Contribution of rock art petroglyphs to the classification of the Lopé National Park as a mixed World Heritage site Oslisly Richard auteur aut IRD text bookSection eng text/pdf reformatted digital access Rock engravings represent a particularly rich and moving dimension of prehistory. They seem to constitute one of the first, frustrated and clumsy scriptures that man in his desire to express himself, has entrusted to the rock in an eternal message. These petroglyphs thus represents a kind of documentary film on the spiritual aspirations of prehistoric peoples. We will present the rock art within the regional framework peculiar to West Central Africa and then discuss the rock engravings of the valley of Ogooué. We will explain how the rock engravings contributed to the classification of the Lopé National Park as a World Heritage Site. specialized GABON 112ARCHEO02 082RESERV02 Whale on the rocks : III 3 117-131 Ulsan Ulsan Museum 2019 International Symposium, Ulsan (KOR), 2019/10/16 Korean Prehistoric Art 3 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077692 979-11-904380-1-8 [F B010077692] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077692 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers20-04/010077692.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2020-03-10 2020-05-20 fdi:010077692 fre