Rock Art - Signs of a social landscape made by non-sedentary groups in prehistoric Egypt

In her PhD-project, Rebecca Döhl is investigating the problem of how prehistoric rock art was introduced in order to impart symbolic significance to the containing landscape.

Research

In her current project, she is tackling the problem of how prehistoric rock art was introduced in order to impart symbolic significance to the containing landscape. Accordingly, focus will be given to the question of what function the rock art acquired as a means of shaping and perceiving space, and how it was used as a social instrument. Additional focus will be placed on the problem of the transformation of these images and the understanding of their associated landscape during the period of increasing sedentism.