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A companion to rock art / edited by Jo McDonald and Peter Veth.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xxxiv, 680 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118253922
  • 1118253922
  • 9781118253908
  • 1118253906
  • 9781118253915
  • 1118253914
  • 9781118253892
  • 1118253892
  • 6613956759
  • 9786613956750
  • 1283644258
  • 9781283644259
  • 9781444334241
  • 1444334247
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Companion to rock art.DDC classification:
  • 709.01/13 23
LOC classification:
  • GN799.P4
Other classification:
  • SOC003000
Online resources: Summary: "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 "-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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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 "-- Provided by publisher.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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