A Comparative Study of Rock Art in Later Prehistoric Europe
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- 21st century
- Language: English
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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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Megaliths, stone circles, and archaeoastronomy and Rock art, geoglyphs, and ancient symbols.
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- “megalith”· in subject
Controlled discovery queries from gegnir and openalex matched “Petroglyphs” and “rock art”. Retained metadata contains “Rock art” in the title, “Rock art” in the description, “Petroglyphs” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
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- “rock art”· via OpenAlex
- “Rock art”· in title
- “Rock art”· in description
- “Petroglyphs”· in subject
- “Rock art”· in subject
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
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OpenAlex scholarly book record 1 rafrænt gagn (84 bls.); Cambridge elements. Elements in the archaeology of Europe, 2632-7058; Dewey classification: 709.0113094; digital, PDF file(s); Publication place: Cambridge; Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Sep 2020) | 2020-09-23 | Cambridge University Press; Cambridge University Press eBooks | English |
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Subjects
- History
- Social Sciences
- Arts and Humanities
- Antiquities
- Archeology
- Archaeology
- Physical Sciences
- Anthropology
- Petroglyphs
- Geography
- Europe
- Rock paintings
- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Paleontology
- Rock art
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Megalith
- Prehistory
- Evrópa
- Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Relation (database)
- Style (visual arts)
- Landscape assessment
- Graffiti
- Peninsula
- Prestige
- Mesolithic
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- Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue991012075439706886 (opens in a new tab)
- Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue991014407716806886 (opens in a new tab)
- OpenAlexprimaryW3088560293 (opens in a new tab)
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