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Author | : George Nash |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 457 |
Release | : 2023-10-30 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1000955338 |
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The Prehistoric Rock Art of Portugal presents significant interpretive perspectives in Portuguese rock art research and offers an excellent representation of core rock art areas, along with current thinking and interpretations. The various chapters deliver a personal approach to the many issues, themes and approaches that are embedded within the rock art of the outpost of western Atlantic Europe. Ethnographical perspectives have often dominated the study of rock art but unlike other well-studied regions, the western Iberian Peninsula is absent of an ethnographical or ethno-historical past and therefore the production of rock art can only be archaeologically assessed. Thus, the work promotes interpretive perspectives on Portuguese rock art, illustrating the richness, chronology and context of these unique artistic expressions and explores the variability of rock art imagery and the diversity of landscapes and social contexts in which it was produced. Although focusing on Portuguese rock art the book includes a number of universal themes that will appeal to a broad range of scholars researching in archaeology and anthropology, history of art, as well as professionals engaged in rock art heritage and conservation.
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 | : Paul G. Bahn (archaeologist) |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2010-06-21 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0521192781 |
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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.
Author | : Aron Mazel |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2007-12-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1784916021 |
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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 | : 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.
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Author | : António Faustino de Carvalho |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Côa River Valley (Portugal) |
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Author | : Carole Charette |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2021-02-04 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1789696909 |
Download Indigenous Heritage and Rock Art Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Prof. Daniel Arsenault, a leading exponent of Canadian Shield rock art, sadly passed away in 2016. This book contains 14 thought-provoking chapters dealing with Daniel’s first love—the archaeology of artistic endeavour. It provides the reader with new ideas about the interpretation and dating of rock art, ethnography, heritage and material culture.
Author | : Primitiva Bueno-Ramírez |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2015-11-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1784912239 |
Download Prehistoric Art as Prehistoric Culture Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The diverse papers in this volume, published in honour of Professor de Balbin, cover a wide variety of the decorated caves which traditionally defined Palaeolithic art, as well as the open-air art of the period, a subject in which he has done pioneering work at Siega Verde and elsewhere.
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.