art heritage with iconic representations of domesticated livestock. However, the character and timing of occupation prior to the spread of pastoralism (ca. 6000 BCE) remains elusive, with only one stratified Epipalaeolithic site and two surface early Neolithic sites so-far known in the Jubbah Oasis. Here we present Sahout, a newly documented rock art site with Neolithic and earlier occupations, on the southern edge of the Nefud desert. The rock art is dominated by life-sized, naturalistic, engravings of camels, which are in some cases superimposed with Neolithic imagery of domesticated sheep. Surveys and test excavations carried out in the vicinity of the rock art revealed a lithic assemblage with similarities to the late Epipalaeolithic and Pre-Pottery Neolithic of the Levant. Radiocarbon ages from two test trenches and two hearths indicate repeated occupation at Sahout between the Terminal Pleistocene and the Middle Holocene, which partly mirror the rock art sequence. Investigations at Sahout indicate that rock art production in northern Arabia may have begun earlier than previously thought. Research also suggests a broader geographical extent to human occupations prior to the Holocene humid period.

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