Rock art on Socotra, Yemen
The discovery of a petroglyph site on the island's south coast
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12181502 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julian Jansen van Rensburg (0000-0001-9774-1769, Dahlem Research School Freie Universität Hittorfstr. 16 14195 Berlin Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 143-152 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Arabian archaeology and epigraphy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0905-7196 • E-ISSN: 1600-0471 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/aae.12077 |
| OpenAlex | W2532768582 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
Recent fieldwork on the south coast of the island of Socotra, Yemen, has revealed a hitherto unknown petroglyph site. This site represents the first rock art to have been recorded on the south coast, an area generally regarded as being unpopulated up until the recent past. The corpus of recorded petroglyphs includes feet, cupules, anthropomorphic figures and geometric motifs, whose designs parallel those from known rock‐art sites on the north coast. The importance of this site is that it provides us with the first glimpse into the religious and socio‐political lives of the inhabitants of the previously unknown southern half of Socotra. Placing these petroglyphs within the broader context of rock‐art studies on the island of Socotra has also allowed us to begin to disentangle the skewed view of Socotra's inhabitants
Ancient history · Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Geography · Rock art · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Pharmacological Effects of Medicinal Plants
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |