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A Companion to Rock Art

by Peter Veth & Jo McDonald

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English

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This unique guide provides an artistic and archaeological journey deep into human history, exploring the petroglyphic and pictographic forms of rock art produced by the earliest humans to contemporary peoples around the world. Summarizes the diversity of views on ancient rock art from leading international scholars. Includes new discoveries and research, illustrated with over 160 images (including 30 color plates) from major rock art sites around the world. Examines key work of noted authorities (e.g. Lewis-Williams, Conkey, Whitley and Clottes), and outlines new directions for rock art research. Is broadly international in scope, identifying rock art from North and South America, Australia, the Pacific, Africa, India, Siberia and Europe. Represents new approaches in the archaeological study of rock art, exploring issues that include gender, shamanism, landscape, identity, indigeneity, heritage and tourism, as well as technological and methodological advances in rock art analyses

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Rock art, geoglyphs, and ancient symbols and Shamanism and spirit practice.

  • Shamanism and spirit practice

    Retained metadata contains “Shamanism” in the description.

    • “Shamanism”· in description
  • Rock art, geoglyphs, and ancient symbols

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “rock art”. Retained metadata contains “Rock art” in the title, “Rock art” in the description, “Rock art” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “rock art”· via OpenAlex
    • “Rock art”· in title
    • “Rock art”· in description
    • “Rock art”· in subject
    • “Rock art”· in edition title

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2012-07-23—English—Unknown

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