DESERT TRACES: Tracking the Nabataeans in Jordan's Wādī Ramm

Corbett, Glenn J.

doi:10.5615/neareastarch.75.4.0208

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“…Further afield, those in Wadi Hafir recorded by Corbett (2009Corbett ( , 2011Corbett ( , 2012 are stylistically quite different, reflecting the later date (although some are considered Neolithic). This is true of the petroglyphs discussed by Anati (1955) in the central Negev as well; most appear to be quite a bit later, based on stylistic differences, by the horses, camels and riders represented, and by the Nabatean or Thamudic inscriptions associated with them.…”

Section: Regional Petroglyphsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…While structures are visible across the landscape in remotely sensed data from the region, rock art is also ubiquitous on the landscape, but can only be identified by intensive boots‐on‐the‐ground surveys. Pecked rock art is documented in the desert regions of Israel, Jordan, the Arabian Peninsula, and in the eastern Badia (Anati, 1968, 1996, 2015; Avner, Kolska Horwitz, & Horowitz, 2017; Betts, 1998; Betts & Helms, 1986; Corbett, 2012; Guagnin et al, 2015; Harding, 1953; Jobling, 1986; Nayeem, 2000; Searight, 1983; Searight Macdonald, 1982; Ziolkowski, 1998, 2007). Although these examples depict some similar motifs, most differ stylistically.…”

Section: Regional Petroglyphsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Inscribed landscapes in the Black Desert: Petroglyphs and kites at Wisad Pools, Jordan

Hill

Rowan

Wasse

et al. 2020

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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Petroglyphs are well known in the Negev, eastern and southern Jordan, and the Arabian Peninsula. Intensive documentation of hundreds of petroglyphs at the site of Wisad Pools in the Black Desert of eastern Jordan records animals, humans, hunting traps and geometric designs, connecting people and places to the larger landscape. These were recorded at the landscape scale with drones and photogrammetry, and the local scale through the construction of a database combined with GPS recording and terrestrial photogrammetry. Petroglyphs of animals and hunting traps are significant because the site is located within a landscape that includes enormous and enigmatic hunting traps (desert kites). Mapping these depictions highlights typological distribution, association of types, and relation to landscape features as well as the topography of the basalt boulders on which they were pecked. The depictions of animals and hunting traps provide clues about the use of desert kites, the social role of hunting, communal gatherings, and feasting in the region.

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Section: Regional Petroglyphsmentioning

confidence: 98%