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ID: 300263727
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Record Type: concept
Tazina (<prehistoric African rock art styles and periods>, prehistoric African, ... Styles and Periods (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Saharan rock engraving style named for the Algerian site where it was first discovered. Typically,Tazina rock engravings are finely incised and carefully polished; they depict wild animals, frequently gazelles.
 
Terms:
Tazina (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,A)
Tazina (Spanish-P,D,U,U)
Tazina (Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  F.FL

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Styles and Periods Facet
Styles and Periods Facet
Hierarchy of Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
.... Styles and Periods (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <styles, periods, and cultures by region>
........ <styles, periods, and cultures by region> (G)
Hierarchy of African (general, continental cultures)
............ African (general, continental cultures) (G)
Hierarchy of prehistoric African
................ prehistoric African (G)
Hierarchy of <prehistoric African rock art styles and periods>
.................... <prehistoric African rock art styles and periods> (G)
Hierarchy of Tazina
........................ Tazina (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Rotsgravurestijl uit de Sahara, genoemd naar de Algerijnse vindplaats waar deze gravures voor het eerst zijn ontdekt. Tazina-rotsgravures zijn meestal fijn ingesneden en zorgvuldig gepolijst; ze beelden wilde dieren af, vaak gazelles. 
Spanish ..... Estilo de arte rupestre del Sahara, denomonado así por elsigio algerino donde fue descubierto. Típicamente, el arte rupestre Tazina corresponde a incisiones finas y cuidadosamente pulidas, que representan animales y frecuentemente gacelas. 

Sources and Contributors:
Tazina............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred, RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  Archaeology (1948-) Vol. 46, No. 4, 57, Susan Searight, "Rock art of south Morocco"
.................  Bulletin de la Sociétée préhistorique française (1904-) Vol. 90, No. 5, 368, Jean-Loïc, Le Quellec, "A propos de quelques gravures rupestres de l'Ajal (Fezzan septentrional, Libye): réflexions sur le style de Tazina"
.................  Contributed as a candidate term Candidate term -- AFRART -- 6/99
.................  Encyclopedie Berbére (1989) 922, Gabriel Camps, "Art rupestre"
.................  TAA database (2000-)
 
Subject: .....  [CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Legacy AAT data
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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