Discovering WF16: Building Engagement with Neolithic Archaeology as Pathway to Economic Development in Southern Jordan

发现 WF16：与新石器时代考古学建立联系，作为约旦南部经济发展的途径

• 批准号: AH/P005594/1
• 负责人: Steven Mithen
• 金额: $ 10.27万
• 依托单位: University of Reading
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FP005594%2F1
• 关键词: Discovering; WF16; Building; Engagement; Neolithic

As recognized in the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, arts and humanities research can play a significant role in building sustainable tourism and by so doing contribute towards economic development. The DISCOVERING WF16 project will provide an exemplar case study by drawing on the results the AHRC funded 2008-2010 excavation of the early Neolithic settlement of WF16 to build a Neolithic Heritage trail in Wadi Faynan, southern Jordan. This will help attract Jordanian and international visitors into this impoverished region of southern Jordan, providing employment and income into the local Bedouin community, while enhancing the visitor experience and providing a case study for the use of arts and humanities research in economic development.Following its discovery in 1996 and evaluation between 1997 and 2003, WF16 was subject to a major excavation between 2008 and 2010 (Figs 7 & 8). The settlement was exposed as having a dense cluster of dwellings, workshops and a large communal structure dating to between 11,800 and 10,200 years ago with considerable significance for understanding the origin of sedentary communities and farming economies in SW Asia. Moreover, WF16 is the earliest of three Neolithic sites within Wadi Faynan, providing a unique Neolithic landscape for the region, and potentially for S.W. Asia as a whole.The Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MOTA) and Eco Hotels have sought to develop sustainable tourism into Wadi Faynan as a means to both support the local Bedouin communities and for nature conservation. This has primarily been undertaken by promoting the wildlife, landscapes and traditional Bedouin lifestyles within Wadi Faynan and by the provision of an Eco-Lodge (managed by Eco Hotels) designed to provide a 'wilderness experience' for visitors (Figs 3 & 4). A local museum has been constructed by MOTA but has yet to be fitted with displays and information (Fig 6). Despite archaeology and cultural heritage being a major attraction for tourists visiting the World Heritage site of Petra, located a mere 50 Km from Wadi Faynan, the Neolithic settlements of Wadi Faynan have not been made accessible and marketed to potential visitors. By so doing, the DISCOVERING WF16 project aims to increase the number of tourists coming to Wadi Faynan, partly by attracting some of those who currently only visit Petra, and extend their length of stay in the Wadi. This will generate increased expenditure into the local economy while also enhancing the educative and recreational experience of both the visitors and the resident community.To achieve these aims, DISCOVERING WF16 will work with the MOTA, Eco Hotels and other relevant bodies to establish a Neolithic trail in Wadi Faynan. This will involve a Neolithic Heritage film to be shown at the Eco-Lodge and local museum, display boards for those venues, information boards at the Neolithic sites, a trail guide, and archaeological training for Bedouin guides. These outputs will also provide resources for utilisation by Jordanian bodies in their own initiatives relating to developing sustainable tourism into the region. The Wadi Faynan Neolithic trail will provide an anchor for the South Jordan Neolithic Trail that will extend from Wadi Faynan to the Neolithic site of Beidha in the vicinity of Petra. This 50 Km walking/cycling/driving trail has been designed to provide access for tourists to a Neolithic sites in the region, drawing on the local communities for services such as food, guides and accommodation, and thereby supporting their development while enhancing knowledge and appreciation of the Neolithic archaeology and its significance for cultural developments in SW Asia. The Wadi Faynan Neolithic trail will provide a key component of this larger and long-term project, which will be promoted within the Neolithic Heritage Film and hence enabling the DISCOVERING WF16 to have impact beyond Wadi Faynan itself.

正如联合国《2030年可持续发展议程》所认识到的那样，艺术和人文研究可以在建设可持续旅游业方面发挥重要作用，从而为经济发展做出贡献。发掘WF16项目将提供一个范例案例研究，利用2008-2010年AHRC资助的挖掘WF16早期新石器时代定居点的结果，在约旦南部的Wadi Faynan建立新石器时代遗产路径。这将有助于吸引约旦和国际游客到约旦南部这个贫困地区，为当地贝都因人社区提供就业和收入，同时增强游客体验，并为艺术和人文研究在经济发展中的应用提供案例研究。在1996年发现并于1997年至2003年进行评估后，WF16在2008年至2010年进行了一次重大挖掘（图7和图8）。在11800年到10200年之间，该聚落被发现拥有密集的住宅、车间和大型公共结构，这对了解东南亚定居社区和农业经济的起源具有重要意义。此外，WF16是Wadi Faynan三个新石器时代遗址中最早的，为该地区提供了独特的新石器时代景观，并可能为整个东南亚提供新石器时代景观。约旦旅游和古物部（MOTA）和生态酒店寻求在Wadi Faynan发展可持续旅游业，作为支持当地贝都因社区和自然保护的一种手段。这主要是通过在Wadi Faynan推广野生动物、景观和传统贝都因人的生活方式来实现的，并通过提供生态小屋（由生态酒店管理）来为游客提供“荒野体验”（图3和图4）。MOTA已经在当地建造了一个博物馆，但还没有安装显示器和信息（图6）。尽管考古和文化遗产是游客参观世界遗产佩特拉的主要景点，距离瓦迪法伊南仅50公里，但瓦迪法伊南的新石器时代定居点还没有向潜在的游客开放和推销。通过这样做，发现WF16项目旨在增加来瓦迪费南的游客数量，部分原因是吸引一些目前只参观佩特拉的游客，并延长他们在瓦迪停留的时间。这将为当地经济带来更多的支出，同时也增强了游客和居民社区的教育和娱乐体验。为了实现这些目标，发现WF16将与MOTA、生态酒店和其他相关机构合作，在Wadi Faynan建立一条新石器时代的小径。这将包括在生态旅馆和当地博物馆放映的新石器时代遗产电影，这些场所的展示板，新石器时代遗址的信息板，徒步指南，以及对贝都因导游的考古培训。这些产出还将提供资源，供约旦各机构在其有关在该区域发展可持续旅游业的倡议中加以利用。Wadi Faynan新石器时代足迹将为南约旦新石器时代足迹提供一个锚点，该足迹将从Wadi Faynan延伸到佩特拉附近的Beidha新石器时代遗址。这条50公里的步行/骑行/自驾路线旨在为游客提供进入该地区新石器时代遗址的通道，为当地社区提供食物、导游和住宿等服务，从而支持他们的发展，同时增强对新石器时代考古及其对东南亚文化发展的重要性的认识和欣赏。瓦迪费南新石器时代的足迹将为这个更大、更长期的项目提供关键组成部分，该项目将在新石器时代遗产电影中得到推广，从而使发现WF16的影响超越瓦迪费南本身。

项目成果

Birds of Faynan: Past and present: 2019

费南鸟类：过去和现在：2019

• 发表时间: 2019
• 作者: Mithen Steven

Archaeology of Faynan: a celebration and guide: 2019

费南考古学：庆祝活动和指南：2019

• 发表时间: 2019
• 作者: Mithen Steven

Faynan heritage: a celebration and archaeological guide

费南遗产：庆祝活动和考古指南

• 发表时间: 2018
• 作者: Mithen Steven