Maria Guagnin

Archaeologist and rock art specialist at MPI SHH/GEA

[Michael Petraglia @MDPetraglia]

Paper alert! Here we demonstrate that communities using material culture characteristic of the Natufian and PPN were also present hundreds of kilometres south of the Fertile Crescent, in the much more arid interior of the Arabian Peninsula. https://t.co/jYdrrn24Z4

[Michael Petraglia @MDPetraglia]

About 12,000 years ago, high up on a cliff in the desert of northern Arabia, an artist – or perhaps artists – was hard at work. @GuagninMaria @CeriShipton https://t.co/QNpGWWT6IP

[هيئة التراث @MOCHeritage]

In the Nafud Desert, rock art depicting the earliest dated camel carving in the Kingdom and one of the oldest known rock art panels in the world reflects the historical and archaeological significance of the Arabian Peninsula, as part of the #GreenArabiaProject.

#SaudiHeritageCommission

[Michael Petraglia @MDPetraglia]

Some nice news coverage by @ScienceMagazine of our recent discoveries of 12,000-year-old life-sized animal engravings in rock art of #SaudiArabia. @GuagninMaria https://t.co/IzXQLTUwhK

[Maria Guagnin @GuagninMaria]

@chronicle_watch @MDPetraglia @MOCHeritage @ARCHE_Griffith @CeriShipton 😂c is a wild donkey!

[Michael Petraglia @MDPetraglia]

New discovery! Here @GuagninMaria and our team report on 12,000-year-old life-size camel rock art engravings in the Saudi desert. #GreenArabia @MOCHeritage @ARCHE_Griffith
https://t.co/WzGFUsuVeY

[Michael Petraglia @MDPetraglia]

Here is the paper by @_AmyHatton_ and team!
https://t.co/ReAcleFAHY

[Maria Guagnin @GuagninMaria]

For a more concise version of our paper:
https://t.co/rm8NYmfnOf

[MPI-GEA Jena @MPI_GEA]

Analysis of grinding tools reveals plant, pigment and bone processing in Neolithic northern Saudi Arabia - Tools from the site of Jebel Oraf shed new light on the subsistence and lifestyle of ancient peoples in the region. Follow the link to learn more: https://t.co/SfSPxY1AVo

[Maria Guagnin @GuagninMaria]

Our paper on Neolithic grinding tools is out - showing plant, bone and pigment processing!

Thanks for the awesome work @GiulioLucarini @CeriShipton @MDPetraglia @AnitaRadini @DrA_Alsharekh @MOCHeritage

https://t.co/u1AxPP3N1j

[Maria Guagnin @GuagninMaria]

Got a BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant with @CeriShipton! Looking forward to going back to one of my favourite rock art sites to find some more Epipalaeolithic archaeology!!

[Milos @milos_gis]

On the International Women's Day I mapped the % of female researchers in Europe, according to UNESCO data. 👩‍🔬👩‍🏫👩‍🎓

#InternationalWomensDay #rstats #DataScience #geospatial #DataVisualization #maps

[MPI-GEA Jena @MPI_GEA]

Research Reveals Recent Origins of Cave Art in #Malta - New analysis of #CaveArt at Għar Ħasan reveals that most of the paintings were made in the last century, and shows how low-tech, low-cost methods can be used in rock art identification https://t.co/F1RvCDBfWv

[Maria Guagnin @GuagninMaria]

New paper out - from an exciting rock art project in Malta with a fantastic team! https://t.co/iBDQsW6Ebu

[Huw Groucutt @huw_groucutt]

Our new paper evaluating the claims for Palaeolithic cave art at Għar Hasan in Malta. With @GuagninMaria, @DrEleanorScerri and many others. https://t.co/5xp1bbVmS7

[Maria Guagnin @GuagninMaria]

@artalshareef Fantastic! Where is this from?

[Jansen van Rensburg @JansenvanRens]

For all of you who are interested in rock art and what you can do when you throw some #technology at it I can recommend this edited work from sessions we organised at the International Federation of Rock Art Organisations (IFRAO) conference . #research #Digital #Archaeology

[Maria Guagnin @GuagninMaria]

@huw_groucutt @rockartabuk Very cool panel! Love the cattle of course!

[Maria Guagnin @GuagninMaria]

So pleased to see our research featured on the main page! @MDPetraglia @DrA_Alsharekh #GuillaumeCharloux Thanks for the support @MOCHeritage Those camels are awesome!!

[🅰ntiquity Journal @AntiquityJ]

Check out all the FREE and #OpenAccess archaeology research & reviews from the new issue of Antiquity, gathered into one place for your convenience 👇
https://t.co/ndyZJp0DOu

[🅰ntiquity Journal @AntiquityJ]

Check out all the FREE and #OpenAccess archaeology research & reviews from the new issue of Antiquity, gathered into one place for your convenience 👇
https://t.co/ndyZJp05YW

[Maria Guagnin @GuagninMaria]

Such an amazing site!! Glad to be in Sakaka for this conference - with my co-directors #GuillaumeCharloux and @DrA_Alsharekh

[هيئة التراث @MOCHeritage]

The #SaudiHeritageCommission is organizing a conference in Al-Jouf themed ‘The Camel Sculpture Site and Its Cultural Importance from a Global Perspective,’ which will be attended by local and international rock art specialists and researchers.