A Companion to Rock Art / Blackwell Companions to Anthropology (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
This unique guide provides an artistic and archaeological journey
deep into human history, exploring the petroglyphic and
pictographic forms of rock art produced by the earliest humans to
contemporary peoples around the world.
* Summarizes the...
deep into human history, exploring the petroglyphic and
pictographic forms of rock art produced by the earliest humans to
contemporary peoples around the world.
* Summarizes the...
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This unique guide provides an artistic and archaeological journey
deep into human history, exploring the petroglyphic and
pictographic forms of rock art produced by the earliest humans to
contemporary peoples around the world.
* Summarizes the diversity of views on ancient rock art from
leading international scholars
* Includes new discoveries and research, illustrated with over
160 images (including 30 color plates) from major rock art sites
around the world
* Examines key work of noted authorities (e.g. Lewis-Williams,
Conkey, Whitley and Clottes), and outlines new directions for rock
art research
* Is broadly international in scope, identifying rock art from
North and South America, Australia, the Pacific, Africa, India,
Siberia and Europe
* Represents new approaches in the archaeological study of rock
art, exploring issues that include gender, shamanism, landscape,
identity, indigeneity, heritage and tourism, as well as
technological and methodological advances in rock art analyses
deep into human history, exploring the petroglyphic and
pictographic forms of rock art produced by the earliest humans to
contemporary peoples around the world.
* Summarizes the diversity of views on ancient rock art from
leading international scholars
* Includes new discoveries and research, illustrated with over
160 images (including 30 color plates) from major rock art sites
around the world
* Examines key work of noted authorities (e.g. Lewis-Williams,
Conkey, Whitley and Clottes), and outlines new directions for rock
art research
* Is broadly international in scope, identifying rock art from
North and South America, Australia, the Pacific, Africa, India,
Siberia and Europe
* Represents new approaches in the archaeological study of rock
art, exploring issues that include gender, shamanism, landscape,
identity, indigeneity, heritage and tourism, as well as
technological and methodological advances in rock art analyses
Autoren-Porträt
Jo McDonald's career has combined cultural heritagemanagement and rock art research. She is currently Chair and
Director of the Centre for Rock Art Research and Management at the
University of Western Australia. Her major research focus, funded
by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship, is comparing
rock art of the Australian and North American arid zones. She is
past-President of the Australian Archaeological Association and of
the Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc.
Peter Veth's career has focused on the archaeology
of Australia and Island Southeast Asia; and on global desert
peoples and art in archaeological context. Peter is currently Chair
in Archaeology at the University of Western Australia, an Adjunct
Chair at the Australian National University, and Fellow of the
Australian Academy of the Humanities. Beginning with Islands in
the Interior, he has published twelve volumes on the
archaeology, art, early contact history, and native title of
Australia and Island Southeast Asia. Peter has coauthored Plans of
Management, National Heritage Listing reports and Outstanding
Universal Values reports for art provinces in Australia.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2012, 1. Auflage, 736 Seiten, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Jo McDonald, Peter Veth
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 1118253922
- ISBN-13: 9781118253922
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.06.2012
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