New Findings on Rock Engravings in the Oukaïmeden Valley (High Atlas, Morocco) and Their Implications to the Local Transhumance

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

New Findings on Rock Engravings in the Oukaïmeden Valley (High Atlas, Morocco) and Their Implications to the Local Transhumance

Original language description

The paper deals with rock art in the Oukaïmeden Valley situated in the central part of the High Atlas in Morocco. The paper focuses on specifi c archaeological sites, the art techniques used, distinguishing features of the style and other specific features of the local rock art. Special attention is paid to the motifs, development changes and dating of rock art in the Oukaïmeden Valley. Rock art first appeared in the Oukaïmeden Valley in the Late Neolithic, It developed during the Late Bronze Age and continued until the Libyan-Berber period. Th e second part of the paper presents an interpretation of rock art motifs including the analysis of their function and meaning in the landscape. The paper describes the close relation between rock art and transhumance, in the High Atlas until these days. The paper describes and interprets rock art in the Oukaïmeden Valley emphasizing the seasonal use of mountain pastures by Berber shepherds.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AC - Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Anthropologia Integra

ISSN

1804-6657

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

7

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

33-46

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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