{"product_id":"rocks-in-motion-9781789259759","title":"Rocks in Motion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRock art in Dakhleh was produced for perhaps as long as 10 millennia, resulting in the formation of hundreds of sites displaying thousands of images. In some places, petroglyphs form a true melting pot of iconographic creations, elsewhere only isolated depictions appear on rock surfaces. Various rock art traditions, from prehistoric, through pharaonic, Graeco-Roman, and mediaeval, have all added to a tremendous variety of petroglyphs, their formal traits and subject matter.This book is the first ever monograph on Dakhleh Oasis rock art, providing both an introduction to the versatile topic as well as an overview of the current state of research. It is designed as a collection of essays that deal with specific aspects of the research. The reader is offered here not only old and new documentation, much of it previously unpublished, but also a great deal of innovative interpretation.All chapters, although devoted to different case studies, revolve around an all-encompassing concept of lan","brand":"Oxbow Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470040600919,"sku":"9781789259759","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789259759.jpg?v=1744897216","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rocks-in-motion-9781789259759","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}