Writing the desert: The Tifinagh rock inscriptions of the Tadrart Acacus (southwestern Libya)

Azania

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-174

  Biagetti, Stefano ^a,b   Kaci, Ali Ait ^c   Mori, Lucia ^a   Di Lernia, Savino ^a,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Independent Researcher   (Algeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

digital archive; landscape; open access; Tadrart Acacus; Tifinagh

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862635059     PISSN: 0067270X     EISSN: 19455534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2012.674323     Document Type: Review

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