Revealing Cultural Landscapes in North-West Arabia
Supplement to the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies volume 51
Edited by Rebecca Foote Edited by Maria Guagnin Edited by Ingrid Périssé Edited by Steve Karacic
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(August 2023)
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These papers present a range of recent discoveries that demonstrate north-west Arabia’s centrality to understanding the greater region and further, and to begin to clarify the extraordinary richness of life in this pivotal zone of the Arabian Peninsula from the Palaeolithic through to the Islamic period.
While Saudi Arabia’s first inscribed World Heritage Site, Hegra (al-Hijr) – Nabataean sister city of Petra – may be the best-known archaeological site in north-west Saudi Arabia, the region is extremely rich in cultural heritage beyond it. The special session Revealing Cultural Landscapes in North-west Arabia, included in the 54th Seminar for Arabian Studies (delayed from 2020 to 2021), presented the latest findings at a range of sites in this critical but understudied area of Saudi Arabia, showcasing a deep and complex past through many millennia. Since the establishment of the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) in 2017, a result of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, extraordinary attention and resources have been exacted on the study of the archaeological assets and cultural heritage of al-?Ula County, within its oases and beyond, and shortly after of Khaybar, when parts came under RCU’s jurisdiction. A strategy and initial programme of research projects were established, and in 2019 the French Agency for the Development of AlUla (Afalula), the key partner of RCU, began sponsoring archaeological research as well. Unsurprisingly, therefore, recent work in al-?Ula and Khaybar predominate the volume. The results and analyses offered in the articles derive from survey, extensive targeted excavation at multiple sites, and intensive excavation and studies at single sites. Together the papers present a range of recent discoveries that demonstrate north-west Arabia’s centrality to understanding the greater region and further, and to begin to clarify the extraordinary richness of life in this pivotal zone of the Arabian Peninsula from the Palaeolithic through to the Islamic period.
Guidelines and Transliteration Editor's Foreword Discovering al-'Ula (AlUla): extensive landscape survey and targeted excavations in the al-'Ula Core Area - Laura Morabito, Jamie Quartermaine, Kirk Roberts, Christopher A. Tuttle & Wael Abu-Azizeh Results from the aerial archaeology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, al-?Ula (AlUla) and Khaybar Projects: 2018-2021 - Hugh Thomas, Melissa A. Kennedy, Matthew Dalton, Jane McMahon, Rebecca Repper, David D. Boyer & Aimee-Leah Gellard Mapping an Arabian oasis: first results of the UCOP systematic survey of al-'Ula (AlUla) Valley (2019-2021) - Julien Charbonnier, Yasmin Kanhoush, Julie Gravier, Gael Gourret, Imane Achouche, Vincent Bernollin, Sofian Boudia, Walter Bucci, Barbara Chiti, Pascale Clauss-Balty, Vincent Colard, Emmanuelle Devaux, Armance Dupont-Delaleuf, Alexandre De Smet, Cassandra Furstos, Julie Goy, Mathias Haze, Tobias Hofstetter, Romuald Housse, Thomas Huet, Celine Marquaire, Maria Paola Pellegrino, Catherine Raad, Jean-Daniel Ricart, Alexia Rosak, Ahmad F. Said, David Serres, Pierre Simeon, Francelin Tourtet & Jessica Giraud Khaybar through time. First results of the Khaybar Longue Duree Archaeological Project (2020-2021) in the light of historical sources - Guillaume Charloux, Remy Crassard, Munirah AlMushawh, Diaa Albukaai, Guillaume Chung-To, Bruno Depreux, Kevin Guadagnini, Laurence Hapiot, Yamandu H. Hilbert, Stephen McPhillips, Jerome Norris, Emmanuelle Regagnon, Shadi Shabo & Saifi Alshilali The Camel Site reliefs - an investigation of the site's original layout and use - Maria Guagnin, Guillaume Charloux, Mathew Stewart, Pascal Mora, Abdullah M. Alsharekh, Yamandu Hilbert, Huw S. Groucutt, Ahmad AlQaeed & Yasser AlAli The Horn Chamber Mustatil: a Neolithic open-air sanctuary evidencing pastoral nomadic ritual activity in the north-western Arabian Desert (al-?Ula [AlUla]) - Wael Abu-Azizeh, Jacqueline Studer, Saeed Alahmari, Angela Boyle, Lucie Dausse, Jamie Quartermaine, Laura Strolin, Olivier Tombret & Antoine Zazzo New clues to the development of the oasis of Dadan. Results from a test excavation at Tall al-Salimiyah (al-'Ula [AlUla], Saudi Arabia) - Jerome Rohmer, Fabien Lesguer, Charlene Bouchaud, Louise Purdue, Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani, Francelin Tourtet, Herve Monchot, Vladimir Dabrowski, Alexia Decaix, Xavier Desormeau, Rozan Alkhatib Alkontar & Hugo Reiller Hegra (al-Hijr), a Lihyanite caravan city? A reassessment of the early settlement in Hegra/Mada in Salih - Caroline Durand & Thomas Bauzou,
Guidelines and Transliteration
Editor’s Foreword
Discovering al‑ʿUlā (AlUla): extensive landscape survey and targeted excavations in the al‑ʿUlā Core Area – Laura Morabito, Jamie Quartermaine, Kirk Roberts, Christopher A. Tuttle & Wael Abu-Azizeh
Results from the aerial archaeology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, al‑ʿUlā (AlUla) and Khaybar Projects: 2018–2021 – Hugh Thomas, Melissa A. Kennedy, Matthew Dalton, Jane McMahon, Rebecca Repper, David D. Boyer & Aimee-Leah Gellard
Mapping an Arabian oasis: first results of the UCOP systematic survey of al‑ʿUlā (AlUla) Valley (2019–2021) – Julien Charbonnier, Yasmin Kanhoush, Julie Gravier, Gaël Gourret, Imane Achouche, Vincent Bernollin, Sofian Boudia, Walter Bucci, Barbara Chiti, Pascale Clauss-Balty, Vincent Colard, Emmanuelle Devaux, Armance Dupont-Delaleuf, Alexandre De Smet, Cassandra Furstos, Julie Goy, Mathias Haze, Tobias Hofstetter, Romuald Housse, Thomas Huet, Céline Marquaire, Maria Paola Pellegrino, Catherine Raad, Jean-Daniel Ricart, Alexia Rosak, Ahmad F. Saïd, David Serres, Pierre Siméon, Francelin Tourtet & Jessica Giraud
Khaybar through time. First results of the Khaybar Longue Durée Archaeological Project (2020−2021) in the light of historical sources – Guillaume Charloux, Rémy Crassard, Munirah AlMushawh, Diaa Albukaai, Guillaume Chung-To, Bruno Depreux, Kévin Guadagnini, Laurence Hapiot, Yamandú H. Hilbert, Stephen McPhillips, Jérôme Norris, Emmanuelle Régagnon, Shadi Shabo & Saifi Alshilali
The Camel Site reliefs — an investigation of the site’s original layout and use – Maria Guagnin, Guillaume Charloux, Mathew Stewart, Pascal Mora, Abdullah M. Alsharekh, Yamandú Hilbert, Huw S. Groucutt, Ahmad AlQaeed & Yasser AlAli
The Horn Chamber Mustatil: a Neolithic open-air sanctuary evidencing pastoral nomadic ritual activity in the north-western Arabian Desert (al‑ʿUlā [AlUla]) – Wael Abu-Azizeh, Jacqueline Studer, Saeed Alahmari, Angela Boyle, Lucie Dausse, Jamie Quartermaine, Laura Strolin, Olivier Tombret & Antoine Zazzo
New clues to the development of the oasis of Dadan. Results from a test excavation at Tall al‑Sālimīyah (al‑ʿUlā [AlUla], Saudi Arabia) – Jérôme Rohmer, Fabien Lesguer, Charlène Bouchaud, Louise Purdue, Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani, Francelin Tourtet, Hervé Monchot, Vladimir Dabrowski, Alexia Decaix, Xavier Desormeau, Rozan Alkhatib Alkontar & Hugo Reiller
Ḥegrā (al-Ḥijr), a Lihyanite caravan city? A reassessment of the early settlement in Ḥegrā/Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ – Caroline Durand & Thomas Bauzou
- Edited by Rebecca Foote
- Edited by Maria Guagnin
- Edited by Ingrid Périssé
- Edited by Steve Karacic
Other Titles in this Series
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 51 2022
Papers from the fifty-fourth meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held virtually on 2–4 and 9–11 July 2021
The Development of Arabic as a Written Language
Supplement to the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 40 2010
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 52 2023
Papers from the fifty-fifth meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at Humboldt Universität, Berlin, 5–7 August 2022
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 43 2013
Papers from the forty-sixth meeting, London, 13–15 July 2012
Stone Tools of Prehistoric Arabia: Papers from the Special Session of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held on 21 July 2019
Supplement to the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 50 2020
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 46, 2016
Papers from the forty-seventh meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the British Museum, London, 24 to 26 July 2015
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 49 2019
Papers from the fifty-second meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the British Museum, London, 3 to 5 August 2018
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 44 2014
Papers from the forty-seventh meeting, London, 26–28 July 2013
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 50 2020
Papers from the fifty-third meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the University of Leiden from Thursday 11th to Saturday 13th July 2019
Languages of Southern Arabia
Supplement to the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 44 2014
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 47 2017
Papers from the fiftieth meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the British Museum, London, 29 to 31 July 2016
Languages, scripts and their uses in ancient North Arabia: Papers from the Special Session of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held on 5 August 2017
Supplement to the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 48 2018
Volume 48.2
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 48 2018
Papers from the fifty-first meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the British Museum, London, 4th to 6th August 2017
The Nabataeans in Focus: Current Archaeological Research at Petra
Supplement to the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 42 2012
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 53 2024
Papers from the fifty-sixth meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held in Aarhus 4–6 August 2023
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