Fascinating! Serge Kasan at Turkey's Taş Tepeler may have found the earliest narrative carvings — men with boats and a whale on a corridor stone telling a journey. 🗿🐋
Researcher identifies narrative sequences in prehistoric rock art at Turkish sites
Site mentioned
📍 Taş Tepeler (Stone Hills sites)
Key facts
- Serge Kasan has identified narrative sequences in prehistoric rock art carvings, including depictions of men with boats and a whale
- One specific stone in a corridor depicts a narrative of people traveling from one place to another
- The carvings are located at prehistoric sites (transcript references appear garbled but align with Taş Tepeler / Stone Hills sites in Turkey)
- These are described as some of the earliest identified narrative carvings at such sites
Sources
Change And Continuity in the Prehistoric Rock Art of East ...academia.edu
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A book of stone: Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscapeunesdoc.unesco.org
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Über uns - gta Verlagverlag.gta.arch.ethz.ch
Der gta Verlag veröffentlicht seit 1985 Publikationen zur Architektur und ihren Nachbardisziplinen mit besonderem Fokus auf Geschichte und Theorie.
Rock-art sites of Tadrart Acacus: backstory (article)khanacademy.org
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Rock art in North Africa (article)khanacademy.org
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