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At Ozeneare, about 5 km from Alan-Edoument, you can find some very beautiful paintings from the cattle period. The site is rarely visited. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - 1993

At Ozeneare, about 5 km from Alan-Edoument, you can find some very beautiful paintings from the pastoral period. The site is rarely visited. The following picture shows the painting from this shelter. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - 1993

This beautiful pastoral scene is treated with ochre and many colours that give it an amazing impression of liveliness. The individuals are negroid. The cattle are in a static pose, but the individuals are captured in their daily occupations. Two individuals are lying down in the upper section. Another is sitting with one arm back and one hand on the ground. A child (?) is at the level of the legs of a reclining woman (?). Further to the right is a person lying down. The person at the bottom in the middle is 0.27 m high. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - Ozeneare - 1993

At Ozeneare, about 5 km from Alan-Edoument, you can find some very beautiful paintings from the cattle period. The site is rarely visited. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - 1993

Two shepherds, on their right a negroid woman. The latter has a white hairstyle and a white loincloth. The breasts are visible. She carries a basket in her right hand and an unspecified object in her left. The figures on the left are less precise. Between the two is an indeterminable circular structure. The woman is 0.16 m tall. Red and white ochre painting. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - Ozeneare - 1993

The large number of cattle frescoes, in which the male animals seem to dominate, raises a number of questions. The first is the importance of vegetation, which in turn presupposes water that could ensure sufficient grazing. The second is the question of how this herd participated in the local economy. Today's Maasai or Peuhl do not operate at all like the Norman farmers. And thirdly, such a herd requires veterinary skills, if only to castrate the bulls. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - Ozeneare - 1993

Where people lived in the Neolithic period, they had to carry out numerous grinding processes: Seeds, dyes, pharmaceutical plants, etc. Therefore, where the rock allows it, one often finds round depressions that were used instead of portable grinding stones. This is the case with the settlement floor shown in the photo. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - Ozeneare - 1993

460 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – Rhinoceros treated with dark ochre. The animal is shown at a gallop. The horns are painted white. The small tail is typical of the animal. From the tip of the horn to the rear foot: 0.49 m.

461 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – Warrior or hunter galloping to the left. The hairstyle is painted white. Arrows can be seen, and he holds a bow in his hand. Width of the panel: 0.21 m.

462 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – Character with a Negroid morphology, the speed pulling the loincloth backward. The head is white. Width of the depicted panel: 0.41 m.

463 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – This beautiful pastoral scene is painted in ochre and with multiple colors, giving it an astonishing impression of life. The individuals are Negroid. The bovines are in a static position, but the characters are captured in their daily activities. At the top, two people are lying down. Another person is seated, one arm back, hand on the ground. There is a child (?) at the height of a woman's (?) legs who is lying down. Further to the right, someone is lying down. The character at the bottom center is 0.27 m high.

464 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – Two shepherds, including a Negroid woman on the right. She has a white hairstyle and a white loincloth. Her breasts are visible. She holds a basket in her right hand and an indeterminate object in her left. The character on the left is less defined. Between the two, there is an indeterminate circular structure. The woman is 0.16 m tall. Red ochre and white painting.

465 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – Drawing of an ox made from a photo by Maximilien Bruggmann.

466 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – Large, two-colored cow with white horns. It is depicted on a shelter wall. From the rear hoof to the front horn alignment: 0.21 m.

467 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – Negroid character with white hairstyle, holding an indeterminate object in the left hand. Three curved lines extend from the lower abdomen with no plausible explanation. The figure is 0.14 m tall.

468 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - Large painted cow. Behind it, a character appearing obese. In fact, obesity, like pregnant women, is almost never depicted. Panel depicted: 0.57 m in width.

469 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - The multiplicity of frescoes of bovines, in which males seem to dominate, raises many questions. The first concerns the significance of the vegetation cover, which itself suggests a humid episode capable of sustaining sufficient pasture. Then, one wonders how this herd contributed to the local economy. The Maasai or Fulani today do not act like Norman farmers. Finally, such a herd requires veterinary knowledge, if only to castrate the bulls.

470 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - Three cows with polychrome coats. One has a green and white coat. The green is probably obtained by mixing yellow ochre and manganese blue. Width of the depicted panel: 0.57 m.

471 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - A figure with a "round head," which, as a reminder, refers to Tin-Tazarift. Painted here in dark ochre, it wears a short tunic. Above, a finely painted ox in red ochre.

472 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - Enlargement of the ox shown in photo 471. It measures 0.28 m from muzzle to tail. One can admire the fineness and accuracy of the painted line.

473 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - In a "rock medallion," a figure with a striped head holds a staff with an outstretched arm. Width of the depicted panel: 0.30 m.

474 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - In the center of the ceiling of a shelter, a circle painted in red ochre. The diameter is 0.08 m. From this circle, which contains a smaller one, small appendages with double lines extend. They are small in size, except for one that is extended and fades into the wall. There is no explanation for this.

475 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - Small frieze of more or less finished bovines. The top beast on the left measures 0.15 m from muzzle to tail.

476 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – Five figures depicted in dark ochre, their loincloths are white, and their heads are dolichocephalic. The musculature of their thighs is emphasized and suggests walkers. They are also shown in this posture. The width of the depicted scene: 0.33 m.

477 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – Isolated stone block. It appears that a set of lines and polishing cupules, intended to make polished stone objects, conceal a deeply engraved head of a bovine. The stone depicted is 1.20 m wide.

The site where the isolated stone block from Ozeneare was found.

478 - Ozeneare (Tassili-n'Ajjer). – In places where humans lived during the Neolithic period, they had to perform various grinding tasks: seeds, pigments, medicinal plants, etc. Therefore, rounded depressions are often found, replacing portable mills where the rock allows. This is the case on the floor of the habitation shown in the photo.