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Book Synopsis Prehistoric Rock Art in Britain by : Stan Beckensall
Download or read book Prehistoric Rock Art in Britain written by Stan Beckensall and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this latest book the prolific Stan Beckensall returns to his principal specialism, Britains prehistoric rock art.
Book Synopsis Ancient British Rock Art by : Chris Mansell
Download or read book Ancient British Rock Art written by Chris Mansell and published by . This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artist and petroglyph hunter Chris Mansell discusses the possible purpose and meaning of these archaeic and enigmatic markings, using his own drawings and old lithographs.
Book Synopsis Signalling and Performance: Ancient Rock Art in Britain and Ireland by : Aron Mazel
Download or read book Signalling and Performance: Ancient Rock Art in Britain and Ireland written by Aron Mazel and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-08-28 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated volume presents a state of the art survey of the ancient rock art of Britain and Ireland. Bringing together new discoveries and new interpretations, it enhances our understanding and further establishes ancient British and Irish rock art as a significant archaeological assemblage worthy of attention and additional study.
Download or read book Art as Metaphor written by Aron Mazel and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2007-12-31 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enigmatic, esoteric and fascinating, the rock-art of the British Isles has for a long time been a well-kept secret. This volume brings together a carefully selected collection of papers reporting on recent discoveries and regional surveys covering British prehistoric rock-art from over 10,000 years ago.
Author :Paul G. Bahn (archaeologist) Publisher :Cambridge University Press ISBN 13 :0521192781 Total Pages :239 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (211 download)
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Rock Art by : Paul G. Bahn (archaeologist)
Download or read book Prehistoric Rock Art written by Paul G. Bahn (archaeologist) and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-21 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prehistoric rock art is the markings - paintings, engravings, or pecked images - left on rocks or cave walls by ancient peoples. In this book, Paul G. Bahn provides a richly illustrated overview of prehistoric rock art and cave art from around the world. Summarizing the recent advances in our understanding of this extraordinary visual record, he discusses new discoveries, new approaches to recording and interpretation, and current problems in conservation. Bahn focuses in particular on current issues in the interpretation of rock art, notably the "shamanic" interpretation that has been influential in recent years and that he refutes. This book is based on the Rhind Lectures that the author delivered for the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 2006.
Book Synopsis Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe by : Mr Richard Bradley
Download or read book Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe written by Mr Richard Bradley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along the Atlantic seaboard, from Scotland to Spain, are numerous rock carvings made four to five thousand years ago, whose interpretation poses a major challenge to the archaeologist. In the first full-length treatment of the subject, based largely on new fieldwork, Richard Bradley argues that these carvings should be interpreted as a series of symbolic messages that are shared between monuments, artefacts and natural places in the landscape. He discusses the cultural setting of the rock carvings and the ways in which they can be interpreted in relation to ancient land use, the creation of ritual monuments and the burial of the dead. Integrating this fascinating yet little-known material into the mainstream of prehistoric studies, Richard Bradley demonstrates that these carvings played a fundamental role in the organization of the prehistoric landscape.
Book Synopsis The Prehistoric Rock Art of England by : Kate Sharpe
Download or read book The Prehistoric Rock Art of England written by Kate Sharpe and published by Gwasg y Bwthyn. This book was released on 2008 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Circles in Stone by : Stan Beckensall
Download or read book Circles in Stone written by Stan Beckensall and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive work takes a broad view of what rock art entails, covering the history of rock art research and the discovery of many new sites. The author illustrates the different symbols and motifs that are found throughout the British Isles, and shows where they occur in landscapes and monuments. It is a book that captures the excitement of discovery and examines the various theories about the origin, use and meaning of rock art. Stan Beckensall also explains the problems of accurate conservation, recording, and display.
Book Synopsis A Comparative Study of Rock Art in Later Prehistoric Europe by : Richard Bradley
Download or read book A Comparative Study of Rock Art in Later Prehistoric Europe written by Richard Bradley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Element summarises the state of knowledge about four styles of prehistoric rock art in Europe current between the late Mesolithic period and the Iron Age. They are the Levantine, Macroschematic and Schematic traditions in the Iberian Peninsula; the Atlantic style that extended between Portugal, Spain, Britain and Ireland; Alpine rock art; and the pecked and painted images found in Fennoscandia. They are interpreted in relation to the landscapes in which they were made. Their production is related to monument building, the decoration of portable objects, trade and long distance travel, burial rites, and warfare. A final discussion considers possible connections between these separate traditions and the changing subject matter of rock art in relation to wider developments in European prehistoric societies.
Book Synopsis Carving a Future for British Rock Art by : Tertia Barnett
Download or read book Carving a Future for British Rock Art written by Tertia Barnett and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis British Prehistoric Rock Art by : Stan Beckensall
Download or read book British Prehistoric Rock Art written by Stan Beckensall and published by Tempus Pub Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stan Beckensall's enthusiasm for rock art makes him the ideal author for this guide to the abstract motifs and symbols spread across the landscape. Here he focuses on detailed regional surveys carried out in Northumberland, Yorkshire, southwest England and Wales, Galloway, Argyll, Tayside, the Highlands and Grampians, and on rock art associated with standing stones, stone circles, burial monuments and rock shelters. The history of recording and studying the art is discussed, and a good collation of examples and descriptions are given that will form a useful companion to the more speculative discussion of the interpretation of the motifs put forward by others.
Book Synopsis Rock Art & Ritual by : Brian A. Smith
Download or read book Rock Art & Ritual written by Brian A. Smith and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A stimulating book, which is more ambitious in its interpretations than many recent rock art publications.' Antiquity magazine, praise for Volume One.
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Rock Art in Northumberland by : Stan Beckensall
Download or read book Prehistoric Rock Art in Northumberland written by Stan Beckensall and published by Tempus Publishing, Limited. This book was released on 2001 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Northumberland is the most prolific, varied and important area of rock-art in Britain. This book, which includes every known site, relates the art to its landscape and monumental setting. This work follows naturally from the author's general work on rock art, British Prehistoric Rock Art and his recent widely acclaimed book Northumberland: Power of Place.
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Rock Art in Cumbria by : Stan Beckensall
Download or read book Prehistoric Rock Art in Cumbria written by Stan Beckensall and published by History Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many exciting discoveries of prehistoric rock art have been made recently in Cumbria. They are included in this complete account of the earliest human communication, some 4-5000 years ago on outcrop rock, earthfast boulders, burials and other ritual structures. They are in some of Britain's most beautiful places. Professor Richard Bradley writes: "This book captures beautifully Stan's feeling for the countryside and flair for this kind of research. It is the work of a born teacher, who wishes to share his knowledge and enjoyment with other people. What he says is important, and how he says it is important too. Like the carvings he has done so much to publicise, this book is accessible to everyone." It follows his complete survey of Northumberland rock art, which Christopher Chippindale, of Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology described as "a first-rate book . . . written from Stan Beckensall's great knowledge with an inviting charm, splendidly illustrated with his photographs and drawings, well produced in a manageable size."
Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art by : Bruno David
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art written by Bruno David and published by Oxford Handbooks. This book was released on 2018 with total page 1185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online. For more information, please read the site FAQs.
Book Synopsis The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art by : David Lewis-Williams
Download or read book The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art written by David Lewis-Williams and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2004-04-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breathtakingly beautiful art created deep inside the caves of western Europe has the power to dazzle even the most jaded observers. Emerging from the narrow underground passages into the chambers of caves such as Lascaux, Chauvet, and Altamira, visitors are confronted with symbols, patterns, and depictions of bison, woolly mammoths, ibexes, and other animals. Since its discovery, cave art has provoked great curiosity about why it appeared when and where it did, how it was made, and what it meant to the communities that created it. David Lewis-Williams proposes that the explanation for this lies in the evolution of the human mind. Cro-Magnons, unlike the Neanderthals, possessed a more advanced neurological makeup that enabled them to experience shamanistic trances and vivid mental imagery. It became important for people to "fix," or paint, these images on cave walls, which they perceived as the membrane between their world and the spirit world from which the visions came. Over time, new social distinctions developed as individuals exploited their hallucinations for personal advancement, and the first truly modern society emerged. Illuminating glimpses into the ancient mind are skillfully interwoven here with the still-evolving story of modern-day cave discoveries and research. The Mind in the Cave is a superb piece of detective work, casting light on the darkest mysteries of our earliest ancestors while strengthening our wonder at their aesthetic achievements.
Book Synopsis Design and Connectivity by : Joana Valdez-Tullett
Download or read book Design and Connectivity written by Joana Valdez-Tullett and published by BAR International Series. This book was released on 2019 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeology of Prehistoric Art, Volume 1 Atlantic Rock Art is a rock art tradition which includes emblematic motifs such as cup-marks, cup-and-rings and lines, known to several countries on the Atlantic seaboard. Design and Connectivity springs from an inter-regional study of this tradition, based on an original and innovative methodology applied to an empirical dataset. The project builds on Richard Bradley's work, investigating differences and similarities in Atlantic Art over study areas in five countries: Scotland, England, Ireland, Spain and Portugal. It applies a multi-scalar methodology developed under the principles of Relational Ontology and Assemblage Theory, providing a dynamic perspective on the empirical data. A thorough categorical scheme was scrutinised using a Presence/Absence Matrix, spatial analysis (fieldwork and GIS) and the development of Social Network Analysis (SNA) to relate and explore the relationships and connectivity between study areas. Concepts of developmental psychology support the idea of intentional teaching and cultural transmission.
