Rocks of Ages.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmidt, Joshua.

Contributor:

Uriely, Natan.

Eisenberg-Degen, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heritage tourism--Israel.

Heritage tourism.

Rock paintings--Israel.

Rock paintings.

Culture and tourism--Israel.

Culture and tourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (142 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2022.

Summary:

Developing Rock Art Tourism in the Negev desert of southern Israelpresents the findings of an interdisciplinary project aimed at safeguarding the future of cultural heritage in the Negev Desert region of Israel, which is under threat from environmental change, militarisation, settlement and tourism.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents Page

List of Figures

List of Tables

Abbreviations

Foreword

Preface

Part I

The Dynamics of Negev Rock Art Tourism

Rock Art in the Negev

Rock art, archaeology and culture

Figure 1.1 Layered Negev rock art motifs contain both alluring and powerful messages

Rock art and tourism

Figure 1.2 Map of Negev rock art sites

Figure 1.3. Map of rock art sites in the Negev Highlands

Rock art tourism in the Negev Highlands

Figure 1.4 Rock art tourists will often go to great lengths for a good photo

Figure 1.5. Italian and Israeli IMPART researchers conducting fieldwork at Ramat Matred

The IMPART Project

Negev Highlands Tourism

Geographies of Negev tourism

Figure 2.1 The Negev - subdivided

Figure 2.2 The Sde Boker Area

Channeling Negev tourism flow

Figure 2.3 Mashabim-Ramon Area

Figure 2.4 Negev Highlands Region (not included in the above areas): includes Nitzana, Yeruham, Revivim area and more

Quantitative Analysis of Negev Tourism Data

Introduction

Length of stay

Table 3.1 Length of stay for domestic and international tourists (percentage)

Trip motivation

Figure 3.1. Age class of tourists (percentage)

Trip organization and means of transport

How visitors heard about Mitzpe Ramon

Figure 3.2 Main reason of the trip for domestic and international tourists (percentage)

Figure 3.3 Means of transport used by domestic and international tourists (percentage)

Evaluation of travel experience of visitors

Preferred tourist attractions

Figure 3.4 Mode of acquaintance with Mitzpe Ramon, by channel (percentage)

Figure 3.5 Percentage of tourists that were satisfied or very satisfied, by topic

Cultural tourism

Figure 3.6 Percentage of tourists that wish to visit the existing attractions in the region.

Figure 3.7 Domestic tourists' interest in the three cultural attractions, by age

Figure 3.9 Domestic tourists' interest in the three cultural attractions, by profession

Figure 3.8 International tourists' interest in the three cultural attractions, by age

Figure 3.10 International tourists' interest in the three cultural attractions, by profession.

Figure 3.11. Culture-oriented tourists, main reason of travel (percentage).

Figure 3.13 Mode of acquaintance with Mitzpe Ramon, culture tourism segment, by channel (percentage)

Figure 3.12 Means of transport used by culture-oriented tourists to get to Mitzpe Ramon (percentage)

Figure 3.14 Culture-oriented tourists, mode of travel (percentage)

Figure 3.15 Total sample vs cultural tourism segment, level of satisfaction, by topic (percentage)

Individual tourists

Figure 3.16 Mode of acquaintance with Mitzpe Ramon, individual tourists, by channel (percentage)

Figure 3.17 Means of transport used by individual tourists

Figure 3.18 Number of tourists that would like to visit the listed attractions (percentage)

Total sample

Figure 3.19 Tourists who are very satisfied or satisfied with each topic (percentage)

Tourism in Israel and Mitzpe Ramon, a comparison

Qualitative Analysis of Negev Tourism Data

Methodologies for gathering qualitative data

Table 4.1: List of questions used as a guideline for the interviews. Divided by Supply and Demand and general topics covered.

SWOT analysis of qualitative fieldwork

Figure 4.1. Analysis of the frequency of answers on different topics, divided into a SWOT table (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats)

Strengths

Weaknesses

Figure 4.2 Graffiti on rocks in the riverbed below Ramat Matred

as ascertained from its content, apparently made by soldiers.

Opportunities

Threats

Establishing a Benchmark for Open-Air Rock Site Management

Benchmarking rock art

Table 5.1 Sites identified as applying best practices

The Archaeological site model

Figure 5.1. Western view of the Valcamonica Valley

Figure 5.2. Iron Age cart from Rock No. 73, Naquane

Figure 5.3. Trekking to the Penacosa site in the Côa Valley, Portugal. Organized by the Côa Museum and supporting local tourism initiatives

Figure 5.5. Roughly pecked horse from the Siega Verde Park, Spain (Panel 74)

Figure 5.4. One of many hundreds of rock art sites within the Côa Valley, Portugal

Figure 5.6. One of many animal engravings from the Siega Verde Park (Panel 21)

Accessibility

Figure 5.7. View of the outer triathlon ring of Stonehenge

Figure 5.9. One of the fiberglass replicas panels from the Côa Valley Museum, Portugal

Figure 5.8. Faint images of Bronze Age daggers and post-medieval graffiti on Stone 53

Hospitality

Information

The Nature Park model

The site

Community engagement

Other models considered

Notes from an Ethnographic Field Survey of the Negev Highland Bedouin

Ethnographic fieldwork

Figure 6.1. IMPART personnel on a visit with Negev Highland Bedouin tourism operators, February 2016

Figure 6.2 Unrecognized Bedouin encampment below a Negev rock art site

Figure 6.3 Bedouin shepherdesses watch over their flock grazing by the roadside of Route 40 in the Negev

Figure 6.4 Three generations of Negev Bedouin females gather wheat during a harvest, nearby Abda settlement, June 2016

Figure 6.5 Despite their increasing adjustment to a modern lifestyle, traditional modes of Bedouin culture persist across the generations.

Figure 6.6 Bedouin from the Negev Highlands take part in a Southern District planning commission meeting, Beer Sheva, 2015

Figure 6.7 Bedouin tourism operators voice their concerns over their future to visiting government officials, Ramat Tziporim, January, 2015

Figure 6.9 Bedouin hospitality in the Negev, a host roasts coffee beans over an open fire

Figure 6.8 Bedouin hospitality in the Negev, a future groom sits with his friends

Figure 6.10 Bedouin protest tent along Route 40, displaying signs demanding equal partnership in local development planning, August 2016

Part II

Ramat Matred Surveys

Tracing of ibex petroglyph from the Negev

Ecological Survey at Ramat Matred

Geo-ecological overview

Figure 7.1. Study area and wadis

Figure 7.2. Geological map of the Ramat Matred region (Zilberman and Avni 2004)

Figure 7.3. Haloxylon scoparium plant community in a channel filled with loess

Figure 7.4. Ecological corridors, nature reserves and national parks in the region, as defined by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority (2014)

Figure 7.5. Ecological sensitivity of landscape units in the region, per the Ministry of Environment

Plants and vegetation

Figure 7.6. Vegetation societies, their habitats and points of interest

Figure 7.7. Tributary draining into Nahal Avdat with terraces, loess and Haloxylon scoparium

Figure 7.8. Limestone rocks, Reaumuria negevensis and Artemisia sieberi, Ramat Matred

Figure 7.9. Colchicum tunicatum Feinbrun growing from a crack in a rock

Fauna

Mammals

Avia

Table 7.1: Vegetation in the area surveyed at Ramat Matred, October 2015

Figure 7.10. Bedouin shepherd with goats and sheep in the riverbed below Ramat Matred

Figure 7.11. Home of spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) and 'dining table' with molluscs (Xerocrassa seetzenii).

Figure 7.12 Partridge (Alectoris chukar)

Figure 7.13 Gecko (Ptyodactylus guttatus) clinging to a rock

Figure 7.14 Gecko (Ptyodactylus guttatus) hiding in a crevice amid rock art

Reptiles

Invertebrates

Summary

Figure 7.15. Orgyia dubia

Figure 7.16. Harvest ants (Messor arenarius) collecting seeds at the entrance to their nest in the riverbed

Table 7.2. Coordinates of select sites in the designated plan area and its environs

Figure 7.17 and 7.18. Rock art panel in Ramat Matred and Verbascum sinaiticum growing nearby

Recommendations

Archaeological Survey at Ramat Matred

A brief historical account of the Negev Highlands region

Previous archaeological studies of the area

Survey framework

Figure 8.1. Spur on Ramat Matred chosen as the site of the archeological survey

Survey findings

Figure 8.2. Linear stone courses crisscross the landscape and divert rainfall for irrigation below Ramat Matred

Figure 8.3 Remains of a terrace in the riverbed below the spur surveyed at Nahal Avdat

Figure 8.4. Watchtower built of dressed stones from the Roman Period

Figure 8.5. Tumulus

The Rock Art and Archaeological Surveys at Ramat Matred

Figure 9.1. Map of the survey area

Figure 9.2. Map showing rock art and other archaeology on Ramat Matred

Survey methodology

Figure 9.3. Superimposed petroglyphs with different patina shades

Figure 9.4 Distribution of elements according to patina shades

Figure 9.5 Petroglyphs from different periods superimposed upon one another

Physical data of the rock art

Rock patina color (Numbers. 15, 16 and 23):

Figure 9.7 Map of distribution of petroglyphs by panel and element visibility

Figure 9.6 Petroglyphs amid lichens, Ramat Matred

Figure 9.8 Abstract element.

Figure 9.9 Hunting scene depicting figure with bow, ibex and dogs.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78969-969-X

OCLC:

1302011303