The Neolithic rock images of Iheren; Algeria are the starting point for Augustin Holls careful analysis of the iconography of Saharan rock art. Created in the third millennium B.C.; the Iheren murals are over 3 meters wide and contain multiple compositions that present an allegorical depiction of the lifeways of Tassilian pastoralists in the Sahara. Holl approaches his task as an archaeologist; examining the various strands of evidencemdash;icons; ideas; motifs; colors; and sizes-and weaving them together into a story that offers a window on the pastoralist worldview through the semiotics of their art. His deconstruction and synthesis of this corpus of material should be of interest to African archaeologists; rock art specialists; art historians; and cultural anthropologists alike.
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