Central Saharan Rock Art

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Loïc Le Quellec
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Central Sahara

On the sunburnt rocks of the central Sahara, ancient peoples inscribed testimony of their material culture, mythology, and way of life. Jean-Loïc Le Quellec reviews the field of research into these marvelous carved and painted images. He discusses controversies in the study of ancient central Saharan rock art, and advances in understanding the succession of cultures that inhabited the region.

Changing Places: Rock Art and Holocene Landscapes in the Wadi al-Ajal, South-West Libya

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tertia Barnett ◽  
Maria Guagnin
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Human Settlement ◽  
Gis Model ◽  
South West ◽  
Settlement Location ◽  
Central Sahara ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

This article examines the relationship between rock art and landscape use by pastoral groups and early settled communities in the central Sahara from around 6000 BC to 1000 AD. During this period the region experienced significant climatic and environmental fluctuations. Using new results from a systematic survey in the Wadi al-Ajal, south-west Libya, our research combines data from over 2000 engraved rock art panels with local archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence within a GIS model. Spatial analysis of these data indicates a correspondence between the frequency of rock art sites and human settlement over time. However, while changes in settlement location were guided primarily by the constraints on accessibility imposed by surface water, the distribution of rock art relates to the availability of pasture and patterns of movement through the landscape. Although the reasons for these movements undoubtedly altered over time, natural routes that connected the Wadi al-Ajal and areas to the south continued to be a focus for carvings over several thousand years.

Singa Transitional: Rock-art Saywas Marking Boundaries of Identity and Socializing Landscape in Huánuco, Peru

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-263
Author(s):  
Jonathan J. Dubois
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Regional Survey ◽  
Intermediate Period ◽  
Social Trends ◽  
The North ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Early Horizon ◽  
Landscape Feature

This paper introduces a new art style, Singa Transitional, found painted onto a mountainside near the modern town of Singa in the north of Huánuco, Peru. This style was discovered during a recent regional survey of rock art in the Huánuco region that resulted in the documentation of paintings at more than 20 sites, the identification of their chronological contexts and an analysis of the resulting data for trends in changing social practices over nine millennia. I explore how the style emerged from both regional artistic trends in the medium and broader patterns evident in Andean material culture from multiple media at the time of its creation. I argue that the presence of Singa Transitional demonstrates that local peoples were engaged in broader social trends unfolding during the transition between the Early Horizon (800–200 bc) and the Early Intermediate Period (ad 0–800) in Peru. I propose that rock art placed in prominent places was considered saywa, a type of landscape feature that marked boundaries in and movement through landscapes. Singa Transitional saywas served to advertise the connection between local Andean people and their land and was a medium through which social changes were contested in the Andes.

Ethiopian Jewish Ascetic Religious Communities

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bar Kribus
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Popular Literature ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Ascetic Communities ◽  
Ethiopian Jews

The Betä Isra'el (Ethiopian Jews) have a unique history and religious tradition, one of the most fascinating aspects of which are the mäloksocc, commonly referred to as monks in scholarly and popular literature. The mäloksocc served as the supreme religious leaders of the Betä Isra'el and were charged with educating and initiating Betä Isra'el priests. They lived in separate compounds and observed severe purity laws prohibiting physical contact with the laity. Thus, they are the only known example in medieval and modern Jewry of ascetic communities withdrawing from the secular world and devoting themselves fully to religious life. This book presents the results of the first comprehensive research ever conducted on the way of life and material culture of the ascetic religious communities of the Betä Isra'el. A major part of this research is an archaeological survey, during which these religious centres were located and documented in detail for the first time.

Early Australian Anthropomorphs: Jabiluka's Dynamic Figure Rock Paintings

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally K. May ◽  
Iain G. Johnston ◽  
Paul S.C. Taçon ◽  
Inés Domingo Sanz ◽  
Joakim Goldhahn
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Figurative Art ◽  
The World ◽  
Rock Paintings ◽  
Body Adornment ◽  
Art And Society ◽  
Detailed Nature ◽  
Sheer Number

Early depictions of anthropomorphs in rock art provide unique insights into life during the deep past. This includes human engagements with the environment, socio-cultural practices, gender and uses of material culture. In Australia, the Dynamic Figure rock paintings of Arnhem Land are recognized as the earliest style in the region where humans are explicitly depicted. Important questions, such as the nature and significance of body adornment in rock art and society, can be explored, given the detailed nature of the human figurative art and the sheer number of scenes depicted. In this paper, we make a case for Dynamic Figure rock art having some of the earliest and most extensive depictions of complex anthropomorph scenes found anywhere in the world.

Material Culture

1957 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 98-264
Author(s):  
Jesse D. Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Observational Data ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Living Culture ◽  
Material Things

Before outlining this section concerned with material culture I should perhaps try to be explicit about the philosophy which guides me in archeological matters. It is my conviction that archeological work does not transcend antiquarianism (a legitimate and justifiable occupation) unless the specimens and the observational data are regarded as reflecting some cultural situation. For me a continuing circular preoccupation with artifacts is sterile. The only excuse for excavation, it seems, is that ever-present hope that by means of archeological search we can catch a meaningful glimpse of, or a series of moments in, a once dynamic living culture. In this interest, of course, I am not alone.It seems to me we are interested in archeological specimens because we are in reality, and at some distance, and often obscurely, working with a way of life, for which the observed relationships and the artifacts are the meager documentation. One freely admits that the archeological record is very incomplete; it is, moreover, heavily weighted towards the material things.

Rock art as a source of the history of prehistory (An account to promote the understanding of prehistoric rock art)

Abgadiyat ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-35
Author(s):  
Hamdi Abbas Ahmed Abd-EI-Moniem
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Archaeological Remains ◽  
Archaeological Material ◽  
The Third ◽  
History Of ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Remote Past

Abstract Some may believe that the history of mankind begins with the appearance of writing only a few several thousands of years ago (cf. 4000-3000 BCE). Our history, however, extends beyond that date millions of years. The history of mankind, indeed, is deeply rooted in the remote past which is called 'prehistory'. With the lacking of any form of writing, this 'prehistoric' period can be examined directly solely by recourse to the study of archaeological remains. The purpose of this account is to introduce rock art to the readers and show the significant role of this sort of archaeological material in studying the history of mankind before the appearance of written records. The current work, therefore, is divided into three main sections: the first deals with definition of rock art and its nature; the second section is devoted to showing the significance of this aspect of material culture in exploring a long and mysterious period of the early history of man characterized by the complete absence of written records or historical documents; the third and last section, which is a vital and integral part of this work, comprises an explanatory pictorial record to promote the understanding of prehistoric rock art as a source of information needed for writing the history of prehistory.

scholarly journals TASSO FRAGOSO: UMA NOVA FRONTEIRA PARA A PESQUISA ARQUEOLÓGICA NO MARANHÃO

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (28) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Arkley Marques Bandeira
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Archaeological Knowledge

Resumo: O artigo aborda as pesquisas realizadas na porção sul do Maranhão, precisamente no município de Tasso Fragoso, em que se está consolidando um conhecimento arqueológico inédito para essa região do estado desde 2008, no âmbito de um projeto de turismo sustentável fomentado pelo Sebrae – MA – Unidade de Balsas, além de outras pesquisas realizadas mais recentemente. A ênfase do trabalho relaciona-se ao universo empírico dos sítios rupestres, principalmente quanto a sua distribuição espacial, inserção na paisagem, suporte rochoso e composição figurativa. Além disso, especial atenção é dada à correlação desses sítios com outros elementos da cultura material, principalmente com os vestígios arqueológicos depositados em superfície.Abstract:The article analyzes the research carried out in the southern portion of Maranhão, precisely in the municipality of Tasso Fragoso, where an unprecedented archaeological knowledge for this region of the State has been consolidated since 2008, within the scope of a sustainable tourism project fomented by Sebrae - MA – Unit at Balsas, in addition to other more recent surveys. The emphasis of the work is related to the empirical universe of rock art sites, mainly regarding its spatial distribution, insertion in the landscape, rocky support and figurative composition. In addition, special attention was given to the correlation of these sites with other elements of the material culture, mainly with the archeological vestiges deposited in surface.

scholarly journals Knowledge about the gypsy/roma communities in Bulgaria, presented by visual anthropology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Евгения Иванова ◽  
◽  
Велчо Крыстев
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Visual Anthropology ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Historical Moment ◽  
Global World

The Gypsy/Roma ethnic group has lived in the Balkans for centuries. Gypsies/ Roma turn out to be bearers of a traditional cultural heritage that has long been forgotten by those around them. In our presentation, we look at how authentic knowledge of the Gypsy/Roma community can be the subject of public presentation in museums through the techniques of visual anthropology. Our thesis is that for those studying the Gypsy/Roma ethnic group, which has no writing and written history, visual anthropology is of particular importance as a primary source of knowledge, as a testimony of time. The photos, images, video recording preserve, show and transmit the material culture, traditions and way of life of the different Gypsies/Roma groups, which, together with the common, have very specific group and regional differences. We also ask the question – the historical knowledge about the community created up to which historical moment is authentic, as the culture of the Gypsies/Roma is not static in time, but is influenced by modern forms, typical for today’s global world.

scholarly journals The Co- Relation between Teams Performance and Ethnic Diversity in a Business Organization

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 3759-3762
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Group Performance ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Business Organization ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Institutional Structures

Ethnicity is thought of proposing to a typical culture and way of life, especially as reflected in language, religion, and other institutional structures, material culture, for instance, attire and sustenance penchant and social things, for instance, music, composing, and craftsmanship. Associations are turning out to be increasingly differing and are increasingly more made out of workgroups. The focal point of this investigation is on ethnic diversity in groups. So as to furnish associations with helpful data about ethnic diversity and its outcomes, this investigation inspected the ethnic diversityemployee performance relationship by considering work esteem diversity as a middle person and by considering group residency as a mediator of the association between work esteem diversity and group performance.

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