Animal Hill – a Large Prehistoric Rock Art site CO178 in the Central Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt

Paweł Lech  Polkowski

doi:10.23858/APa58.2020.017

Published: 2020-07-27

Vol. 58 (2020)

Animal Hill – a Large Prehistoric Rock Art site CO178 in the Central Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt

Paweł Lech Polkowski

Archaeologia Polona

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.23858/APa58.2020.017

Abstract

This article introduces one of the largest rock art sites found in the central Dakhleh Oasis. Firstly, an overview of all the panels with petroglyphs is provided and the images briefly described. The panels’ description contains basic information on their location and visibility, motifs and their compositional aspects, and chronology. This is followed by a brief summary of the presented data and a discussion situating the site in the broader context of Dakhleh and the surrounding Western Desert. Particular motifs and their arrangements, like a herd of giraffes, are further briefly discussed, and parallels from the Dakhleh region and the Nile valley cited in order to compare the CO178 rock art.

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Rock art, Petroglyphs, Giraffe, Oryx, Dakhleh Oasis

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Polkowski, P. L. . (2020). Animal Hill – a Large Prehistoric Rock Art site CO178 in the Central Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. Archaeologia Polona, 58, 289 –. https://doi.org/10.23858/APa58.2020.017

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