عنوان

The Rock Art of Northeast Africa:

Number

LA113573

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

The Rock Art of Northeast Africa:

General Material Designation

[Article]

Other Title Information

Methodological Achievements and Perspectives of Further Research

First Statement of Responsibility

Lenka Varadzinová

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

There are two essential points in any rock-art research: time and meaning. The former constitutes the basic precondition for an effective study of the evidence, while the understanding of the latter is the ultimate objective of the research. This paper starts with an overview of the methodological achievements of rock-art research in Northeast Africa concerning the dating and understanding of the original meaning of regional rock art. Subsequently, it focuses on the unintentional significance of rock art and discusses several themes worthy of elaboration but little explored so far. All of them unfold from two simple questions - "where" and "who" - with a view to outreaching from the imagery itself to the people who stood behind it to obtain social and other testimonies on the artists and their worlds - testimonies they themselves might have been unaware of or unwilling to give. There are two essential points in any rock-art research: time and meaning. The former constitutes the basic precondition for an effective study of the evidence, while the understanding of the latter is the ultimate objective of the research. This paper starts with an overview of the methodological achievements of rock-art research in Northeast Africa concerning the dating and understanding of the original meaning of regional rock art. Subsequently, it focuses on the unintentional significance of rock art and discusses several themes worthy of elaboration but little explored so far. All of them unfold from two simple questions - "where" and "who" - with a view to outreaching from the imagery itself to the people who stood behind it to obtain social and other testimonies on the artists and their worlds - testimonies they themselves might have been unaware of or unwilling to give.

Date of Publication

2017

Physical description

234-255

Title

Journal of African Archaeology

Volume Number

15/2

International Standard Serial Number

2191-5784

Subject Term

identity

Subject Term

Northeast Africa

Subject Term

rock art

Subject Term

settlement landscapes

Subject Term

significance

Lenka Varadzinová

Call Number

10.1163/21915784-12340012

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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