First-year Report—Sept. 2020. Anthropological survey of al-‘Ulā community and its oasis system

– Vincent Battesti (2020) — « First-year Report—Sept. 2020. Anthropological survey of al-‘Ulā community and its oasis system » Annual Report to AFALULA & RCU, Paris, CNRS, 19 p.

⟶ Annual report for the al-‘Ulā AS project.

– Purpose of the document:

This document aims at justifying the funding of the project by AFALULA in the light of a summary of the scientific advances, obviously in progress, that this project “Anthropological survey of al-‘Ulā community and its oasis system” has made possible so far. These advances are also explained according to the context of this research, a context that is somewhat particular in this year 2020 with the Covid-19 pandemic. While several tasks that were initially planned in year 1 have been delayed, we here propose an updated plan for year 2 and year 3, in light of the current situation.

al-‘Ulā oasis, old palm grove, Saudi Arabia, April 10, 2020, by Vincent Battesti