Winkler’s west bank sites, in addition to new ones, including the so-called ‘Scorpion Tableau’ at Gebel Tjauti. John and Deborah Darnell collaborated in recording and excavating sites further to the west, such as the ‘Cave of the Wooden Pegs’ in the Wadi Rizeiqat in the Western Desert. Not only does this site have boat petroglyphs, but also Badarian RB27T, late Naqada I, Naqada II and some Naqada III sherds. This association of archaeological remains from a dig with petroglyphs in unusual and does not occur in the Eastern Desert. At the ‘Cave of the Hands’ and ‘Predynastic Feature’ a towed boat, roped giraffes (again with the interpretation as sun-bearers) elephants, and ‘arms raised’ figures were reportedly found, in addition to Tasian and Badarian pottery. The Tasian culture is seen as that of desert dwellers and examples have been found in the Eastern Desert. Deborah Darnell’s conclusion is that, “the desert dwellers, the Abkan and the A Group seem to belong to one cultural tradition most likely originating in what is now the Sahara Desert” (Darnell, 2002: 159
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