Rock Art of the Spanish Levant

Rock Art of the Spanish Levant

Author: Antonio Beltrán Martínez

Publisher: CUP Archive

Published: 1982-07-08

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780521245685

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Studie over prehistorische rotsschilderingen in het Oosten van Spanje.


El Problema "Levantino"

El Problema

Author: José Julio García Arranz

Publisher: Archaeolingua

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789639911314

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This volume gathers many of the world's leading experts to reassess the enigmatic assemblage of Spanish Levantine rock art. Issues addressed include the controversial matter of chronology, how the rock art may have been integrated into the landscape, and questions relating to the type of panel or application techniques used. Parallel English and Spanish text.


Making Scenes

Making Scenes

Author: Iain Davidson

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2021-04-13

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1789209218

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Dating back to at least 50,000 years ago, rock art is one of the oldest forms of human symbolic expression. Geographically, it spans all the continents on Earth. Scenes are common in some rock art, and recent work suggests that there are some hints of expression that looks like some of the conventions of western scenic art. In this unique volume examining the nature of scenes in rock art, researchers examine what defines a scene, what are the necessary elements of a scene, and what can the evolutionary history tell us about storytelling, sequential memory, and cognitive evolution among ancient and living cultures?


The Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula

The Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula

Author: Katina T. Lillios

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-12-05

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1107113342

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One of the only guides to the prehistoric archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula that engages with key anthropological and archaeological debates.


ARCHAEOLOGIES OF ART

ARCHAEOLOGIES OF ART

Author: Inés Domingo Sanz

Publisher: Left Coast Press

Published: 2009-10

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1598742655

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Draws together key research that examines visual arts of the past and contemporary indigenous societies. Reflects the diversity of approaches used by archaeologists to incorporate visual arts into their analysis of past cultures. Sanz and May from Flinders University South Australia.


Weapons and Tools in Rock Art

Weapons and Tools in Rock Art

Author: Ana M. S. Bettencourt

Publisher: Oxbow Books

Published: 2021-03-31

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1789254930

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Weapons and tools are frequently found depicted in rock art in many parts of the globe and different periods and in varying social contexts. This collection of papers by leading rock art specialists examines the subjective and metaphorical value of weapons and tools in art, the actions that created them, and their contexts. It also takes into account that such representations incorporate and transmit some kind of understanding about the world and the relationship between objects and humans. Contributors analyse objects and weapons as status symbols, as evidences of cultural contacts, as ideological devices, etc. Divided into regional sections which, for once, do not focus on Scandinavia, chapters deal with the representations of weapons and certain kinds of tools (such as axes and sickles) in different prehistoric, protohistoric and traditional community contexts all over the world. Attention focuses on rock art, but also looks at stelae and statue-menhirs, as well as other kinds of ‘container’ or vehicle for this kind of depiction. The major concern is to discuss the possible meanings of these embodied signs in different areas and periods, since meanings are permeable both to time and space. Papers either centre their attention in broader approaches based on a specific area, region or people, or focus on particular case studies.


The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art

The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art

Author: Bruno David

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 1185

ISBN-13: 0190607351

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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 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.