Suudi Arabistandaki Yeni Kaya Sanat Kompleksi

Abstract

Suudi Arabistan’ın kuzey kesiminde daha önce bilinmeyen bir kaya sanat kompleksi keşfedildi. Burası Dünya Kültür Miras Listesi’ne yakın zamanda alınan iki büyük kaya sanat bölgesi arasında yer almaktadır. Bölge herhangi bir tahribata meydan vermemek için izole edilmiş ve bahse konu alan çok fazla açıklanmadan/yeri belirtilmeden korunmaktadır. Kaya sanatı kompleksi geniş bir piktogram galerisi ve iki mağara sanat alanı içerir; her iki özellik de Arap Yarımadası’nda çok nadirdir. Hayatta kalan kaya sanatı 6000 yıllıktır. Oradaki petroglifler, 20. yüzyıl da dâhil olmak üzere geçmiş zamanın kaya tasvirlerini ve resimlerini içerir. Söz konusu bu alanda ve Suudi Arabistan’ın başka yerlerinde yapılan gözlemlere dayanarak Arap kaya sanatı yapımının ve kullanımının, geçmişten bugüne, yerel olarak hayatta kalabilecek olan bedevî geleneğini devam ettirdiğine dair yeni kanıtlar içerdiğini söyleyebiliriz.

Keywords

• Petroglif
• Piktogram
• Kaya Resimleri

New Rock Art Complex İn Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The discovery of a previously unknown rock art complex is reported from northern Saudi Arabia. It is located roughly half-way between two major rock art precincts recently added to the World Heritage List, but will be preserved in pristine forensic condition by not disclosing its very isolated location. The rock art complex includes an extensive gallery of pictograms and two cave art sites; both features are very rare on the Arabian Peninsula. Its surviving rock art dates from 6000 years bp to the present. It includes petroglyphs, rock paintings and inscriptions of the most recent past, including of the 20th century CE. This adds new evidence to the observation, made also elsewhere in Saudi Arabia, that Arabian rock art production and rock art use is a continuing tradition of the Bedouin that may have locally survived to the present time.

Keywords

• Petroglyph
• Pictogram
• Cave art
• Age estimation
• Hail.

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