reading
There are many fascinating books and articles on the rock-art and
archaeology of the Sahara, and on rock-art more generally.
A selection of recent publications are given below, each of which
will give a wider range of reading material.
  • Bahn P -G (1998) The Cambridge illustrated history of prehistoric art. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • Bradley R (2000) An archaeology of natural places. London, Routledge.
  • Bruce-Lockhart J and Wright J (2000) Difficult and dangerous roads: Hugh Clapperton's travels in the Sahara and Fezzan 1822-1825.
  • Chippendale C and Tacon S -C (eds) (1998) The archaeology of rock art. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • Coulson D and Cambell A (2001) African rock art. Paintings and engravings on stone. New York, Harry N Abrams.
  • Van Albada A.&A.-M. (2000): La Montagne des Hommes-Chiens. Art rupestre du Messak lybien. Paris, Seuil.
  • Clottes J. (2002): World Rock Art. Los Angeles, The Getty Publications.
  • Lhote, H (1959) The search for the Tassili frescoes: the rock paintings of the Sahara. London.
  • Le Quellec J -L (1998) Art rupestre et prehistoire du Sahara. Le Messak libyen. Paris, Editions Payot et Rivages, Biblioteque Scientifique Payot.
  • Mattingly D et al (eds) (2003) The Archaeology of Fazzan.
  • Muzzolini A (1997) Saharan rock art. In Vogel J O (ed) Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa. Walnut Creek: 347-353.
  • Whitley D S (ed) (2001) Handbook of rock art research. New York, Altamira Press.
links

There are many interesting websites devoted to rock-art studies and to
the Sahara. A few of these are given here, with other useful addresses.

International Federation of Rock Art Organisations (IFRAO), for conferences, publications, events and discussion
http://www.cesmap.it/ifrao/ifrao.html

Geological and archaeological work in the Fezzan
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~e118/Fezzan/fezzan_home.html

Archaeological and geomorphological work in the Western Sahara, undertaken by Dr Nick Brooks
http://www.uea.ac.uk/Sahara/

Rock-art on-line bulletin and discussion forum
http://www.rupestre.net/tracce/index.html

The Leverhulme Trust
http://www.leverhulme.org.uk

Trust for African Rock Art (TARA), for preservation, protection and conservation of rock art in Africa
http://www.tara.org.uk

Archaeological, geological and rock-art research in Western Sahara
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~e118/wsahara.htm