The cultural ascription and evaluation of archaeological surface assemblages: Development and application of the Archaeological Surveying Consistency Index (ASCI) in the radial archaeological survey of Minateda rock art site (SE Spain)

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 102843
Author(s):  
Alberto Mingo ◽  
Francisco Ramos ◽  
Luis Izquierdo ◽  
Valeria Francés ◽  
Alexis Armengol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rock Art ◽  
Consistency Index ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Se Spain

نقوش صخرية في الفترة المتأخرة من العصر الحجري القديم بأسوان - جنوب مصر

Abgadiyat ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-43
Author(s):  
عادل كيلاني
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Supreme Council ◽  
Late Palaeolithic ◽  
Art Style

A new archaeological survey in Wadi Abu Subeira and el-Aqaba el-Saghira by a team from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities has recently identified numerous new rock art sites. So far, nine sites with Late Palaeolithic rock art have been identified in Wādi Abū Subeira and only one in Aqaba. The Late Palaeolithic rock art in both Wādi Abū Subeira and Aqaba were implemented in a naturalistic style: Franco–Cantabrian Lascaux-like style, applying both techniques of hammering and incision to create the images. This style is substantially different from the later rock art located nearby. Rock art style, patina, technique and subject matter identified the date of these rock art assemblage to Late Paleaolithic. This date is supported by recently OSL date of similar rock art assemblage located at Kurta, north of Wadi Gabeira.

Highland gods: rock-cut votive reliefs from the Pisidian Survey

2011 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 133-150
Author(s):  
Tyler Jo Smith
Keyword(s):  
Rock Art ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Devotional Art ◽  
History Of ◽  
British Institute

AbstractBetween 1982 and 1996 a group of rock-cut votive reliefs was discovered during archaeological survey in Pisidia under the direction of Stephen Mitchell and the sponsorship of the British Institute (of Archaeology) at Ankara. The types represented include a horseman deity, perhaps Kakasbos, the Dioscuri with ‘goddess’ and the moon-god Men. The reliefs are discussed according to their cults and iconography, and their contribution to art and religion both locally and beyond. As a religious phenomenon, they are further considered in relation to both regional traditions and empire-wide practices. It is suggested that reliefs of this type, that are associated with the protection of mortals, should also be viewed as part of the history of devotional art and added to discussions of rock art that extend beyond the Greek and Roman worlds. A detailed catalogue of the reliefs, organised by iconographic type, concludes the article.

Cueva La Conga: First Karst Cave Archaeology in Nicaragua

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne M. Baker ◽  
Ruth Ann Armitage
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Baseline Data ◽  
Karst Cave ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Limestone Cave ◽  
Cave Archaeology ◽  
Art Analysis ◽  
Cave Use ◽  
Cave Painting

Cueva la Conga, recorded in June 2006, is the first limestone cave in Nicaragua reported to contain prehistoric rock paintings, culturally modified natural formations called speleothems, and artifacts. Located in northcentral Nicaragua in the Department of Jinotega, Cueva la Conga is the farthest south on the Mesoamerican periphery that a cave of this type has been reported, and it extends our knowledge of ritual cave use, including cave painting and speleothem modification, to include Nicaragua. Radiocarbon analysis of charcoal in five samples of the paint, the first such dating of Nicaraguan rock art, yielded calibrated dates from cal A.D. 680—905 to cal A.D. 1403—1640. The baseline data provided by Cueva la Conga are of great importance for regional rock art analysis and for our growing understanding of regional and Nicaraguan prehistory. More archaeological survey and excavations in the area will be key in establishing a firm cultural context for the rock art and ritual cave use found at Cueva la Conga.

The Matatiele Archaeology and Rock Art (MARA) Program Excavations: The Archaeology of Mafusing 1 Rock Shelter, Eastern Cape, South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Pinto ◽  
Will Archer ◽  
David Witelson ◽  
Rae Regensberg ◽  
Stephanie Edwards Baker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Rock Shelter ◽  
Middle Holocene ◽  
History Of ◽  
Formed Part

AbstractThe rock shelter Mafusing 1 was excavated in 2011 as part of the Matatiele Archaeology and Rock Art orMARAresearch programme initiated in the same year. This programme endeavours to redress the much-neglected history of this region of South Africa, which until 1994 formed part of the wider ‘Transkei’ apartheid homeland. Derricourt’s 1977Prehistoric Man in the Ciskei and Transkeiconstituted the last archaeological survey in this area. However, the coverage for the Matatiele region was limited, and relied largely on van Riet Lowe’s site list of the 1930s. Thus far, theMARAprogramme has documented more than 200 rock art sites in systematic survey and has excavated two shelters – Mafusing 1 (MAF1) and Gladstone 1 (forthcoming). Here we present analyses of the excavated material from theMAF1 site, which illustrates the archaeological component of the wider historical and heritage-related programme focus. Our main findings atMAF1 to date include a continuous, well stratified cultural sequence dating from the middle Holocene up to 2400 cal.BP. Ages obtained from these deposits are suggestive of hunter-gatherer occupation pulses atMAF1, with possible abandonment of the site over the course of two millennia in the middle Holocene. After a major roof collapse altered the morphology of the shelter, there was a significant change in the character of occupation atMAF1, reflected in both the artefact assemblage composition and the construction of a rectilinear structure within the shelter sometime after 2400 cal.BP. The presence of a lithic artefact assemblage from this latter phase of occupation atMAF1 confirms the continued use of the site by hunter-gatherers, while the presence of pottery and in particular the construction of a putative rectilinear dwelling and associated animal enclosure points to occupation of the shelter by agropastoralists. Rock art evidence shows distinct phases, the latter of which may point to religious practices involving rain-serpents and rainmaking possibly performed, in part, for an African farmer audience. This brings into focus a central aim of theMARAprogramme: to research the archaeology of contact between hunter-gatherer and agropastoralist groups.

O tym, co minęło, lecz nie zostało zapomniane: Badania archeologiczne na terenie byłego obozu zagłady w Treblince

2012 ◽  
pp. 83-118
Author(s):  
Caroline Sturdy Colls
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Mass Graves ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Physical Evidence ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Analysis ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Public Consciousness ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Answering Questions

Public impression of the Holocaust is unquestionably centred on knowledge about, and the image of, Auschwitz-Birkenau – the gas chambers, the crematoria, the systematic and industrialized killing of victims. Conversely, knowledge of the former extermination camp at Treblinka, which stands in stark contrast in terms of the visible evidence that survives pertaining to it, is less embedded in general public consciousness. As this paper argues, the contrasting level of knowledge about Auschwitz- Birkenau and Treblinka is centred upon the belief that physical evidence of the camps only survives when it is visible and above-ground. The perception of Treblinka as having been “destroyed” by the Nazis, and the belief that the bodies of all of the victims were cremated without trace, has resulted in a lack of investigation aimed at answering questions about the extent and nature of the camp, and the locations of mass graves and cremation pits. This paper discusses the evidence that demonstrates that traces of the camp do survive. It outlines how archival research and non-invasive archaeological survey has been used to re-evaluate the physical evidence pertaining to Treblinka in a way that respects Jewish Halacha Law. As well as facilitating spatial and temporal analysis of the former extermination camp, this survey has also revealed information about the cultural memory.

Khandut revisited: Monuments, shrines, and newly discovered rock art in Wakhan District

Afghanistan ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-301
Author(s):  
John Mock
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
Current Article

In 1972, a brief article titled “Khandud, Village de la Vallée du Wakhan” appeared in Afghanistan 25. The subsequent decades of conflict precluded any follow-up research in Wakhan. The current article, based on field work from 2004 to 2016, examines the present condition of the sites described in 1972, offers a revised analysis of their significance, and introduces newly discovered rock art that connects Wakhan with the Saka culture of Central Asia and illustrates indigenous traditions of the Pamir-Hindukush ethnolinguistic region.

‘In search of lost time’, ‘friendship and archaeology’: a personal reminiscence of Ludovic Mann, Joseph Harrison Maxwell and George Applebey – my father

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 7-22
Author(s):  
George Applebey
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Personal Reminiscence ◽  
Lost Time

In this paper, I will reflect on my personal memories of Ludovic Mann, friend and mentor to my late father George Applebey, whose archaeological career is also a focus of the paper. They both worked together on Mann's most famous excavations at Knappers Farm, and the nearby painting of the Cochno Stone rock-art panel. However, these are only two examples of their long-term collaboration and friendship, and this paper will explore the broader context within which they worked. This will include consideration of other collaborators, such as J Harrison Maxwell, part of the ‘Ludovic Group’ in the first half of the twentieth century. The important role that all three men played in the development of Scottish archaeology is noted. The paper concludes with developments following Mann's death in 1955 including George Applebey's emergence as a noted amateur archaeologist in his own right, and the fate of the Mann and Applebey collections.

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