Rocks in motion. Research on the Dakhleh Oasis petroglyphs in the context of paths, roads and mobility

2016/23/D/HS3/00805

Keywords

Descriptors

  • HS3_8: Archeologia ( w tym: archeologia Grecji i Rzymu; archeologia Egiptu i Nubii, archeologia Bliskiego Wschodu, archeologia Nowego Świata, archeologia pradziejowa, archeologia protohistoryczna, archeologiawczesnośredniowieczna, archeologia średniowieczna i nowożytna

Panel

HS3 – The study of the human past: history, archaeology, ethnology, cultural anthropology

Host institution

MUZEUM ARCHEOLOGICZNE w POZNANIU

Voivodeship: wielkopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

dr Paweł Lech Polkowski

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call

SONATA 12 – announced on 2016-09-15

Amount awarded
466 887 PLN
Project start date
2017-10-01
Project end date
2022-09-30
Project duration
60 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Project description

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Note — project descriptions were prepared by the authors of the applications themselves and placed in the system in an unchanged form.

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Komputer stacjonarny wraz z akcesoriami. Cost: 13 700 PLN
  2. Lampa błyskowa z wyzwalaczem bezprzewodowym. Cost: 3 800 PLN
  3. Laptop wraz z oprogramowaniem i akcesoriami. Cost: 37 200 PLN

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (4)

  1. Łowcy sztuki naskalnej III. Kamienne węże

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski
    Academic press:
    Archeologia Żywa (year: 2022, volume: 4(86), pages: 24-27), Publisher: Instytut Badań Historycznych i Krajoznawczych Sp. z o.o.
    Status:
    Published
  2. Oasis bestiarum. Animals in Dakhleh Oasis rock art (Egypt)

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski
    Academic press:
    Afrique : Archéologie & Arts (year: 2018, volume: 14, pages: 14916), Publisher: CNRS - UMR 7041 (Archéologie et Sciences de l'Antiquité - ArScAn)
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.4000/aaa.1682 – link to the publication
  3. CO178. A report on a large prehistoric rock art site in the Central Dakhleh Oasis

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski
    Academic press:
    Archaeologia Polona (year: 2020, volume: 58, pages: 289-310), Publisher: Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.23858/APa58.2020.017 – link to the publication
  4. Working on rock art in the Dakhleh Oasis. Some thoughts on threats to petroglyphs and possibilities of research in the Western Desert, Egypt

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski
    Academic press:
    African Archaeological Review (year: 2018, volume: 35(2), pages: 191-210), Publisher: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10437-018-9295-1 – link to the publication

Book publications / chapters in book publications (14)

  1. World of images or imaginary world? Rock art, landscape, and agency in the Western Desert of Egypt

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski
    Book:
    Epigraphy through five millennia Texts and images in context (year: 2020, volume: -, pages: 255-283), Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag
    Status:
    Published
  2. Of Theoretical Trains and Moving Stations: An Introduction to Rock Art in the Landscapes of Motion

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski and Frank Förster
    Book:
    Rock art in the landscapes of motion. Proceedings of a session of the 20th International Rock Art Conference IFRAO in Valcamonica/Darfo Boario Terme, Italy. (year: 2022, volume: S3092, pages: 46044), Publisher: British Archaeological Reports
    Status:
    Published
  3. -

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski and Frank Förster
    Book:
    Rock art in the landscapes of motion. Proceedings of a session of the 20th International Rock Art Conference IFRAO in Valcamonica/Darfo Boario Terme, Italy. (year: 2022, volume: S3092, pages: 192 pp), Publisher: British Archaeological Reports
    Status:
    Published
  4. Oaza Dachla, Egipt

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski
    Book:
    Gdy Sahara była zielona Polskie badania archeologiczne nad prahistorią Afryki Północnej (year: 2019, volume: 1, pages: 181-188), Publisher: Muzeum Archeologiczne w Poznaniu
    Status:
    Published
  5. A Giraffe's Tale. On Enigmatic Composition from Site 04/08 in the Central Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski
    Book:
    Desert and the Nile. Prehistory of the Nile Basin and the Sahara Papers in honour of Fred Wendorf (year: 2018, volume: 15, pages: 687-706), Publisher: Poznań Archaeological Museum
    Status:
    Published
  6. Seth on Rocks: Rock Art Imagery in Dakhleh Oasis of the Pharaonic Period

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski
    Book:
    THE OASIS PAPERS 9. A Tribute to Anthony J. Mills after Forty Years of Research in Dakhleh Oasis (year: 2019, volume: -, pages: 143-170), Publisher: Oxbow Books
    Status:
    Published
  7. Ladies, sandals, and giraffes. Four decades of rock art research by the Dakhleh Oasis Project

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski
    Book:
    THE OASIS PAPERS 9. A Tribute to Anthony J. Mills after Forty Years of Research in Dakhleh Oasis (year: 2019, volume: -, pages: 46288), Publisher: Oxbow Books
    Status:
    Published
  8. A corpus of Pharaonic petroglyphs from Dakhleh Oasis. Types of imagery and their place in the landscape

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski
    Book:
    Graffiti, Secondary Epigraphy and Rock Inscriptions from Ancient Egypt (Clamour from the Past) (year: 2023, volume: BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ÉTUDE 182, pages: 45-61), Publisher: Institut français d'archéologie orientale
    Status:
    Published
  9. -

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski
    Book:
    Skały w ruchu. Petroglify i ścieżki w sercu Pustyni Zachodniej (year: 2022, volume: -, pages: 128 pp), Publisher: Muzeum Archeologiczne w Poznaniu
    Status:
    Published
  10. Between Arrest and Movement. 'Mobile' and 'Stationary' People and Their Rock Art Images in the Western Desert of Egypt (Third Millennium BC)_Final

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski & Frank Förster
    Book:
    Rock art in the landscapes of motion. Proceedings of a session of the 20th International Rock Art Conference IFRAO in Valcamonica/Darfo Boario Terme, Italy. (year: 2022, volume: S3092, pages: 23-59), Publisher: British Archaeological Reports
    Status:
    Published
  11. Marking one's moves. A minor contribution to the study of tribal marks in Egypt and beyond

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski
    Book:
    Oasis Papers 10: A Tribute to Fred Leemhuis (year: 2024, volume: -, pages: -), Publisher: Oxbow Books
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  12. Human Body Parts in Egyptian Rock Art. An interpretive essay

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski
    Book:
    Bodies That Mattered. Ancient Egyptian Corporealities (year: 2024, volume: -, pages: -), Publisher: Sidestone Press
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  13. -

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski
    Book:
    Rocks in motion. Dakhleh Oasis petroglyphs in the context of paths, roads and mobility. Explorations in Western Desert rock art I (year: 2023, volume: -, pages: -), Publisher: Oxbow Books
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  14. An Affordable Practice of Carving: A Contribution to Studies of Rock Art and Rock Inscriptions in the Framework of the Theory of Affordances

    Authors:
    Paweł L. Polkowski
    Book:
    Making and Experiencing Graffiti in Ancient and Late Antique Egypt and Sudan (year: 2024, volume: -, pages: -), Publisher: Sidestone Press
    Status:
    Accepted for publication

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