Ikosim, journal of North-African archaeological studies, is published
The first issue of the journal of archaeological studies devoted to North-African heritage has just been published by the Algerian Association for the Protection and Promotion of Archaeological Heritage (AASPPA).
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Completing the annual newsletter of the association, the journal, entitled "Ikosim", the Phoenician name for Algiers, offers articles by Algerian and foreign academics working and living in the Algerian capital. Academic work relating to various fields of science heritage (paleontology, archeology, architecture ...) are published in this issue.
Summaries of work by students in graduate schools of various universities including Algeria, and more account of recent publications are also included in the summary of this first issue.
Speaking in the first place, researchers and students, Ikosim remains accessible to the general public with summaries of work available in three languages (French, Arabic and English). The researchers were interested in the archaeological wealth of different regions, the Sahara to Constantine through Kabylia.
The literature concerning various aspects of archeology, like fauna, prehistoric rock art or the ancient population of certain regions of the Sahara.
The researchers propose, for this first issue, a wide range of work based on the analysis tools specific to the wealth of sciences: the results of archaeological excavations, ancient frescoes, fossils found in the field and references to earlier work.
Following the example of Naget Ain Seba, a senior lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Algiers, which proposes a study on the specificities of the rock art of Constantine by comparing the themes and techniques used in this region with frescoe in other prehistoric sites.
An article Nacéra Bensedik of the ,university, focuses on his studies of the survival of the cult of Hercules, by the various manifestations of this belief, including frescoes, from Numidian times until the Roman period.
Intending to study a relatively recent relic, Nabila Bencherif, a teacher at Epau (Polytechnic School of Architecture and Urbanism), is interested in the history of the Ketchaoua mosque (built in 1436, enlarged in 1613 before being destroyed and rebuilt in 1794), based on Ottoman archives and unpublished French documents.
These help to establish a diagnosis of the deterioration of the building for a more efficient restoration.
The issue of restoration is related in particular to the various transformations of the place, converted into a cathedral, the Cathedral of St. Philip in 1832 by the French occupation, before returning to the independence of its original mosque.
The lack of information about construction works and renovation of the Ketchaoua mosque (in Ottoman and then French times) contributes to making, currently, its restoration essentially more problematic, writes the university in its contribution. Degradation of the building is also due to the structure of the site on which it was built before the Ottoman period, which was near a waterhole.
Founded in 1989, the Algerian Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Heritage is working with other associations in Algeria and the Maghreb by organizing meetings and conferences, in Algeria and abroad, and participating with any other associations in the training of tourist guides in several regions of Algeria.
The association members are trying to create a grid by orgganising campaigns for local people on the need for the preservation of the archaeological heritage of Algeria and beyond, the North African heritage.
Summaries of work by students in graduate schools of various universities including Algeria, and more account of recent publications are also included in the summary of this first issue.
Speaking in the first place, researchers and students, Ikosim remains accessible to the general public with summaries of work available in three languages (French, Arabic and English). The researchers were interested in the archaeological wealth of different regions, the Sahara to Constantine through Kabylia.
The literature concerning various aspects of archeology, like fauna, prehistoric rock art or the ancient population of certain regions of the Sahara.
The researchers propose, for this first issue, a wide range of work based on the analysis tools specific to the wealth of sciences: the results of archaeological excavations, ancient frescoes, fossils found in the field and references to earlier work.
Following the example of Naget Ain Seba, a senior lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Algiers, which proposes a study on the specificities of the rock art of Constantine by comparing the themes and techniques used in this region with frescoe in other prehistoric sites.
An article Nacéra Bensedik of the ,university, focuses on his studies of the survival of the cult of Hercules, by the various manifestations of this belief, including frescoes, from Numidian times until the Roman period.
Intending to study a relatively recent relic, Nabila Bencherif, a teacher at Epau (Polytechnic School of Architecture and Urbanism), is interested in the history of the Ketchaoua mosque (built in 1436, enlarged in 1613 before being destroyed and rebuilt in 1794), based on Ottoman archives and unpublished French documents.
These help to establish a diagnosis of the deterioration of the building for a more efficient restoration.
The issue of restoration is related in particular to the various transformations of the place, converted into a cathedral, the Cathedral of St. Philip in 1832 by the French occupation, before returning to the independence of its original mosque.
The lack of information about construction works and renovation of the Ketchaoua mosque (in Ottoman and then French times) contributes to making, currently, its restoration essentially more problematic, writes the university in its contribution. Degradation of the building is also due to the structure of the site on which it was built before the Ottoman period, which was near a waterhole.
Founded in 1989, the Algerian Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Heritage is working with other associations in Algeria and the Maghreb by organizing meetings and conferences, in Algeria and abroad, and participating with any other associations in the training of tourist guides in several regions of Algeria.
The association members are trying to create a grid by orgganising campaigns for local people on the need for the preservation of the archaeological heritage of Algeria and beyond, the North African heritage.
Source : https://www.marocafrik.com/english/Ikosim-journal-...