The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art
outcrops with distinctive images were used to construct symbolic landscapes and shape worldviews. Equally important, rock art is often central to the expression of and engagement with spiritual entities and forces, and in all these dimensions it signals the diversity of cultural practices, across
place and through time. Over the past 150 years, archaeologists have studied ancient arts on rock surfaces, both out in the open and within caves and rock shelters, and social anthropologists have revealed how people today use art in their daily lives. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and
Anthropology of Rock Art showcases examples of such research from around the world and across a broad range of cultural contexts, giving a sense of the art's regional variability, its antiquity, and how it is meaningful to people in the recent past and today - including how we have ourselves tended
to make sense of the art of others, replete with our own preconceptions. It reviews past, present, and emerging theoretical approaches to rock art investigation and presents new, cutting-edge methods of rock art analysis for the student and professional researcher alike.
Publisher Name | Oxford University Press USA |
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Author Name | Hagendorf, Col |
Format | Audio |
Bisac Subject Major | ART |
Language | NG |
Isbn 10 | 0190607351 |
Isbn 13 | 9780190607357 |
Target Age Group | min:NA, max:NA |
Dimensions | 00.99" H x 00.07" L x 10.00" W |
Page Count | 1152 |
Bruno David is Chief Investigator in the Australian Research Council Centre and the Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, and Associate Professor in the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He specializes in the archaeology of Indigenous
Australia and Papua New Guinea, rock art, and oral traditions. Ian J. McNiven is Professor of Indigenous Archaeology in the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He specializes in coastal societies and seascapes and ritual and
spiritual relationships with the sea. He is a member of the Australian Academy of Humanities.