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Table of Contents Foreword I. Research framework I. 1. Presentation of the project I. 2. Registration methods and presentation of the catalogue II. Predynastic engravings II.1 Questions of chronological attribution II.2 General spatial distribution and visibility of engravings II.3 The themes represented: hunting, war and navigation III. Configuration, uses of places and marking by images. The second and fifth northern diverticula of the WAS IV. Focus on a few stations - Locus 010 - Locus 020.B9 - Locus 048.B1.P2 - Locus 162 - Locus 230 - Locus 283.B1 - Locus 318, 406 et 435.B1.P1 - Locus 332 - Locus 346.B1.P3 - Locus 510 - Locus 543 - Military Camp N - Military Camp O V. Synthetic studies V.1. Navigating the WAS V.2. Animal representation V.2.1. Inventory and variety V.2.2. Elephants and giraffes: chronological, environmental and cultural markers V.2.3. Ibex, oryx, addax, cynomolgus sheep, cuffed sheep: planting the landscape V.2.4. Wild donkeys V.2.5. Rare animals: birds and cats V.2.6. Dogs, indispensable helpers V.2.7. Domestic cattle V.3. Human representation. V.3.1. The bow and the archers (contribution from M. Bailly) V.4. The iconography of Min and the predynastic archer V.4.1. Atypical body language and postures V.4.2. The Min mast, acrobats and rites of passage V.5. The women VI. Intersecting engravings in the eastern concession VII. Relative and absolute chronology. The forbidden paradigm VIII. Predynastics, but not Naqadans! IX. In conclusion

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