Southern Arabia’s Early Pastoral Population History: Some Recent Evidence

McCorriston, Joy; Martin, Louise

doi:10.1007/978-90-481-2719-1_17

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“…In the early Holocene evidence of domesticated animals first appears in the region, including at Wadi Sana's Manayzah rockshelter (Crassard et al, 2006;McCorriston and Martin, 2009). Pastoralists who raised sheep, goat and cattle would have relied on moist bottomlands along middle Wadi Sana to sustain their herds, particularly cattle which would have required habitats capable of producing copious grassy forage.…”

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Hydro-geospatial analysis of ancient pastoral/agro-pastoral landscapes along Wadi Sana (Yemen)

Harrower

Oches

McCorriston

2012

Journal of Arid Environments

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Section: Context Methods and Resultsmentioning

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Hydro-geospatial analysis of ancient pastoral/agro-pastoral landscapes along Wadi Sana (Yemen)

Harrower

Oches

McCorriston

2012

Journal of Arid Environments

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“…On the Arabian Peninsula domestication arrived in the form of mobile pastoralism (Magee, ; McCorriston & Martin, ). Faunal remains recovered from sites along the eastern coast of the Peninsula suggest that domestic cattle, sheep and goat were introduced as a package between 6800 and 6200 BC (Drechsler, ; ).…”

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An illustrated prehistory of the Jubbah oasis: Reconstructing Holocene occupation patterns in north‐western Saudi Arabia from rock art and inscriptions

Guagnin

Shipton

Al-Rashid

et al. 2017

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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A systematic survey of rock art and associated archaeological features in the Jubbah oasis provides evidence of Holocene occupation from the early Holocene to the present. In total 1249 panels with rock art and inscriptions, and 159 archaeological sites, were recorded on twelve different jebels. Analyses of rock art content and engraving stratigraphy indicate that the iconic Jubbah style had a long tradition among pre-pastoral hunters and continued to be used by early herders.We also identify a distinct body of rock art that pre-dates the Jubbah style and may be associated with a nearby Epipalaeolithic site. Our systematic dataset identifies a body of Bronze Age rock art that is further supported by the material culture and radiocarbon dates obtained from the remains of disturbed cairns. The wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/aae Arab Arch Epig. 2017;28:138-152.

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“…While the buffalo was likely confined to the riverine habitats of the Mesopotamian lowlands, aurochs are well known across the Levant, Mesopotamia and beyond. On the Arabian Peninsula, evidence for the Holocene presence of aurochs was recently reported from eastern and southern Arabia (McCorriston & Martin, ; see also Fedele, ). Aurochs can survive in a wide range of habitats, from wooded environments to open steppe, but require access to drinking water every few days.…”

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“…Aurochs can survive in a wide range of habitats, from wooded environments to open steppe, but require access to drinking water every few days. There is some evidence from rock art that African buffalo ( Syncerus caffer ) may also have extended into southern Arabia, but has not yet been confirmed by faunal remains (McCorriston & Martin, ).…”

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“…Early evidence for the domestication of cattle in the middle Euphrates region and the southern Levant has been dated to the seventh millennium bc (summarized in Drechsler, ). In Anatolia, cattle herding appears to have been well established by the eighth millennium bc (Peters, Buitenhuis, Grupe, Schmidt, & Pöllath, ), while in southern Arabia, domestic cattle are known from the late sixth millennium bc (McCorriston & Martin, ). In the more arid regions of eastern and southern Jordan, livestock was dominated by caprine herding (Martin & Edwards, ; see also Henry et al., ; Rollefson, Rowan, & Wasse, ).…”

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Rock art provides new evidence on the biogeography of kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis), wild dromedary, aurochs (Bos primigenius) and African wild ass (Equus africanus) in the early and middle Holocene of north‐western Arabia

Guagnin

Shipton

el-Dossary

et al. 2018

Journal of Biogeography

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Aim Our knowledge of the prehistoric distribution of animal species is so far largely dependent on the location of excavated archaeological and palaeontological sites. In the absence of excavated faunal remains, many species that were present in the Levant and North Africa have been assumed to have been absent on the Arabian Peninsula. Here, we explore representations of four species that were identifiable in the rock art, but had not previously been reported in north‐western Arabia. Location Jubbah and Shuwaymis UNESCO world heritage rock art sites in Ha'il province, north‐western Saudi Arabia. Methods In total, the rock art panels surveyed and recorded in Jubbah and Shuwaymis contain 6,618 individual animal depictions. Species were identified based on diagnostic features of the anatomy. The resulting dataset was then compared to the faunal spectrum reported in the (archaeo)zoological literature. Results The rock art dataset provides evidence that the distributions of lesser kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis), wild camel and African wild ass (Equus africanus) extended into the north‐west of Arabia and that the engravers may have had knowledge of aurochs (Bos primigenius). Main conclusions The presence of previously undocumented mammal species in Arabia provides new information regarding their distribution, as well as the types of habitat and vegetation that were available in prehistoric landscapes. Moreover, the presence of kudu on the Arabian Peninsula indicates that the identification of palaeo‐distributions based exclusively on faunal remains may miss key species in the Afro‐Eurasian faunal exchange.

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Southern Arabia’s Early Pastoral Population History: Some Recent Evidence

Cited by 28 publications

References 40 publications

Hydro-geospatial analysis of ancient pastoral/agro-pastoral landscapes along Wadi Sana (Yemen)

Hydro-geospatial analysis of ancient pastoral/agro-pastoral landscapes along Wadi Sana (Yemen)

An illustrated prehistory of the Jubbah oasis: Reconstructing Holocene occupation patterns in north‐western Saudi Arabia from rock art and inscriptions

Rock art provides new evidence on the biogeography of kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis), wild dromedary, aurochs (Bos primigenius) and African wild ass (Equus africanus) in the early and middle Holocene of north‐western Arabia

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