5 Mohamed, Tazzarine 47703 Morocco

The rock engravings Ait Ouaazik are among the best known of southern Morocco. They are located 70km drive north of Zagora (current region of Souss-Massa-Daraa). The village is located in an oasis in the Draa Valley near Nkob. ) . At that time the area was a Aït Ouaazik steppe. The drawings represent mainly hunting scenes and geometric figures. The animals represented are elephants, giraffes, ostriches, buffalo and antelope. The drawings sometimes show hunting scenes. The geometric figures are spirals, concentric arcs and circles. Several techniques are used to etch the rock of soft sandstone: - Staking: picket rock by giving it a regular succession of shocks, for an alignment points. - Polishing: trace an outline where a more or less deep in the slab continuous line by polishing sandstone rock. - The tazinien style: it is a particular aspect of polishing, or a few organs of animals represented are exaggerated length (legs, horns ...) without lacking artistic touch.