Schematic Rock Art, Rain-Making and Islam in the Ethio-Sudanese Borderlands.

Two sites with schematic rock paintings in Western Ethiopia, where Islamic ceremonies connected with rain-making are performed and miraculous events are said to occur regularly, are interpreted in the light of such factors as the beliefs of local informants, the Islamic appropriation of prehistoric...

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Published in:African Archaeological Review Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 279 - 301
Main Author: Fernández, Víctor
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Dec2011
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