High-resolution geospatial surveying techniques provide new insights into rock-art landscapes at Shuwaymis, Saudi Arabia

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-21

  Jennings, Richard ^a   Parton, Ash ^a   Groucutt, Huw S ^a   Clark Balzan, Laine ^a   Breeze, Paul ^b   Drake, Nick A ^b   Alsharekh, Abdullah ^c   Petraglia, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DGPS; GIS; Landscapes; Late prehistoric; Rock art; Saudi Arabia; Shuwaymis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DGPS; GIS; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; MAPPING; PREHISTORIC; ROCK ART; SURVEYING;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; HAIL [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA IBEX; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84899113792     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aae.12041     Document Type: Article

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