Prehistoric rock art of Jebel Shaqadud, Northwestern Butana (Sudan)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985912%3A_____%2F24%3A00575577" target="_blank" >RIV/67985912:_____/24:00575577 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11210/23:10477613
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10437-023-09549-2" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10437-023-09549-2</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10437-023-09549-2" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10437-023-09549-2</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Prehistoric rock art of Jebel Shaqadud, Northwestern Butana (Sudan)
Original language description
The dating and meaning of petroglyphs constitute a challenge in African rock-art research. In this article, we present and discuss a recently found rock-art assemblage from the Shaqadud site complex (Sudan), a site aggregation that well documents Holocene prehistoric cultural adaptations in non-aquatic, deep-savanna environments in what is today the Eastern Sahel. The rock-art corpus contains 120 identifiable motifs with a clear predominance of giraffes (n = 113, 94.2%) that are of small dimensions (< 50 cm) and are shown in a limited number of compositions. The thematic and technological compactness of the assemblage suggests a chronological integrity of the local figurative rock art and a coherent thematic and technological mindset of its creators. The archaeological context and the general characteristics of the assemblage place the local figurative rock art between the beginning of the Holocene and the Late Neolithic, in absolute dates between ca. 8748–1639 cal BC. However, spatial and visual connections could suggest a narrower dating of the assemblage, to the late Khartoum Mesolithic, around 6421–6088 cal BC. The predominance of the giraffe in the Shaqadud rock art suggests that this species may have carried a special significance for the local prehistoric communities. At the same time, the lack of hunting scenes in the figurative assemblage indicates that the importance of the giraffe motif goes beyond subsistence.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
African Archaeological Review
ISSN
0263-0338
e-ISSN
1572-9842
Volume of the periodical
41
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
23
Pages from-to
47-69
UT code for WoS article
001093052900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85171175323