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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Autor: Ventura Almeda, Helena
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
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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