The Rock Art of Northeast Africa:

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" The Rock Art of Northeast Africa: "
Lenka Varadzinová

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069944
Doc. No	:	LA113573
Call No	:	‭10.1163/21915784-12340012‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Lenka Varadzinová
Title & Author	:	The Rock Art of Northeast Africa: [Article] : Methodological Achievements and Perspectives of Further Research\ Lenka Varadzinová
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of African Archaeology
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	15/2
Page No	:	234–255
Abstract	:	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.
Descriptor	:	identity
Descriptor	:	Northeast Africa
Descriptor	:	rock art
Descriptor	:	settlement landscapes
Descriptor	:	significance
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/21915784-12340012‬