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- Record Number: 1348
- Title on Photograph: AFRICA 5,000 - 500 BC. ROCK ART AND AGRICULTURE, 5,000 - 500 BC.
- Material: MAP
- Comments on Photo: IMAGE FROM: ONIANS, JOHN (2004), ATLAS OF WORLD ART. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD. MAP 1, PAGE 36.
- Comments on Subject: THE OLDEST SURVIVING ART IN AFRICA IA ROCK ART, DEPICTING AT FIRST ONLY WILD ANIMALS, FOUND WIDELY IN SOUTHERN ADN EASTERN AFRICA ADN THE SAHARA. NORTHERN ROCK ARE LATER DEPICTS BOTH ANIMAL HERDING AND CROP GROWING. EARLY POTTERY MAKING AND METALLURGY IN THE CONTINENT FLOURISHED, ESPECIALLY IN THE NILE VALLEY REGION.
- Group: ANCIENT WORLD ART
- Bibliography: ATLAS OF WORLD ART
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