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Motivation in African rock art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Patricia Vinnicombe
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Abstract

A very wide field of African rock art, both paintings and engravings, is covered in Burchard Brentjes: African rock art, with special reference to South Africa, Rhodesia, the Sahara, North Africa and Egypt. Because of the general nature of the book, there is little attempt to be comprehensive or conclusive, the aim being more to foster an appreciation and awareness of the art than to solve problems or place it in an archaeological context.

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Research Article
Information
Antiquity , Volume 46 , Issue 182 , June 1972 , pp. 124 - 133
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1972

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