International Colloquium The Signs of Which Times? Chronological and Palaeoenvironmental Issues in the Rock Art of Northern Africa Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences Brussels, 3-5 June, 2010 pp. 000-000 Intrasite Chronology and Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction at Khor Abu Subeira South 1 (Aswan, Egypt) by Lauren LIPPIELLO * & Maria GATTO** KEYWORDS. — Rock Art; Upper Egypt; Aswan; Patination; Boats. SUMMARY. — The rock art site KASS1, originally discovered by G. W. Murray in 1930 and rediscovered in 2005 by the Aswan-Kom Ombo Archaeological Project, is located along a lateral branch of the main southern tributary of Wadi Abu Subeira, north-northeast of Aswan. The unique geological features associated with KASS1 make the site an excellent case study for the reconstruction of palaeoenvironmental conditions; in addition, the detail and clarity of rock art allows for the development of an intrasite chronology. The authors analyse rock art with consideration for 1) the environment, and 2) the current understanding of the socio-political system within the region during the Predynastic Period. The authors seek to provide additional insight regarding the placement of rock art sites within geographically distinctive areas as well as the internal artistic and ideological development of particular iconography. Introduction Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egyptian rock art is unique amongst the corpora of world rock art due to the interregionally-consistent repertoire of themes, with only slight regional stylistic variations. In addition, well-dated contemporaneous artefacts exist, such as decorated pottery and small portable artworks [1] *** . These two exceptional attributes make the stylistic dating of Egyptian rock art relatively easy compared to rock art sites in other regions. * Lecturer, History, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251-1892; PhD, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Yale University, 320 York Street, New Haven, CT, 06511 (USA). ** Co-director, Aswan-Kom Ombo Archaeological Project; post-doctoral associate, Near East- ern Languages & Civilizations, Yale University, 320 York Street, New Haven, CT, 06511 (USA). *** Numbers in brackets [ ] refer to the notes, pp. 000-000. 95829_Huyghe_14_Lippiello.indd 267 8/10/12 13:50