Newcomers in the Bestiary. A Review of the Presence of Lycaon pictus in Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Environment and Iconography

Axelle Brémont (1, 2)

1 IFAO - Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire
2 OM - ORIENT ET MÉDITERRANÉE : Textes, Archéologie, Histoire

Introduction: Weighing the "Biocénose" Against the "Iconocénose" One of the best instances of possible collaboration between bioarchaeologists and "traditional" Egyptologists is the comparison between the three spheres of animal presence defined by Djindjian (2012). What this author calls "zoocénose", but which would usually (and perhaps best) be called "biocénose", can be defined as the whole fauna dwelling in a given environment at a given time. The "taphocénose" is, in turn, restricted

Mots clés: Predynastic; iconography; zooarchaeology; African wild dog; exoticism

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire; Art et histoire de l'art; Ecologie, Environnement

Axelle Brémont. Newcomers in the Bestiary. A Review of the Presence of Lycaon pictus in Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Environment and Iconography. The Ancient Egyptians and the Natural World. Flora, Fauna, and Science, 2021. ⟨hal-03409520⟩