Economic Life in the Age of the Round Heads in North Africa through Rock Art (7000-3000) BC

Document Type : Brief summaries of Dissertations.

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1 Institute of African Research and Studies The Nile Basin Countries Aswan University

2 Cairo University

3 African studies and research and Nile Besen Institute - Aswan University

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The Round Head Period is the second phase of the Rock Art in North Africa, and it was named by Reverend Bruel after the art form they used in their drawing of human figures, it appears with a circular head without facial features, and the sensory organs such as the nose, mouth and eyes are rarely seen, that of different origins inhabited the Tassili region in Algeria and some neighboring regions. Their artistic scenes were executed inside caves and rock shelters using tools and colors from the surrounding environment.

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The scenes of the Round Head Period contained some animals, the most important of which were the wild ram and the caribou. Also, scenes of hunting and tools used in were common. They practiced hunting, they also knew the craft of gathering, they practiced fishing using the valleys and rivers in the area, they knew the domestication of animals, grazing, agriculture, and grinding grains. They produced decorated pottery with longitudinal, transverse and intermittent lines, and made stone tools, such as millstones, funnels, and hand axes, bone tools, in addition to using ostrich eggs on a large scale.



They communicated with pastoralists at different stages of time and were influenced by their culture and became involved in it. When drought hit the Great Desert and the North African region, the people of the Round Head Period migrated to the surrounding areas with more rain and vegetation.

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