Rock art of the Figuig region
The rock art of the Figuig region of Morocco and Algeria are prehistoric engravings from the Neolithic period, similar to those found in the South Oran region. Along the Saharan Atlas, they precede the engravings in the eastern regions of Ain Sefra,, Aflou, and Tiaret. Comparable engravings have also been described further east, around Djelfa and in the.
History
Less famous than the Tassili figures, the engravings of the South Oran region have nonetheless been the subject of studies since 1863. The most important works were carried out by A. Pomel, Stéphane Gsell, G. B. M. Flamand, Leo Frobenius and Hugo Obermaier, Abbé Henri Breuil, L. Joleaud, and Raymond Vaufrey.In 1955 and 1964, Henri Lhote spent several months in the region, allowing him to complement previous research, add hundreds of new descriptions, and publish "Les Gravures rupestres du Sud-oranais" in 1970 in the series "Mémoires du Centre de recherches anthropologiques préhistoriques et ethnographiques", directed in Algiers by Mouloud Mammeri.
More recent and comprehensive works are known, notably those by Malika Hachid, Father François Cominardi, and J. Iliou.