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Carving Interactions: Rock Art in the Nomadic Landscape of the Black Desert, North-Eastern Jordan (Paperback)
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Carving Interactions: Rock Art in the Nomadic Landscape of the Black Desert, North-Eastern Jordan (Paperback)
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The Safaitic rock art of the North Arabian basalt desert is a
unique and understudied material, one of the few surviving traces
of the elusive herding societies that inhabited this region in
antiquity. Yet little is known about this rock art and its role in
the desert societies. Why did these peoples make carvings in the
desert and what was the significance of this cultural practice?
What can the rock art tell us about the relationship between the
nomads and their desert landscape? This book investigates these
questions through a comprehensive study of over 4500 petroglyphs
from the Jebel Qurma region of the Black Desert in north-eastern
Jordan. It explores the content of the rock art, how it was
produced and consumed by its makers and audience, and its
relationship with the landscape. This is the first-ever systematic
study of the Safaitic petroglyphs from the Black Desert and it is
unique for the study of Arabian rock art. It demonstrates the value
of a material approach to rock art and the unique insights that
rock art can provide into the relationship between nomadic herders
and the wild and domestic landscape.
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