For a Perception of Monumentality in Eastern Arabia from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age: 3D Reconstruction and Multidimensional Simulations of Monuments and Landscapes

The monumentality of Neolithic and Early Bronze Age (6th to 3rd millennium BC) structures in the Arabian Peninsula has never been approached through a comprehensive approach of simulations and reconstructions. As a result, its perception remains understudied. By combining archaeological and paleoenvironmental data, 3D reconstruction, 4D simulations, virtual reality and generative AI, this PhD research project proposes to analyse the perception of monuments, exploring their spatial, visual and temporal dimensions, in order to answer to the following question: how can we reconstruct and analyse the perception of monumentality in Eastern Arabia through 4D simulations, and how can the study of this perception influence our understanding of monumentality and territories?This article presents a work in progress, after three months of research of which one month on the Dhabtiyah archaeological site (Saudi Arabia, Eastern Province).