Bubalin und Bovidien in Sudmarokko

Kontext, Klassifikation und Chronologie der Felsbilder im mittleren Draa-Tal

by Renate Heckendorf

Book cover: Bubalin und Bovidien in Sudmarokko

Extent: 332 pages

Publisher: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag

Subjects: Classical Studies, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Forschungen zur Archäologie Aussereuropäischer Kulturen

Series volume number: 6

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(October 2008)

ISBN: 9783895006463

Price: $104.00

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English description: This book deals with prehistoric rock art (petroglyphs) from the northern fringe of the Sahara, or more precisely from the area situated between the Western Anti-Atlas, the Jebel Bani and the Wadi Draa. In the main, the historico-cultural analysis of the rock engravings that are presented, mostly for the first time, concerns problems related to their classification, context and chronology. These issues are discussed with regard to the history of civilization, as well as with reference to climatic change and to the geography and the ethnography of the mid valley of Wadi Draa. In the course of several preliminary surveys in South Morocco, the author has methodically recorded the archaeological sources that form the basis of the investigation. German description: Das Buch hat prahistorische Felsbilder (Petroglyphen) aus dem nordlichen Grenzsaum der Sahara, zwischen westlichem Anti-Atlas, Dschebel Bani und Wadi Draa zum Gegenstand. Die kulturgeschichtliche Auswertung der vorgestellten Quellen betrifft hauptsachlich Fragen ihrer Klassifikation, ihres Kontextes und ihrer Chronologie. Sie werden mit Bezug auf die Kulturgeschichte sowie die Klimaentwicklung, die Geographie und die Ethnographie des mittleren Draa-Tales erortert. Die der Arbeit zugrunde liegenden Quellen wurden im Rahmen eigener Feldforschungen der Verfasserin systematisch aufgenommen.

  • By (author) Renate Heckendorf

"Review - English ""To summarise, Renate Heckendorf has written an exemplary study of thorough empirical rock art archaeology with very strong and commendable methodological parts. Her study sets a mark for the north-western end of the Sahara and further studies of petroglyphs have to be gauged according to the frame set in this study. This book is particularly inspiring for the specialists but perhaps not so much for the many amateurs who continue to play an important role in generating new knowledge about Saharan rock art.""In: Journal of African Archaeology. Vol. 7 (2009) 1. S. 127-130."