The Oxford handbook of the archaeology and anthropology of rock art

The Oxford handbook of the archaeology and anthropology of rock art / [edited by] Bruno David and Ian J. McNiven.

Rock art is one of the most visible and geographically widespread of cultural expressions, and it spans much of the period of our species' existence. Rock art also provides rare and often unique insights into the minds and visually creative capacities of our ancestors and how selected rock outc...

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Other Authors: David, Bruno, 1962-, McNiven, Ian J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Series:Oxford handbooks.
Subjects:
Rock paintings.
Petroglyphs.
Art, Prehistoric.
Art, Prehistoric
Petroglyphs
Rock paintings
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Online Supplementary Material
  • Plates
  • 1. Introduction: Towards an Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art
  • Part I Geographical and Historical Perspectives
  • 2. Interpretative Frameworks and the Study of the Rock Arts
  • 3. North European Rock Art: A Long-​Term Perspective
  • 4. The Rock Art of Sub-​Scandinavian Europe
  • 5. The Archaeology of Rock Art in Northern Africa
  • 6 The Rock Art of Sub-​Saharan Africa
  • 7. Rock Art of Northern, Central, and Western Asia
  • 8. The Rock Art of South and East Asia
  • 9. Australia's Rock Art Heritage: A Thematic Approach to Assessing Scientific Value
  • 10. Rock Art of the Pacific: Context and Intertextuality
  • 11. Rock Art of North America
  • 12. Rock Art in Central and South America: Social Settings and Regional Diversity
  • Part II Conceptual Approaches to Rock Art: Investigating Meaning
  • 13. Tracing Symbolic Behaviour Across the Southern Arc
  • 14. Signalling Theory and Durable Symbolic Expression
  • 15. The Psychology of Graphic Perception
  • 16. European Palaeolithic Rock Art and Spatial Structures
  • 17. Art and Environment: How Can Rock Art Inform on Past Environments?
  • 18. Images of Animals in Rock Art: Not Just 'Good to Think'
  • 19. Plants Before Animals? Aboriginal Rock Art as Evidence of Ecoscaping in Australia's Kimberley
  • 20. Enigmatic Images from Remote Prehistory': Rock Art and Ontology from a European Perspective
  • 21. Rock Art, Music, and Acoustics: A Global Overview
  • 22. The Production of Ethnographic Records and Their Use in Rock Art Research
  • 23. Rock Art and Ethnography in Australia
  • 24. Rock Arts, Shamans, and Grand Theories
  • 25. A New Framework for Interpreting Contact Rock Art: Reassessing the Rock Art at Nackara Springs, South Australia
  • 26. Creolization in the Investigation of Rock Art of the Colonial Era
  • 27. Out of Time and Place: Graffiti and Rock Art Research
  • 28. Memory, Materiality, and Place in Ojibway Rock Art Performances
  • 29. Rock Art as Cultural Expressions of Social Relationships and Kinship
  • 30. Bodies Revealed: X-​Ray Art in Western Arnhem Land
  • 31. Rock Art and Aesthetics
  • Part III Methods: Marks in Time and Place
  • 32. The Science of Rock Art Research
  • 33. Recording Rock Art: Strategies, Challenges, and Embracing the Digital Revolution
  • 34. GIS in Rock Art Studies
  • 35. 3-​D Modelling in Rock Art Research: Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Photogrammetry, and the Time Factor
  • 36. Archaeomorphological Mapping: Rock Art and the Architecture of Place
  • 37. Taphonomy on the Surface of the Rock Wall: Rock-​Paint-​Atmosphere Interactions
  • 38. Characterizing Rock Art Pigments
  • 39. The Use of Harris Matrices in Rock Art Research
  • 40. Radiocarbon Dating in Rock Art Research

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