المحتوى التاريخي للنقوش الصخرية في الصحراء الجزائرية

Abstract EN

Rock carvings in the Algerian Sahara are considered as the beginning of the civilization nucleus.

Therefore, all our attention is paid to this region as it represents a background for the beginning of the civilization based on a given lifestyle and on the settlement in caves and shelters.

This paper tries to cover various aspects of the methodology and the categorization of rock carvings in the Algerian Sahara.

I will deal with the nature of the carvings and the rock sceneries and their importance in writing and dating what the region contains (i-e: human and animal forms and the subjects related to the daily life of the region inhabitants in the ancient ages).

Also, this paper will focus on the categorization of the geometrical, decorative and vegetal forms along with the quantitative analysis of these sceneries and rock carvings.