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title: Rock Carved with an Animal Image from Dhuwayla
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10054/rock-carved-with-an-animal-image-from-dhuwayla/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2025-01-08
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# Rock Carved with an Animal Image from Dhuwayla

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

[![Rock Carved with an Animal Image from Dhuwayla](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10054.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10054.jpg)

## Image Caption

Rock carved with an animal image from Dhuwayla in the northeastern desert, [Jordan](https://www.worldhistory.org/Jordan/), Pre-[Pottery](https://www.worldhistory.org/pottery/) [Neolithic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Neolithic/) B, 6900-6500 BCE.

Over a hundred stones with rock carvings were discovered in a small seasonal hunting camp in the desert. The majority were found on the ground surface but a few had been incorporated into walls of traps for hunting gazelles, known as "kites". The forms were incised with pointed flint tools onto smooth black desert stones. Most images depicted horned animals with short tails, looking like gazelles and deers.

The Jordan Museum, Amman.

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## About the Author

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2019, February 18). Rock Carved with an Animal Image from Dhuwayla. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10054/rock-carved-with-an-animal-image-from-dhuwayla/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Rock Carved with an Animal Image from Dhuwayla." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 18, 2019. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10054/rock-carved-with-an-animal-image-from-dhuwayla/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Rock Carved with an Animal Image from Dhuwayla." *World History Encyclopedia*, 18 Feb 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10054/rock-carved-with-an-animal-image-from-dhuwayla/>.

## License & Copyright

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