L'appropriation de la nature par l'Homme au Sahara égyptien (Gilf el-Kebir) au cours de l'optimum holocène

Характеристика Неолита Северной Африки

“…в Джаббарене и 3070 г. до н.э. в Сафаре (Camps, 1974(Camps, , 1981(Camps, , 1982Aumassip, 2004;Bencherif, 2011;Honoré, 2014;Hachid, 2015).…”

“…Протосредиземноморский тип был широко распространен и некоторые мехтоиды присутствовали в горных хребтах северной капсийской зоны, а представители экваториальной расы также присутствовали в южных областях (Camps, 1974). Нет четких свидетельств земледельческой деятельности в капсийском регионе (Roubet, 1979;Bahn, 1982), поскольку люди, вероятно, вели охотничье и полукочевое скотоводческое хозяйство (Balout, 1972;Honoré, 2014), их растительная диета была основана на сборе фруктов, различных дикорастущих растений, семян и желудей каменного дуба. Орудия помола показали первые свидетельства производства манной крупы в регионе; сладкие желуди каменного дуба заменили пшеницу и ячмень в качестве сырья для изготовления муки в начале IV тыс.…”

Prehistoric landmarks in contrasted territories: Rock art of the Libyan Desert massifs, Egypt

“…2 for the figures discussed). On the ceiling of the WG 35 small shelter in North-Western Gilf el-Kebir, a pastoralist site which could be called "the shelter of headless bovines" (Honoré 2015), bowmen with streamlined silhouettes can be paralleled with other bowmen painted with similar proportions, shape and style from the Karkur et-Talh (Northern 'Uweināt), on the sites KTS 38 and KTS 92/B, and from the Hassanein Plateau (Western 'Uweināt), on the site HP 34. All bowmen depicted in this style do have a body with elongated proportions, with the torso slightly splayed in its upper part.…”

“…Other parallels can be established for animal depictions; even though some are less characteristic and could also be due to a fortuitous formal similarity. The bovines painted in plain white in the Painting Unit 7 of the WG 35 shelter ("the shelter of headless bovines") (Honoré, 2012;2015) seem to have common traits with some depicted in the shelter SU 11 in the southern Jebel el-'Uweināt: a subtriangular, fine and long muzzle, parallel and slightly curved horns, front legs close one from the other, slightly protruding belly, back legs apart with an oversized udder, and a fine and long tail.…”

“…Their general shape is very similar to the cattle in plain white described above. Their back legs are also exaggeratedly separated for the depiction of an oversized udder with four teats that visually emphasizes the importance of milking for these pastoralist people (Honoré, 2015).…”