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How Rock Art Functions in a Cultural System

Author : Jennifer Galindo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book How Rock Art Functions in a Cultural System written by Jennifer Galindo and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a firsthand account of how rock art functions as part of a living cultural system, that of a group of Aboriginal people in Northern Australia. The information in this book has two voices. The first is presented as transcripts of conversations with Kunwinjku individuals. The second is the archaeologist's ethnoarchaeological analysis of the information gathered. The bulk of the ethnographic data centers on one clan estate in the country of Kudjekbinj. Its people share their Dreaming stories, and the places on the landscape associated with them, thereby describing their culture and the country on which they live. The various contexts of their culture's rock art are explored. Details of each site are shared: the paintings, their purpose and background story, the significance of their location, and the works believed to have been created by the Dreaming Beings versus those painted by the Kunwinjku people. Also presented is an ethnoarchaeological analysis that examines how rock art operates on different scales within the Kunwinjku cultural system. This includes how function varies at each scale: that of a single clan estate, between neighboring clan estates, and within the larger region. While the information shared in this book centers on a small population of Kunwinjku people in Northern Australia, the knowledge gained has wide-reaching implications for rock art research outside of Australia. This study shows that, without ethnographic information, archaeologists would not be able to access the original meaning of a motif or recreate the story associated with it. But, based on the scale of the distribution of specific motifs, it could be possible to address questions relating to social units. One of the lessons learned is that rock art cannot be studied in isolation. To understand the role of rock art in a social system requires considering it in association with environmental, ethnoarchaeological, and archaeological data, and incorporating theories developed in these other disciplines when interpreting patterns identified in rock art analysis. Using what was learned from this ethnoarchaeological project a framework is proposed to better interpret distributional patterns in archaeological rock art motifs when ethnographic information is lacking.

How Rock Art Functions in a Cultural System

Author : Jennifer Galindo
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Download or read book How Rock Art Functions in a Cultural System written by Jennifer Galindo and published by . This book was released on 2023-06-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a firsthand account of how rock art functions as part of a living cultural system, that of a group of Aboriginal people in Northern Australia. The information in this book has two voices. The first is presented as transcripts of conversations with Kunwinjku individuals. The second is the archaeologist's ethnoarchaeological analysis of the information gathered. The bulk of the ethnographic data centers on one clan estate in the country of Kudjekbinj. Its people share their Dreaming stories, and the places on the landscape associated with them, thereby describing their culture and the country on which they live. The various contexts of their culture's rock art are explored. Details of each site are shared: the paintings, their purpose and background story, the significance of their location, and the works believed to have been created by the Dreaming Beings versus those painted by the Kunwinjku people.Also presented is an ethnoarchaeological analysis that examines how rock art operates on different scales within the Kunwinjku cultural system. This includes how function varies at each scale: that of a single clan estate, between neighboring clan estates, and within the larger region. While the information shared in this book centers on a small population of Kunwinjku people in Northern Australia, the knowledge gained has wide-reaching implications for rock art research outside of Australia. This study shows that, without ethnographic information, archaeologists would not be able to access the original meaning of a motif or recreate the story associated with it. But, based on the scale of the distribution of specific motifs, it could be possible to address questions relating to social units. One of the lessons learned is that rock art cannot be studied in isolation. To understand the role of rock art in a social system requires considering it in association with environmental, ethnoarchaeological, and archaeological data, and incorporating theories developed in these other disciplines when interpreting patterns identified in rock art analysis. Using what was learned from this ethnoarchaeological project a framework is proposed to better interpret distributional patterns in archaeological rock art motifs when ethnographic information is lacking.

Australian Rock Art

Author : Robert Layton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521346665
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Australian Rock Art written by Robert Layton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-11-27 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of Australian rock art, presenting detailed case studies revealing the significance of both recent and ancient art for Australia's living indigenous communities.

Indigenous Heritage and Rock Art

Author : Carole Charette
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1789696909
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book Indigenous Heritage and Rock Art written by Carole Charette and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prof. Daniel Arsenault, a leading exponent of Canadian Shield rock art, sadly passed away in 2016. This book contains 14 thought-provoking chapters dealing with Daniel’s first love—the archaeology of artistic endeavour. It provides the reader with new ideas about the interpretation and dating of rock art, ethnography, heritage and material culture.

An Overview of the Cultural Resources of the Western Mojave Desert

Author : Edwin Gary Stickel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book An Overview of the Cultural Resources of the Western Mojave Desert written by Edwin Gary Stickel and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory

Author : Michael B Schiffer
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1483214834
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory written by Michael B Schiffer and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Volume 8 is a collection of papers that discusses postprocessual archaeology, bone technology, and tree-ring dating in Eastern North America. One paper discriminates between the process and norm, and eliminates the dichotomy by locating human agency and the active. It focuses on monitoring individuals as being in the center of social theory. Another paper discuses the physical model and the textual model that describe the basic components of an archaeological record. For example, the first model implies that archaeological inferences move from material components of the record to material phenomena in the past. The second model assumes that archaeological inference should move from material phenomena to mental phenomena, from material symbols to the ideas and beliefs they encode. Another paper explains the use of analogy as a useful tool in archaeological considerations. One paper investigates bones as a material for study, including the analysis of carnivore-induced fractures or hominid-induced modifications from using bones as tools. The collection is suitable for sociologists, anthropologist, professional or amateur archaeologists, and museum curators studying archaeological artifacts.

Archaeology

Author : Mark Q Sutton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131735009X
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Archaeology written by Mark Q Sutton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illuminating the world of archaeology. Archaeology conveys the excitement of archaeological discovery and explains how archaeologists think as they scientifically find, analyze, and interpret evidence. The main objective of this text is to provide an introduction to the broad and fascinating world of archaeology from the scientific perspective. Discussions on the theoretical aspects of archaeology, as well as the practical applications of what is learned about the past, have been updated and expanded upon in this fourth edition. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: Discuss the theoretical aspects of archaeology. Apply what has been learned about the past. Identify the various perspectives archaeologists have.

Narratives and Journeys in Rock Art: A Reader

Author : George Nash
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784915610
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)

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Book Synopsis Narratives and Journeys in Rock Art: A Reader by : George Nash

Download or read book Narratives and Journeys in Rock Art: A Reader written by George Nash and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-11-19 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why publish a Reader? Today, it is relatively easy and convenient to switch on your computer and download an academic paper. However, as many scholars have experienced, historic references are difficult to access. Moreover, some are now lost and are merely references in later papers. This can be frustrating.

A Comprehensive Survey of Rock Art in Upper Tibet: Volume I

Author : John Vincent Bellezza
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1803275049
Total Pages : 713 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Book Synopsis A Comprehensive Survey of Rock Art in Upper Tibet: Volume I by : John Vincent Bellezza

Download or read book A Comprehensive Survey of Rock Art in Upper Tibet: Volume I written by John Vincent Bellezza and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the eastern part of the region, this is the first in a series of five volumes that comprehensively document rock art in Upper Tibet. It examines a panoply of graphic evidence found on stone surfaces, supplying an unprecedented view of the long-term development of culture and religion on a large swathe of the Tibetan Plateau.

Cultural Neuroscience: Cultural Influences on Brain Function

Author : Juan Y. Chiao
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080952216
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis Cultural Neuroscience: Cultural Influences on Brain Function by : Juan Y. Chiao

Download or read book Cultural Neuroscience: Cultural Influences on Brain Function written by Juan Y. Chiao and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009-11-25 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents recent empirical advances using neuroscience techniques to investigate how culture influences neural processes underlying a wide range of human abilities, from perception and scene processing to memory and social cognition. It also highlights the theoretical and methodological issues with conducting cultural neuroscience research. Section I provides diverse theoretical perspectives on how culture and biology interact are represented. Sections II –VI is to demonstrate how cultural values, beliefs, practices and experience affect neural systems underlying a wide range of human behavior from perception and cognition to emotion, social cognition and decision-making. The final section presents arguments for integrating the study of culture and the human brain by providing an explicit articulation of how the study of culture can inform the study of the brain and vice versa.

Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature

Author : Bron Taylor
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441122788
Total Pages : 1927 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature written by Bron Taylor and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2008-06-10 with total page 1927 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, originally published in 2005, is a landmark work in the burgeoning field of religion and nature. It covers a vast and interdisciplinary range of material, from thinkers to religious traditions and beyond, with clarity and style. Widely praised by reviewers and the recipient of two reference work awards since its publication (see www.religionandnature.com/ern), this new, more affordable version is a must-have book for anyone interested in the manifold and fascinating links between religion and nature, in all their many senses.

Plains Indian Rock Art

Author : James D. Keyser
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295806842
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Plains Indian Rock Art written by James D. Keyser and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Plains region that stretches from northern Colorado to southern Alberta and from the Rockies to the western Dakotas is the land of the Cheyenne and the Blackfeet, the Crow and the Sioux. Its rolling grasslands and river valleys have nurtured human cultures for thousands of years. On cave walls, glacial boulders, and riverside cliffs, native people recorded their ceremonies, vision quests, battles, and daily activities in the petroglyphs and pictographs they incised, pecked, or painted onto the stone surfaces. In this vast landscape, some rock art sites were clearly intended for communal use; others just as clearly mark the occurrence of a private spiritual encounter. Elders often used rock art, such as complex depictions of hunting, to teach traditional knowledge and skills to the young. Other sites document the medicine powers and brave deeds of famous warriors. Some Plains rock art goes back more than 5,000 years; some forms were made continuously over many centuries. Archaeologists James Keyser and Michael Klassen show us the origins, diversity, and beauty of Plains rock art. The seemingly endless variety of images include humans, animals of all kinds, weapons, masks, mazes, handprints, finger lines, geometric and abstract forms, tally marks, hoofprints, and the wavy lines and starbursts that humans universally associate with trancelike states. Plains Indian Rock Art is the ultimate guide to the art form. It covers the natural and archaeological history of the northwestern Plains; explains rock art forms, techniques, styles, terminology, and dating; and offers interpretations of images and compositions.

Rock Art and Memory in the Transmission of Cultural Knowledge

Author : Leslie F. Zubieta
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030969428
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Rock Art and Memory in the Transmission of Cultural Knowledge written by Leslie F. Zubieta and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shares timely and thought-provoking methodological and theoretical approaches from perspectives concerning landscape, gender, cognition, neural networks, material culture and ontology in order to comprehend rock art’s role in memorisation processes, collective memory, and the intergenerational circulation of knowledge. The case studies offered here stem from human experiences from around the globe—Africa, Australia, Europe, North and South America—, which reflects the authors’ diverse interpretative stances. While some of the approaches deal with mnemonics, new digital technologies and statistical analysis, others examine performances, sensory engagement, language, and political disputes, giving the reader a comprehensive view of the myriad connections between memory studies and rock art. Indigenous interlocutors participate as collaborators and authors, creating space for Indigenous narratives of memory. These narratives merge with Western versions of past and recent memories in order to construct jointly novel inter-epistemic understandings of images made on rock. Each chapter demonstrates the commitment of rock art studies to strengthen and enrich the field by exploring how communities and cultures across time have perceived and entangled rock images with a broad range of material culture, nonhumans, people, emotions, performances, sounds and narratives. Such relations are pivotal to understanding the universe behind the intersections of memory and rock art and to generating future interdisciplinary collaborative studies.

Relating to Rock Art in the Contemporary World

Author : Liam M. Brady
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1607324989
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Relating to Rock Art in the Contemporary World written by Liam M. Brady and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock art has long been considered an archaeological artifact reflecting activities from the past, yet it is also a phenomenon with present-day meaning and relevance to both indigenous and non-indigenous communities. Relating to Rock Art in the Contemporary World challenges traditional ways of thinking about this highly recognizable form of visual heritage and provides insight into its contemporary significance. One of the most visually striking forms of material culture embedded in landscapes, rock art is ascribed different meanings by diverse groups of people including indigenous peoples, governments, tourism offices, and the general public, all of whom relate to images and sites in unique ways. In this volume, leading scholars from around the globe shift the discourse from a primarily archaeological basis to one that examines the myriad ways that symbolism, meaning, and significance in rock art are being renegotiated in various geographical and cultural settings, from Australia to the British Isles. They also consider how people manage the complex meanings, emotions, and cultural and political practices tied to rock art sites and how these factors impact processes relating to identity construction and reaffirmation today. Richly illustrated and geographically diverse, Relating to Rock Art in the Contemporary World connects archaeology, anthropology, and heritage studies. The book will appeal to students and scholars of archaeology, anthropology, heritage, heritage management, identity studies, art history, indigenous studies, and visual theory, as well as professionals and amateurs who have vested or avocational interests in rock art. Contributors: Agustín Acevedo, Manuel Bea, Jutinach Bowonsachoti, Gemma Boyle, John J. Bradley, Noelene Cole, Inés Domingo, Kurt E. Dongoske, Davida Eisenberg-Degen, Dánae Fiore, Ursula K. Frederick, Kelley Hays-Gilpin, Catherine Namono, George H. Nash, John Norder, Marianna Ocampo, Joshua Schmidt, Duangpond Singhaseni, Benjamin W. Smith, Atthasit Sukkham, Noel Hidalgo Tan, Watinee Tanompolkrang, Luke Taylor, Dagmara Zawadzka

Hovenweep Rock Art

Author : Nancy H. Olsen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hovenweep Rock Art written by Nancy H. Olsen and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Prehistoric rock art in Scandinavia

Author : Courtney Nimura
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1785701223
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book Prehistoric rock art in Scandinavia written by Courtney Nimura and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scandinavia is home to prolific and varied rock art images among which the ship motif is prominent. Because of this, the rock art of Scandinavia has often been interpreted in terms of social ritual, cosmology, and religion associated with the maritime sphere. This comprehensive review is based on the creation of a Scandinavia-wide GIS database for prehistoric rock art and reexamines theoretical approaches and interpretations, in particular with regard to the significance of the ship and its relationship to a maritime landscape Discussion focuses on material agency as a means to understanding the role of rock art within society. Two main theories are developed. The first is that the sea was fundamental to the purpose and meaning of rock art, especially in the Bronze Age and, therefore, that sea-level/shoreline changes would have inspired a renegotiation of the relationship between the rock art sites and their intended purpose. The fundamental question posed is: would such changes to the landscape have affected the purpose and meaning of rock art for the communities that made and used these sites? Various theories from within and outside of archaeology are drawn on to examine environmental change and analyze the rock art, led to second theory: that the purpose of rock art might have been altered to have an effect on the disappearing sea. The general theory that rock art would have been affected by environmental change was discussed in tandem with existing interpretations of the meaning and purpose of rock art. Imbuing rock art with agency means that it could be intertwined in an active web of relations involving maritime landscapes, shoreline displacement and communities. Though created in stone and fixed in time and place, rock art images have propagated belief systems that would have changed over time as they were re-carved, abandoned and used by different groups of inhabitants. In the thousands of years rock art was created, it is likely that shoreline displacement would have inspired a renegotiation of the purpose and meaning of the imagery situated alongside the Scandinavian seas. This journey through a prehistoric Scandinavian landscape will lead us into a world of ancient beliefs and traditions revolving around this extraordinary art form.

The Rock-Art of Eastern North America

Author : Carol Diaz-Granados
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817350969
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book The Rock-Art of Eastern North America written by Carol Diaz-Granados and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2004-11-28 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcases the wealth of new research on sacred imagery found in twelve states and four Canadian provinces In archaeology, rock-art—any long-lasting marking made on a natural surface—is similar to material culture (pottery and tools) because it provides a record of human activity and ideology at that site. Petroglyphs, pictographs, and dendroglyphs (tree carvings) have been discovered and recorded throughout the eastern woodlands of North America on boulders, bluffs, and trees, in caves and in rock shelters. These cultural remnants scattered on the landscape can tell us much about the belief systems of the inhabitants that left them behind. The Rock-Art of Eastern North America brings together 20 papers from recent research at sites in eastern North America, where humidity and the actions of weather, including acid rain, can be very damaging over time. Contributors to this volume range from professional archaeologists and art historians to avocational archaeologists, including a surgeon, a lawyer, two photographers, and an aerospace engineer. They present information, drawings, and photographs of sites ranging from the Seven Sacred Stones in Iowa to the Bald Friar Petroglyphs of Maryland and from the Lincoln Rise Site in Tennessee to the Nisula Site in Quebec. Discussions of the significance of artist gender, the relationship of rock-art to mortuary caves, and the suggestive link to the peopling of the continent are particularly notable contributions. Discussions include the history, ethnography, recording methods, dating, and analysis of the subject sites and integrate these with the known archaeological data.