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Krzyżaniak, Lech: Dakleh Oasis project: research on the Petroglyphs, 1990
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DAKHLEH OASIS PROJECT: RESEARCH ON THE PETROGLYPHS, 1990
by Lech Krzyianiak
This season1 was a continuation of fieldwork carried out previously. In 1985 a
method for recording petroglyphs in the Dakhleh Oasis was tested and in 1988 the first
full programme of recording was initiated in a sample area.1 * 3 * 5 This area continued to be
investigated in 1990.
The investigation of petroglyphs is part of the research of the Dakhleh Oasis
Project (DOP) Expedition organized by the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and
directed by Professor Anthony J. Mills. He was kind enough to invite a team from the
PCMA to join in the project. Speaking for the petroglj ph team, the present author
wishes to express gratitude to Professor Mills for his initiative and kindness.
The petroglyph research programme in the Dakhleh Oasis comprises the recording
of their total in sample areas, improving the typology and chronology hitherto
established for known drawings* and using them as a source of information for studies
of the process in which human attitudes toward animals developed in the oasis.3 This
1 The fieldwork was done by Assist. Prof. Lech Krzyfcaniak
(Poznaft Archaeological Museum) and Dr. Karla M. Kroeper
(Egyptian Museum in West Berlin).
3 See L. Krzytaniak, K. Kroeper, Report on the
reconnaissance season of the recording of petroglyphs, December
1985, Journal of the Society of Study of Egyptian Antiquities,
vo1. XV/4, 1985, pp. 138-9.
3 L. Krzy2anlak, Dakhleh Oasis Project: interim report on
the first season of the recording of petroglyphs, January-
February 1988, Journal of the Society of Study of Egyptian
Antiquities, in press.
* H. A. Winkler, Rock Drawings of Southern Upper Egypt II,
London 1939.
5 L. Krzylaniak, Petroglyphs and the research on the
development of the cultural attitude towards animals in the
Dakhleh Oasis (Egypt), Sahara, vol. 3, 1990, pp. 95-7.
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by Lech Krzyianiak
This season1 was a continuation of fieldwork carried out previously. In 1985 a
method for recording petroglyphs in the Dakhleh Oasis was tested and in 1988 the first
full programme of recording was initiated in a sample area.1 * 3 * 5 This area continued to be
investigated in 1990.
The investigation of petroglyphs is part of the research of the Dakhleh Oasis
Project (DOP) Expedition organized by the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and
directed by Professor Anthony J. Mills. He was kind enough to invite a team from the
PCMA to join in the project. Speaking for the petroglj ph team, the present author
wishes to express gratitude to Professor Mills for his initiative and kindness.
The petroglyph research programme in the Dakhleh Oasis comprises the recording
of their total in sample areas, improving the typology and chronology hitherto
established for known drawings* and using them as a source of information for studies
of the process in which human attitudes toward animals developed in the oasis.3 This
1 The fieldwork was done by Assist. Prof. Lech Krzyfcaniak
(Poznaft Archaeological Museum) and Dr. Karla M. Kroeper
(Egyptian Museum in West Berlin).
3 See L. Krzytaniak, K. Kroeper, Report on the
reconnaissance season of the recording of petroglyphs, December
1985, Journal of the Society of Study of Egyptian Antiquities,
vo1. XV/4, 1985, pp. 138-9.
3 L. Krzy2anlak, Dakhleh Oasis Project: interim report on
the first season of the recording of petroglyphs, January-
February 1988, Journal of the Society of Study of Egyptian
Antiquities, in press.
* H. A. Winkler, Rock Drawings of Southern Upper Egypt II,
London 1939.
5 L. Krzylaniak, Petroglyphs and the research on the
development of the cultural attitude towards animals in the
Dakhleh Oasis (Egypt), Sahara, vol. 3, 1990, pp. 95-7.
60