Rock Art, Scripts and Proto-Scripts in Africa: The Libyco-Berber Example

Some pre- or protohistoric rock pictures in the Sahara have been interpreted as a protoscript that might have evolved into the Libyco-Berber script by integrating a stock of regional signs (tattoos, tribal marks, etc.). This paper rejects this hypothesis.

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Source Written Cultures in a Colonial Context
Author Le Quellec, Jean-Loïc
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 19, 2026, 05:08 (UTC)
Created May 19, 2026, 05:08 (UTC)
Identifier halshs-00696523
Language fr
contributor Centre d'Etudes des Mondes Africains (CEMAf) ; Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) ; Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator Le Quellec, Jean-Loïc
date 2011-05-19T00:00:00
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