SUUDİ ARABİSTAN’DAKİ KAYA RESİMLERİ

Yıl 2018, Sayı: 3, 81 - 106, 25.12.2017

Majeed Khan Çevirmen: Hakan Temir

Öz

Suudi Arabistan sadece petrol yönünden zengin değildir, aynı zamanda kaya
resimlerini barındırmasıyla da dünyanın en zengin dört bölgesinden birisidir.
Ülkenin her yerinde neolitik çağdan yakın geçmişe kadarki değişik kültürel
evreleri gösteren yüzbinlerce petroglif (Taş üzerine yapılan oyma), kaya resmi ve
eski Arap kitabesi bulunmaktadır. Kayalar üzerinde belirli iklimsel ve çevresel
koşullara göre değişen metafizik dünya, dini inançlar, ekonomi, çevre, insan
aktiviteleri ve hayvan çeşitliliğiyle ilgili eski ideoloji ve düşünceleri yansıtan
natüralist, şematik, soyut, efsanevi ve mistik resimler görülür. Suudi Arabistan’ın
kaya resimleri, 4000 arkeolojik alan ve 1500 den fazla kaya sanatıyla dünyayı
şaşırtan sözde bedevî veya çöl sakinleri bilinen insanların zengin kültürel
mirasını yansıtmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

neolitik, taş üzerine oyma, boyalı site, miras, ideoloji, çevre, naturalist, şematik

Kaynakça

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