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Author | : Aron Mazel |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2022-08-28 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 180327252X |
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This lavishly illustrated volume presents a state of the art survey of the ancient rock art of Britain and Ireland. Bringing together new discoveries and new interpretations, it enhances our understanding and further establishes ancient British and Irish rock art as a significant archaeological assemblage worthy of attention and additional study.
Author | : Aron Mazel |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2007-12-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1784916021 |
Download Art as Metaphor Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Enigmatic, esoteric and fascinating, the rock-art of the British Isles has for a long time been a well-kept secret. This volume brings together a carefully selected collection of papers reporting on recent discoveries and regional surveys covering British prehistoric rock-art from over 10,000 years ago.
Author | : Mr Richard Bradley |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2002-11-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1134708920 |
Download Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Along the Atlantic seaboard, from Scotland to Spain, are numerous rock carvings made four to five thousand years ago, whose interpretation poses a major challenge to the archaeologist. In the first full-length treatment of the subject, based largely on new fieldwork, Richard Bradley argues that these carvings should be interpreted as a series of symbolic messages that are shared between monuments, artefacts and natural places in the landscape. He discusses the cultural setting of the rock carvings and the ways in which they can be interpreted in relation to ancient land use, the creation of ritual monuments and the burial of the dead. Integrating this fascinating yet little-known material into the mainstream of prehistoric studies, Richard Bradley demonstrates that these carvings played a fundamental role in the organization of the prehistoric landscape.
Author | : Richard Bradley |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2020-10-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1108887872 |
Download A Comparative Study of Rock Art in Later Prehistoric Europe Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Element summarises the state of knowledge about four styles of prehistoric rock art in Europe current between the late Mesolithic period and the Iron Age. They are the Levantine, Macroschematic and Schematic traditions in the Iberian Peninsula; the Atlantic style that extended between Portugal, Spain, Britain and Ireland; Alpine rock art; and the pecked and painted images found in Fennoscandia. They are interpreted in relation to the landscapes in which they were made. Their production is related to monument building, the decoration of portable objects, trade and long distance travel, burial rites, and warfare. A final discussion considers possible connections between these separate traditions and the changing subject matter of rock art in relation to wider developments in European prehistoric societies.
Author | : Paul Frodsham |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2022-09-22 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1803273178 |
Download Abstractions Based on Circles: Papers on prehistoric rock art presented to Stan Beckensall on his 90th birthday Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Stan Beckensall is renowned for his work, done on an entirely amateur basis, discovering, recording and interpreting Atlantic rock art in his home county of Northumberland and beyond. Presented on his 90th birthday, this diverse and stimulating collection of papers celebrates his crucial contribution to rock art studies, and looks to the future.
Author | : Stan Beckensall |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2009-10-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1445619962 |
Download Prehistoric Rock Art in Britain Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this latest book the prolific Stan Beckensall returns to his principal specialism, Britains prehistoric rock art.
Author | : Brian A. Smith |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2011-04-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1445623986 |
Download Rock Art & Ritual Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
'A stimulating book, which is more ambitious in its interpretations than many recent rock art publications.' Antiquity magazine, praise for Volume One.
Author | : Tertia Barnett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Petroglyphs |
ISBN | : 9781782972419 |
Download Carving a Future for British Rock Art Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Andrew Cochrane |
Publisher | : Neolithic Studies Group Semina |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781842174777 |
Download Visualising the Neolithic Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Prehistoric imagery is enigmatic and has been largely overlooked by archaeologists; it is only in the last two decades that it has garnered serious academic attention. This volume addresses this lacuna and discusses visual expression across Neolithic Europe. The papers in this volume result from a meeting of the Neolithic Studies Group on the topic of 'Neolithic visual culture' at the British Museum in November 2010. The intention of the meeting was to assess new studies of rock art from across Britain and Ireland, and to compare these with studies of Neolithic visuality from continental Europe. Here, the scope of the original meeting is widened, and includes further papers to provide a broader context and more coherent analysis of prehistoric expressionism. The volume is organised so that the rock art and passage tomb art traditions of the Neolithic in Britain and Ireland are compared for the first time to the rock art traditions of Northern and Southern Europe, with the mortuary costumes and figurines of South-eastern Europe.
Author | : Paul G. Bahn (archaeologist) |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2010-06-21 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0521192781 |
Download Prehistoric Rock Art Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.