Els gravats rupestres prehistòrics d'estil Tazina del jaciment de Sluguilla Lawash (Sàhara Occidental)
Sluguilla Lawash is the site with a higher concentration of open air prehistoric rock art of Western Sahara. It has 1143 engraved slabs with 2087 motifs, among which the 99% have an incised stroke, with a dark desert varnish and have been classified as Tazine style. Among the most abundant motifs ar...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/668949 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/668949 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Sluguilla Lawash Lawash-el-Tel·li Sàhara Occidental Sahara Occidental Western Sahara Art rupestre Arte rupestre Rock art Gravats rupestres prehistòrics Grabados rupestres prehistóricos Prehistoric rock engraving 7 90 |
| Sumario: | Sluguilla Lawash is the site with a higher concentration of open air prehistoric rock art of Western Sahara. It has 1143 engraved slabs with 2087 motifs, among which the 99% have an incised stroke, with a dark desert varnish and have been classified as Tazine style. Among the most abundant motifs are animal figures such as aurochs, rhinos, elephants, giraffes, antelopes, ostriches, warthogs or felids. To a lesser extent there are human representations, spirals, ovals, tribal marks of camels, boards for board games, masks and weapons such as axes, throwing sticks, bows and arrows. The chronological proposal of the site range between 6500 BP, the time of the arrival of sheep or goats and domestic dogs in the Western Sahara, until the 3500 BP by the absence of depicted of horses. These chronologies are adjusted with the engravings of Metgourine axes resulting the introduction of the metallurgy around the 3800 BP |
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