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Saharan Rock Art
Augustin Holl
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Description for Saharan Rock Art
Hardback. Starting with the Neolithic rock images of Iheren, Algeria, this work analysis the eiconography of Saharan rock art. It examines the various strands of evidence - icons, ideas, motifs, colors, and sizes - and weaves them together into a story that offers a window on the pastoralist worldview through the semiotics of their art. Series: African Archaeology Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBX; ACBK; G; HDD; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
The Neolithic rock images of Iheren, Algeria are the starting point for Augustin Holl's careful analysis of the iconography of Saharan rock art. Created in the third millennium B.C., the Iheren murals are over 3 meters wide and contain multiple compositions that present an allegorical depiction of the lifeways of Tassilian pastoralists in the Sahara. Holl approaches his task as an archaeologist, examining the various strands of evidence—icons, ideas, motifs, colors, and sizes-and weaving them together into a story that offers a window on the pastoralist worldview through the semiotics of their art. His deconstruction and synthesis of this corpus ... Read more
The Neolithic rock images of Iheren, Algeria are the starting point for Augustin Holl's careful analysis of the iconography of Saharan rock art. Created in the third millennium B.C., the Iheren murals are over 3 meters wide and contain multiple compositions that present an allegorical depiction of the lifeways of Tassilian pastoralists in the Sahara. Holl approaches his task as an archaeologist, examining the various strands of evidence—icons, ideas, motifs, colors, and sizes-and weaving them together into a story that offers a window on the pastoralist worldview through the semiotics of their art. His deconstruction and synthesis of this corpus ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
African Archaeology Series
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759106048
SKU
V9780759106048
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About Augustin Holl
Augustin Holl is Professor of Anthropology and Afro-Ameican and African Studies at the University of Michigan and a Curator at the University's Museum of Anthropology. He is author of five books on African archaeology.
Reviews for Saharan Rock Art
Holl's book opens up Saharan art to the Anglophone world, and we can anticipate much greater debate on its interpretation, and perhaps engagement with the ethnographic record.
Journal Of African Archaeology
Journal Of African Archaeology