Desert boats
Subtitle: predynastic and pharaonic era rock-art in Egypt's central Eastern Desert : distribution, dating and interpretation
By: Francis Lankester
Series: BAR international series -- 2544; BAR international series -- 2544.
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9781407311647
Subjects: Petroglyphs; Antiquities; Ancient Boats
Description: "The aim of this study is to explore the rock-art of the Central Eastern Desert and has three objectives: to outline the petroglyphs' distribution, to date them, and to explain who created them and for what purpose. It focuses in detail on the animal, human and boat images within the geographical and chronological context in which they were created; the landscape of what is now the Central Eastern Desert, and the Naqada, Pharaonic and Greco-Roman Egyptian cultures."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Modified and abridged version of: Thesis (Ph.D.)--Durham University, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Methodology. Introduction ; Methodological issues arising from the corpus ; Dating petroglyphs: boat images as a case study ; Distribution ; Interpreting the central eastern desert petroglyphs ; Conclusion.; title: Environmental & landscape. Introduction ; Geography and geology of the survey area ; Water resources & environmental in the survey area ; The Wadis as habitation ; Routes through the desert ; Conclusion.; title: Human depictions. Introduction ; Riverine animals ; Large animals ; Ungulates ; Canines: Dogs (Canis familiaris) ; Birds: Ostriches (Struthio camelus) ; Other animals ; Conclusion.; title: Human figures. Introduction ; Typology ; Overview ; Adornment-feathers ; Weapons ; Gender/age ; Control ; Hunting ; Posture ; One or two figures standing in boats ; Combinations ; Conclusion.; title: Boats. Introduction ; Basis for the boat typology ; The five boat types ; Boat images with additional features ; Boat images with additional features: human involvement ; The date of the boat images ; Distribution ; The additional features of boats ; Comparison of the predynastic and pharaonic boats ; Comparison with Nile Valley boat images ; Conclusion.; title: Distribution & regional analysis. Introduction ; Dating & distribution ; Rock-art south of the southern Wadis: Kom Ombo drainage basin ; Overview & discussion ; Dating ; Conclusion.; title: Interpretation. Introduction ; Previous interpretation of the predynastic rock-art ; The integrated approach: Linking the rock-art with Nile Valley culture ; 'Dancing' ; Explaining the 'impossible combination' tableau ; Utilitarian reasons for the petroglyphs ; Conclusion.; title: Conclusion.