Carving Interactions: Rock Art in the Nomadic Landscape of the Black Desert, North-Eastern Jordan

Carving Interactions: Rock Art in the Nomadic Landscape of the Black Desert, North-Eastern Jordan
Author: Nathalie Østerled Brusgaard
Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2019-10-31
Genre: Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN: 9781789693119

The Safaitic rock art of the North Arabian basalt desert is one of the few surviving traces of the elusive herding societies that lived there in antiquity. This comprehensive study of over 4500 petroglyphs from the Jebel Qurma region of the Black Desert in North-Eastern Jordan is the first-ever systematic study of the Safaitic petroglyphs.

Carving Interactions: Rock Art in the Nomadic Landscape of the Black Desert, North-Eastern Jordan

Carving Interactions: Rock Art in the Nomadic Landscape of the Black Desert, North-Eastern Jordan
Author: Nathalie Østerled Brusgaard
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2019-10-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1789693128

The Safaitic rock art of the North Arabian basalt desert is one of the few surviving traces of the elusive herding societies that lived there in antiquity. This comprehensive study of over 4500 petroglyphs from the Jebel Qurma region of the Black Desert in North-Eastern Jordan is the first-ever systematic study of the Safaitic petroglyphs.

Rock Art Studies: News of the World VI

Rock Art Studies: News of the World VI
Author: Paul G. Bahn
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2021-09-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1789699630

Like previous series entries, this volume covers rock art research and management all over the world over a 5-year period, in this case 2015-19. Contributions once again show the wide variety of approaches that have been taken in different parts of the world and reflect the expansion and diversification of perspectives and research questions.

Making Scenes

Making Scenes
Author: Iain Davidson
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2021-04-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1789209218

Dating back to at least 50,000 years ago, rock art is one of the oldest forms of human symbolic expression. Geographically, it spans all the continents on Earth. Scenes are common in some rock art, and recent work suggests that there are some hints of expression that looks like some of the conventions of western scenic art. In this unique volume examining the nature of scenes in rock art, researchers examine what defines a scene, what are the necessary elements of a scene, and what can the evolutionary history tell us about storytelling, sequential memory, and cognitive evolution among ancient and living cultures?

Mobile Peoples – Permanent Places: Nomadic Landscapes and Stone Architecture from the Hellenistic to Early Islamic Periods in North-Eastern Jordan

Mobile Peoples – Permanent Places: Nomadic Landscapes and Stone Architecture from the Hellenistic to Early Islamic Periods in North-Eastern Jordan
Author: Harmen O. Huigens
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2019-10-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1789693144

This study explores the relationship between nomadic communities in the Black Desert of north-eastern Jordan (c. 300 BC and 900 AD) and the landscapes they inhabited and extensively modified. This book focuses on the architectural features created in the landscape some 2000 years ago which were used and revisited on multiple occasions.

The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia

The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia
Author: Ahmad Al-Jallad
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2022-03-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004504273

This book approaches the religion and rituals of the pre-Islamic Arabian nomads using the Safaitic inscriptions. Unlike Islamic-period literary sources, this material was produced by practitioners of traditional Arabian religion; the inscriptions are eyewitnesses to the religious life of Arabian nomads prior to the spread of Judaism and Christianity across Arabia. The author attempts to reconstruct this world using the original words of its inhabitants, interpreted through comparative philology, pre-Islamic and Islamic-period literary sources, and the archaeological context.

Landscapes of Survival

Landscapes of Survival
Author: Prof Dr Peter M M G Akkermans
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-12-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9789088909436

Collection of research papers about the archaeology and epigraphy of Jordan's north-eastern basalt desert as well as comparative perspectives from other parts of the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula.

The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia

The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia
Author: Ahmad Al-Jallad
Publisher: Ancient Languages and Civiliza
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2022
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789004504264

1. Introduction -- 2. Rites -- 3. Divinities and Their Roles in the Lives of Humans -- 4. Fate -- 5. Afterlife -- 6. Visual Representation of Deities and the Divine World -- 7. Amplification and Why Write -- 8. Worldview: A Reconstruction -- Appendix 1: Glossary of Divinities -- Appendix 2: Previously Unpublished Inscriptions -- Bibliography -- Index.

Ritual Landscapes and Borders within Rock Art Research

Ritual Landscapes and Borders within Rock Art Research
Author: Heidrun Stebergløkken
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2015-10-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1784911593

Ritual landscapes and borders are recurring themes running through Professor Kalle Sognnes' long research career. This anthology contains 13 articles written by colleagues from his broad network in appreciation of his many contributions to the field of rock art research.