FIELD NOTES / GAB / Middle Africa
Gabon
Forest edges & engraved landscapes.
START WITH A PLACE
Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda
Lopé-Okanda combines rainforest and relict savannah with archaeological evidence of settlement, iron-working and rock engraving. The landscape records both ecological change and human movement.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in mass and surface.
Compare a carved rock surface with the broader forest-savannah boundary. How can a small material trace make a long landscape history visible?
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Limestone paper#eee7d8oklch(0.929 0.021 85.945)
Warm sediment#c6ad86oklch(0.760 0.060 78.678)
Earth ochre#a36545oklch(0.568 0.092 47.550)
Weathered slate#657d79oklch(0.569 0.029 184.084)
Carbon ink#282b2boklch(0.286 0.004 196.917)