9679
Accession Number
19209
Author
Santos, J.R. Dos, Jr
Title Of Article Chaper
As Gravuras rupestres do Tchitundo hulo
Title Of Journal Book
Trabalhos do Instituto de Antropologia Dr. Mendes Correa,
Issue
26
Pages
16
Collation
13 plates.
Language Of Text
Portuguese
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The rock art discussed was found on two granite inselbergs that are about one kilometer apart and rise some 100 meters above the plain. The iconography is discussed. The petroglyphs are generally shallow and occur mostly on rock pavements, but some were found on the ceiling of a rock shelter. Their antiquity is suggested by repatination, fractures, and laminar exfoliation. The granite is heavily patinated, possessing a rind 20 to 30 millimeters thick, which is colored dark red by iron oxides on the shiny, varnish-like surface. Differences in repatination indicate that the rock art covers a considerable time span. An excavation has produced three industries of stone tools: a mousteroid Clactonian, a Mousterian, and an assemblage with some microliths resembling the proto-Sraithfield industry. -- AATA
Keywords
Stone tool;Rock art engraving;Mocamedes, Angola;Stone granite; Stone deterioration;Stone patina AATA
pub_id
9679
Title Translation
Rock art of Tchitundo