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1 online resource (viii, 186 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The Central Sahara is considered the greatest "museum" of rock art in the world, containing several thousand prehistoric and recent images. The oldest paintings, called Round Heads, originated during a humid phase in the 10th millennium before present and they were created by dark-skinned hunter-gatherers living in the Algerian and Libyan mountains. Rock shelters show mainly anthropomorphic figures with body paintings and other embellishments testifying ancient rituals and ceremonies. Only t ... |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rock paintings -- Sahara.
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Rock paintings. |
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Sahara. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781443840071 1443840076 |
| ISBN |
1443845795 (electronic book) |
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9781443845793 (electronic book) |
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9781299645608 (MyiLibrary) |
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1299645607 (MyiLibrary) |
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9781443840071 (hardback) |
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1443840076 (hardback) |
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