Narratives and journeys in rock art

Narratives and journeys in rock art: a reader

by Mazel, Aron D. Nash, George

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  • Full title :Narratives and journeys in rock art : a reader / edited by George Nash and Aron Mazel.

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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.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2018

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource : : illustrations (some colour)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781784915612, 1784915610
  • oclc:on1111942655
  • LC Classification:GN799.P4
  • Dewey Decimal:709.0113

Table of Contents

1. Seeing and Construing: The Making and 'Meaning' of a Southern African Rock Art Motif -- by J.D. Lewis-Williams; 2. An Introduction to the Problems of Southern African Rock Art Regions: The Rock Art of Bongani Mountain Lodge and its Environs -- by Jamie Hampson, William Challis, Geoffrey Blundell and Conraad De Rosner; 3. Fluvial erosion of inscriptions and petroglyphs at Siega Verde, Spain -- by Robert G. Bednarik; 4. The Location of Prehistoric Rock Art in North-East England: An Experimental Approach to Field Survey -- by Richard Bradley, Tess Durden and Nigel Spencer; 5. Beyond Art and Between the Caves: Thinking About Context in the Interpretive Process -- by Margaret W. Conkey; 6. Transculturation, Rock Art and Cross-Cultural Contact -- by Thomas Heyd; 7. The Cultural Context of Hunter-Gatherer Rock Art -- by Robert Layton; 8. Who Thought Rock Art Was About Archaeology? The Role of Prehistory in Algeria's Terror -- by Jeremy Keenan; 9. The power of a place in understanding southern San rock engravings -- by Janette Deacon; 10. Acoustic elements of (pre)historic rock art landscapes at the Fourth Nile Cataract -- by Cornelia Kleinitz; 11. Unsettled times: shaded polychromes a…

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Subjects

Pétroglyphes Petroglyphs Rock paintings

Writers

Mazel, Aron D. Nash, George

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