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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 Prehistoric Rock Paintings & Engravings ... by : South Africa. Archaeological survey
Download or read book Prehistoric Rock Paintings & Engravings ... written by South Africa. Archaeological survey and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Rock Paintings and Engravings of Zambia by : D. W. Phillipson
Download or read book Prehistoric Rock Paintings and Engravings of Zambia written by D. W. Phillipson and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book African Rock Art written by David Coulson and published by Harry N Abrams B.V.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains more than two hundred photographs of Africa's rock art, coupled with historical and interpretive analyses, compiled to raise public awareness of the variety, importance, and frailty of these works.
Book Synopsis Anthropomorphic Images in Rock Art Paintings and Rock Carvings by : Terence Meaden
Download or read book Anthropomorphic Images in Rock Art Paintings and Rock Carvings written by Terence Meaden and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In rock art, humanlike images appear widely throughout the ages. The artworks discussed in this book range from paintings, engravings or scratchings on cave walls and rock shelters, images pecked into rocky surfaces or upon standing stones, and major sacred sites, in which exists the possibility of recovering the meanings intended by the artists.
Book Synopsis Rock-art of India by : Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty
Download or read book Rock-art of India written by Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Prehistoric Rock Art of Morocco by : Susan Searight
Download or read book The Prehistoric Rock Art of Morocco written by Susan Searight and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2004 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study analyses almost 300 known prehistoric rock art sites dating from c.2500 BC set within their environmental context. Susan Searight discusses the themes and motifs represented, comprising anthropomorphs, human hands and feet, weapons, agricultural tools, chariots and geometric forms, and their distribution.
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Rock Art by : Marinella Terzi
Download or read book Prehistoric Rock Art written by Marinella Terzi and published by Childrens Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the subject matter, techniques, and cultural significance of the paintings and engravings made on rocks, both inside caves and in the open air, by primitive people around the world.
Book Synopsis The Figured Landscapes of Rock-Art by : George Nash
Download or read book The Figured Landscapes of Rock-Art written by George Nash and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion to The Archaeology of Rock-Art (Cambridge 1998), this new collection edited by Christopher Chippindale and George Nash addresses the most important component around the rock-art panel - its landscape. The Figured Landscapes of Rock-Art draws together the work of many well-known scholars from key regions of the world for rock-art and for rock-art research. It provides a unique, broad and varied insight into the arrangement, location, and structure of rock-art and its place within the landscapes of ancient worlds as ancient people experienced them. Packed with illustrations, as befits a book about images, The Figured Landscapes of Rock-Art offers a visual as well as a literary key to the understanding of this most lovely and alluring of archaeological traces.
Book Synopsis Discovering North American Rock Art by : Lawrence L. Loendorf
Download or read book Discovering North American Rock Art written by Lawrence L. Loendorf and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the high plains of Canada to caves in the southeastern United States, images etched into and painted on stone by ancient Native Americans have aroused in observers the desire to understand their origins and meanings. Rock paintings and engravings can be found in nearly every state and province, and each region has its own distinctive story of discovery and evolving investigation of the rock art record. Rock art in the twenty-first century enjoys a large and growing popularity fueled by scholarly research and public interest alike. This book explores the history of rock art research in North America and is the only volume in the past twenty-five years to provide coverage of the subject on a continental scale. Written by contributors active in rock art research, it examines sites that provide a cross-section of regions and topics and complements existing books on rock art by offering new information, insights, and approaches to research. The first part of the volume explores different regional approaches to the study of rock art, including a set of varied responses to a single site as well as an overview of broader regional research investigations. It tells how Writing-on-Stone in southern Alberta, Canada, reflects changing thought about rock art from the 1870s to today; it describes the role of avocational archaeologists in the Mississippi Valley, where rock art styles differ on each side of the river; it explores discoveries in southwestern mountains and southeastern caves; and it integrates the investigation of cupules along GeorgiaÕs Yellow River into a full study of a site and its context. The book also compares the differences between rock art research in the United States and France: from the outset, rock art was of only marginal interest to most U.S. archaeologists, while French prehistorians considered cave art an integral part of archaeological research. The bookÕs second part is concerned with working with the images today and includes coverage of gender interests, government sponsorship, the role of amateurs in research, and chronometric studies. Much has changed in our understanding of rock art since Cotton Mather first wrote in 1714 of a strange inscription on a Massachusetts boulder, and the cutting-edge contributions in this volume tell us much about both the ancient place of these enduring images and their modern meanings. Discovering North American Rock Art distills todayÕs most authoritative knowledge of the field and is an essential volume for both specialists and hobbyists.
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Rock Art by : Paul G. Bahn
Download or read book Prehistoric Rock Art written by Paul G. Bahn and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 222 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"--
Download or read book World Rock Art written by Jean Clottes and published by Conservation & Cultural Herita. This book was released on 2002 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many people the term rock art is full of mystery. Yet it refers to wh`t may be the oldest form of human artistic endeavor. Depictions and symbols on rock surfaces exist on all continents and from all eras. Dating back perhaps more than forty thousand years, rock paintings and engravings can be found from the Arctic Circle to the tip of South America, from the caves of southern France to the des$rts of the American Southwest. Ranging from simple etchings on isolated stones to elaborate scenes in celebrated prehistoric caves, from splendid animal and human figures to sexual, religious, and geometrical forms, millions of images throughout the world testify to the worldviews of traditional peoples, many of them long vanished. World Rock Art discusses the discovery of rock art by the West, profiles important sites, explains how the art was made, and considers how it can be dated. It then explores the meanings of these often enigmatic images and discusses their significance today. A final chapter reviews initiatives underway to preserve this remarkable heritage. Book jacket.
Author :Lawrence L. Loendorf Publisher :Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press ISBN 13 :1950446085 Total Pages :146 pages Book Rating :4.9/5 (54 download)
Book Synopsis New Light on Old Art by : Lawrence L. Loendorf
Download or read book New Light on Old Art written by Lawrence L. Loendorf and published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. This book was released on 1994-12-31 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Rock Pictures in Europe and Africa by : Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Download or read book Prehistoric Rock Pictures in Europe and Africa written by Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Arno Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Explorations of Variability in Australian Prehistoric Rock Engravings by : Natalie R. Franklin
Download or read book Explorations of Variability in Australian Prehistoric Rock Engravings written by Natalie R. Franklin and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out to increase the archaeological usefulness of rock art by exploring the degree of spatial variation within a particular corpus of Australian prehistoric rock engravings labelled the "Panaramitee style". Spatial variation within the Panaramitee is explored using correspondence analysis and cluster analysis of motif proportions between sites, coefficients of diversity and presence/absence of motifs. A master typology was established, and counts of motifs were made at sites across the continent. It was found that there was both inter- and intra-regional variation in terms of differing emphases on motifs within an overall restricted range across the continent. The comparative homogeneity and widespread distribution of the Panaramitee corresponded with the possible function of the art to cement social networks between widely dispersed groups. The use of nonfigurative motifs in symbolic systems also helps to explain the persistence of an overall pattern of similarity over a prolonged period of time.
Book Synopsis Working with Rock Art by : Benjamin Smith
Download or read book Working with Rock Art written by Benjamin Smith and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cutting edge contributions that consider new approaches to the documentation of rock art; its interpretation using indigenous knowledge; and the presentation of rock art. This volume contains contributions that consider new approaches to three areas: the documentation of rock art; its interpretation using indigenous knowledge; and the presentation of rock art. Working with Rock Art is the first edited volume to consider each of these areas in a theoretical rather than a technical fashion, and it therefore makes a significant contribution to the discipline. The volume aims to promote the sharing of new experiences between leading researchers in the field. While the geographic focus is truly global, there is a dominant north-south axis with strong representation from researchers in southern Africa and northern Europe, two leading centres for new approaches in rock art research. Working with Rock Art opens up a long overdue dialogue about shared experiences between these two centres, and a number of the chapters are the first published results of new collaborative research. Since this volume covers the recording, interpretation and presentation of rock art, it will attract a wide audience of researchers, heritage managers and students, as well as anyone interested in the field of rock art studies.
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Rock Paintings and Engravings of Zambia by : David Walter Phillipson
Download or read book Prehistoric Rock Paintings and Engravings of Zambia written by David Walter Phillipson and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
