Rock Art Research

In this, his final paper, the author sets out his procedures of classifying rock art, focusing on the rock art regions of the Sahara. The primary criteria he chooses in searching for a typology, after emphasising that the objectives of such endeavours need to be clearly defined, are presumed ethnic groups, style, artistic groups and relative chronology. Although he is optimistic about the prospects of such analyses, he cautions against simplistic deductions derived from subjectively perceived styles, and he emphasises the need for comprehensive interdisciplinary studies.