نوع المستند : المقالة الأصلية
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أستاذ الجيومورفولوجيا المشارك بقسم الجغرافيا کلية الآداب – جامعة الأميرة نورة بنت عبدالرحمن
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عنوان المقالة [English]
المؤلف [English]
This research dealt with the Geo-environmental assessment of the sites of Rock Art in the Hail region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), where the Hail region includes many cultural heritage sites. The study focused on the sites of Petroglyphs in (Jibbah and Shuwaymis), which date back to more than 10 thousand years BC, and it is the fourth Saudi archaeological site that has been included in the World Heritage List by UNESCO.
The importance of the subject of the study is due to the fact that the geo-environmental assessment of archaeological sites is one of the most important basics of sustainable tourism, which balances the use of natural and cultural resources in addition to preserving them.
This study aimed to highlight the cultural value of the study area, geological assessment of the sites of Rock Art, monitoring of the most important morpho-climatic risks to them, and finally applying the SWOT analysis to highlight the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to the development of the region environmentally and tourism.
It turned out that these Petroglyphs or drawings, which were executed on the rocky facades by Sunk relief and counter-relief, are a civilized manifestation through which the local population, since prehistoric and historical times, expressed their living activities, their daily lives, their religious practices, and their interaction with the environment. The International World Heritage Organization (UNESCO) included the site of rock art in the Hail region to the World Heritage List in 2015, due to its exceptional global value.
The study highlighted the historical and archaeological importance of the rock art at the two study sites, and the drawings and paintings they contain of rare archaeological and historical value. Proposals were presented to reduce the morpho-climatic risks to which the region is exposed, and lead to the deterioration of its rocks.
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