Peintures rupestres préhistoriques du Harrar (Abyssinie)

Breuil, Henri

doi:10.3406/crai.1934.86588

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“…Our survey targeted outcrops of limestone deposits, closely examining them for the occurrence of habitable cave formations. We compiled a list of target sites gathered from both published (Breuil, 1934;Bailloud, 1959;Cervicek, 1971;Clark and Williams, 1976;Cervicek, 1979;Joussaume, 1981;Bouakaze-Khan and Poisblaud, 2000) and unpublished (Carter and Carter, 1975;Carder, 1988) sources, including the results of preliminary studies conducted in southeastern Ethiopia in the late 1980s by a team of researchers from Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritages (ARCCH) led by Ato Constantinos T/Tsion. Information on additional sites was provided by local and regional Tourism and Culture offices as well as by local residents.…”

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“…Southeastern Ethiopia has been a focus of archaeological investigations since the pioneering surveys of de Montfried and Teilhard de Chardin in 1929 (Breuil et al, 1951), which led to the major 1933 excavation at Porc Epic Cave (Breuil, 1934;Breuil et al, 1951). Much of the subsequent research (Bailloud, 1959;Cervicek, 1971;Clark and Williams, 1978;Joussaume, 1981) focused on the description of the rock art sites, particularly the Lega Oda paintings (Cervicek, 1971).…”

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“…To date, no systematic documentation of rock art in the Horn of Africa has been conducted (Brandt and Carder, 1987;Carder, 1988). Existing accounts (Breuil, 1934;Bailloud, 1959;Cervicek, 1971Cervicek, , 1979Carter and Carter, 1975;Clark, 1976;Joussaume, 1981Joussaume, , 1995 are largely limited to stylistic descriptions and attempts to establish the relative chronology of a few sites in the region.…”

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“…Two of the primary goals of the survey were (1) to locate and reexamine cave sites initially reported by earlier researchers (Breuil, 1934;Breuil et al, 1951;Bailloud, 1959;Cervicek, 1971Cervicek, , 1979Clark, 1976;Joussaume, 1981;Bouakaze-Khan and Poisblaud, 2000) and (2) to find and document previously unknown archaeological sites in the survey area.…”

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Survey and explorations of caves in southeastern Ethiopia: Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age archaeology and Holocene rock art

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Pleurdeau

Duquesnoy

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Quaternary International

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Survey and explorations of caves in southeastern Ethiopia: Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age archaeology and Holocene rock art

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Pleurdeau

Duquesnoy

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Quaternary International

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“…Breuil 1934) and later work (e.g. Joussaume 1981Joussaume , 1995, have more often than not pursued a descriptive approach concerned with establishing a chronology for stylistic change (cf.…”

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The Discovery of Dhambalin Rock Art Site, Somaliland

Mire

2008

Afr Archaeol Rev

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Dhambalin, a sandstone rock shelter, was discovered in autumn 2007. The unique site holds polychrome paintings including the first sheep paintings in Somali archaeology. There is an extraordinary originality in the paintings, particularly those of the sheep and goats. There are unusual quality images and styles of humpless cows of which some are headless. The fauna depicted include antelopes, dogs, giraffes, snakes and a turtle, some of which are associated with human figures wearing what appear to be headgears and holding bow and arrows in hunting scenes. Relative dating is possible perhaps through the superimposition of various styles of paintings. Also the site shares some similarities with the Neolithic or protohistoric Arabian-Ethiopian Style in the Horn of Africa. Hence, there is a need for a multidisciplinary approach to the ritual landscapes, religion and identity in the Horn of Africa. With its richness of fauna, including unambiguous depictions of sheep and various styles of depiction of bovine, the new site of Dhambalin will no doubt play a major role in shedding light on pastoral cultures and pre-historic symbolism in the rock art of the Horn of Africa.Résumé En Automne 2007, Dhambalin un abri à base de pierre de sable fut découvert. Ce site unique en son genre posséde des peintures polychromes qui incluent les premieres peintures de mountons de l'archéologie Somalienne. On trouve une originalité extraordinaire dans ces peintures, en particulier dans celles des moutons et des chèvres. Il y a une qualite d'image inhabituelle, et des styles des vaches sans bosse dont certaines n'ont pas de tête. La faune illustrée décrit des Afr Archaeol Rev (2008) 25:153-168 antilopes, des chiens, des giraffes, des serpents et une tortue, aux quels sont associés des corps humains; des corps qui sembleraient porter quelquechose sur la tête et tendre l'arc avec des flèches dans une scène de chasse. Il est possible de donner une date relative à travers la superposition des divers styles de peintures. En plus, le site partage quelques similarites avec le style Néolitique ou le style protohistorique de l'Ethiopie Arabique de la Corne d'Afrique. Par consequent, il y a un besoin d'une approche à disciplines variées concernant l'espace des rituels, de la religion et de l'identite de la Corne d'Afrique. La richesse de la faune qui comprend sans ambiguité des images de moutons, et de plusieurs styles d'images de bovins, ainsi que le nouveau site du Dhambalin, joueront sans aucun doute un rôle majeur dans la compréhension des cultures nomades et du symbole pré-historique de l'art du rocher dans la Corne d'Afrique.

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Middle Stone Age Ochre Processing and Behavioural Complexity in the Horn of Africa: Evidence from Porc-Epic Cave, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Rosso¹,

Martí²,

d’Errico³

2016

PLoS ONE

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Ochre is a common feature at Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites and has often been interpreted as a proxy for the origin of modern behaviour. However, few ochre processing tools, ochre containers, and ochre-stained artefacts from MSA contexts have been studied in detail within a theoretical framework aimed at inferring the technical steps involved in the acquisition, production and use of these artefacts. Here we analyse 21 ochre processing tools, i.e. upper and lower grindstones, and two ochre-stained artefacts from the MSA layers of Porc-Epic Cave, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, dated to ca. 40 cal kyr BP. These tools, and a large proportion of the 4213 ochre fragments found at the site, were concentrated in an area devoted to ochre processing. Lower grindstones are made of a variety of raw materials, some of which are not locally available. Traces of use indicate that different techniques were employed to process ochre. Optical microscopy, XRD, μ-Raman spectroscopy, and SEM-EDS analyses of residues preserved on worn areas of artefacts show that different types of ferruginous rocks were processed in order to produce ochre powder of different coarseness and shades. A round stone bearing no traces of having been used to process ochre is half covered with residues as if it had been dipped in a liquid ochered medium to paint the object or to use it as a stamp to apply pigment to a soft material. We argue that the ochre reduction sequences identified at Porc-Epic Cave reflect a high degree of behavioural complexity, and represent ochre use, which was probably devoted to a variety of functions.

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Peintures rupestres préhistoriques du Harrar (Abyssinie)

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Survey and explorations of caves in southeastern Ethiopia: Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age archaeology and Holocene rock art

Survey and explorations of caves in southeastern Ethiopia: Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age archaeology and Holocene rock art

The Discovery of Dhambalin Rock Art Site, Somaliland

Middle Stone Age Ochre Processing and Behavioural Complexity in the Horn of Africa: Evidence from Porc-Epic Cave, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

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