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Documenting a threatened rock art site on Soqotra, Yemen
Author(s) -
Jansen van Rensburg Julian,
AlOrqbi Ahmed Saeed Ahmed,
Salem Esmail Mohammed Ahmed
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
arabian archaeology and epigraphy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1600-0471
pISSN - 0905-7196
DOI - 10.1111/aae.12117
Subject(s) - rock art , archaeology , historic site , threatened species , geography , world heritage , geology , ecology , tourism , habitat , biology
During ongoing archaeological fieldwork on Soqotra, Yemen, by the Soqotra Heritage Project, a poorly recorded rock art site on the north coast of the island was identified and documented. A systematic survey of this rock art site has revealed an extensive corpus of 187 rock art motifs that include feet, cupules, a ship, various geometric patterns, and cruciform shapes that bear striking similarities to motifs found in other rock art sites throughout the island. This site is now known to be the second largest petroglyph site found on Soqotra. Unfortunately, the entire site is currently under imminent threat from development.