An Engraved Landscape Rock Carvings In The Wadi Al Ajal Libya

Author : Tertia Barnett
Publisher : British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies
ISBN 13 : 1900971402
Total Pages : 933 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Engraved Landscape: Rock carvings in the Wadi al-Ajal, Libya written by Tertia Barnett and published by British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies. This book was released on 2023-02-23 with total page 933 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Engraved Landscape is a contextual analysis of a substantial new corpus of engravings from the Wadi al-Ajal, situated in the Central Saharan region of south west Libya. The wadi is renowned as the heartland of the Garamantian civilization, which emerged from local mobile Pastoral communities in the 1st millennium BC, and dominated trans-Saharan trade and politics for over a thousand years. Extensive archaeological and palaeoenvironmental investigations in recent years have provided detailed insight into the later prehistory and protohistory of the wadi and surrounding areas. However, prior to the fieldwork detailed in this work, only a handful of carvings had been recorded in the wadi. This work is based on systematic survey, conducted between 2004 and 2009, which recorded around 2,500 previously unknown or unpublished engraved and inscribed rock surfaces. All forms of engraving, whether figurative or surface markings, were viewed as significant residues of human interaction with the rock surface and were recorded. The resulting database provides an opportunity to analyze the engravings in relation to their changing physical and cultural contexts, and the discussion offers a fresh interpretation of Saharan rock art based on this substantial new evidence. An Engraved Landscape also captures in detail a unique heritage resource that is currently inaccessible and threatened. This record of the fragile engravings provides an important source of information for researchers and students.

Author : Tertia Barnett
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ISBN 13 : 9781900971515
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Engraved Landscape written by Tertia Barnett and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Engraved Landscape is a contextual analysis of a substantial new corpus of engravings from the Wadi al-Ajal, situated in the Central Saharan region of south west Libya. The wadi is renowned as the heartland of the Garamantian civilization, which emerged from local mobile Pastoral communities in the 1st millennium BC, and dominated trans-Saharan trade and politics for over a thousand years. Extensive archaeological and palaeoenvironmental investigations in recent years have provided detailed insight into the later prehistory and protohistory of the wadi and surrounding areas. However, prior to the fieldwork detailed in this volume, only a handful of carvings had been recorded in the wadi. This volume is based on systematic survey, conducted between 2004 and 2009, which recorded around 2,500 previously unknown or unpublished engraved and inscribed rock surfaces. All forms of engraving, whether figurative or surface markings, were viewed as significant residues of human interaction with the rock surface and were recorded. The resulting database provides an opportunity to analyse the engravings in relation to their changing physical and cultural contexts, and the discussion offers a fresh interpretation of Saharan rock art based on this substantial new evidence. An Engraved Landscape also captures in detail a unique heritage resource that is currently inaccessible and threatened. This record of the fragile engravings provides an important source of information for researchers and students. The Gazetteer is presented in Volume 2.

Author : Tertia Barnett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781900971508
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book An Engraved Landscape - Gazetteer written by Tertia Barnett and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tertia Barnett
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ISBN 13 : 9781900971492
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book An Engraved Landscape - Synthesis written by Tertia Barnett and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul G. Bahn
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1789699630
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rock Art Studies: News of the World VI written by Paul G. Bahn and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like previous series entries, this volume covers rock art research and management all over the world over a 5-year period, in this case 2015-19. Contributions once again show the wide variety of approaches that have been taken in different parts of the world and reflect the expansion and diversification of perspectives and research questions.

Author : Savino di Lernia
Publisher : All’Insegna del Giglio
ISBN 13 : 8892850911
Total Pages : 1026 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ATLAS of Tadrart Acacus rock art. A UNESCO World Heritage site in southwestern Libya written by Savino di Lernia and published by All’Insegna del Giglio. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rock art sites of the Tadrart Acacus in southwestern Libya were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985, largely owing to the activities started in 1955 by Fabrizio Mori, founder of the Libyan-Italian Mission in the Tadrart Acacus and Messak. Since the beginning, the Department of Antiquities of Tripoli and Sebha, Libya, and Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, have worked in the region nearly without interruption until 2011. This book presents the archive of the rock art sites, identified and recorded by the Italian Mission and by independent scholars, as described and critically assessed by the authors within the framework of the ASArt-DATA project (the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme). The contributions introducing the catalogue contextualize the environmental, archaeological, and cultural aspects of the engravings and paintings. They include chapters addressing the historical, cultural, and diplomatic issues involved in the long-term bilateral scientific cooperation.

Author : Martin Sterry
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108494447
Total Pages : 765 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urbanisation and State Formation in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond written by Martin Sterry and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking volume pushes back conventional dating of the earliest sedentarisation, urbanisation and state formation in the Sahara.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rock Art Research written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Klaus Braun
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030001458
Total Pages : 273 pages
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Download or read book Across the Sahara written by Klaus Braun and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book provides a multi-perspective approach to the caravan trade in the Sahara during the 19th century. Based on travelogues from European travelers, recently found Arab sources, historical maps and results from several expeditions, the book gives an overview of the historical periods of the caravan trade as well as detailed information about the infrastructure which was necessary to establish those trade networks. Included are a variety of unique historical and recent maps as well as remote sensing images of the important trade routes and the corresponding historic oases. To give a deeper understanding of how those trading networks work, aspects such as culturally influenced concepts of spatial orientation are discussed. The book aims to be a useful reference for the caravan trade in the Sahara, that can be recommended both to students and to specialists and researchers in the field of Geography, History and African Studies.

Author : C. N. Duckworth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108830544
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mobile Technologies in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond written by C. N. Duckworth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines key technological innovations, knowledge transfer, connectivity and social meaning in the ancient and Medieval Sahara.