Chariots in Saharan rock art: An aesthetic and cognitive review

摘要: There are estimated to be around 1200 depictions of painted and engraved chariots in Saharan rock art, a number which has doubled recent years. However, because the nature environmental conditions Sahara, chariot is regarded as having played minor technological cultural role, archaeologists have been criticised for attributing too much importance these images. This enquiry focuses on aesthetic component depictions, addressing variation representations. In reviewing significance beyond their significance, aim consider how they functioned socially, culturally cognitively within context.