Abstract ID: 3.10508 | Accepted as Talk | Requested as: Talk | TBA | TBA

The Telem Fezza massif is located upstream of the Ti-n-Tarabin Wadi in the Tassili-Tan-Ahaggar region, southeast of the town of Tamanrasset (southern Algeria). It is thought to be of primary age and features a remarkable cave bearing the same name. The cave has two openings. On the north side, it reaches a depth of over 50 m and is some 20 m deep.
The second is a corridor, 10 m long and 1 m wide. This cave overlooks the Telem Fezza Wadi, which flows from east to west to join the Ti-n-Qaren Wadi, which joins the large Ti-n-Tarabin Wadi to the north.
From an archaeological point of view, the main cave we are currently has been extensively filled in by man. This long occupation may suggest the successive expression of different culture heritage during the holocen. These ancient traces of human activity and richness of its rock representations, the subject of multiple interpretations, represent a subject for reflection of great interest.
The walls of this cave an other small rock shelter in the vicinity feature numerous rock figures, mainly from the pastoral period, but we have also noted wild animal figures ( elephants, rhinoceros, giraffes, ostriches) and around 400 vulvar-shapes figures of various forms an sizes at the mouth of the corridor. It is this iconographic ensemble that we have chosen to present to you in this communication.