Landscapes of Mobility and Movement in North-West Arabia: A Remote Sensing Study of the Neom Impact Zone

The historic environment of north-west Saudi Arabia is likely to be severely impacted by the construction Neom mega-city complex and development city’s hinterland. This region, located east Gulf Aqaba, has only been subject limited archaeological survey in past, limiting any assessment this negative impact. paper presents data collected through a remote sensing region undertaken Endangered Archaeology Middle East North Africa (EAMENA) project, independent project. It argued that reflects landscape movement between north south, with evidence structures monuments from at least Bronze Age pre-Islamic period, but little permanent settlement or agriculture. should not dismissed as peripheral landscape, one contains rich concentrated activity, suggesting some areas have held long-term significance people inhabiting moving region.