Introduction to Rock Art Research
- First published:
- 21st century
- Language: English
First published in 2005, this brief introduction to methods of studying rock art has become the standard text for courses on this topic. It was also selected as a Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book in 2005. Internationally-known rock art researcher David Whitley takes the reader through the various processes needed to document, interpret, and preserve this fragile category of artifact. Using examples from around the globe, he offers a comprehensive guide to rock art studies of value to archaeologists and art historians, their students, and rock art aficionados. The second edition of this classic work has additional material on mapping sites, ethnographic analogy, neuropsychological models, and Native American consultation.
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Rock art, geoglyphs, and ancient symbols.
Controlled discovery queries from bnf, crossref, openalex, and openlibrary matched “art rupestre”, “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).
- “art rupestre”· via Bibliothèque nationale de France
- “rock art”· via Crossref
- “rock art”· via OpenAlex
- “Petroglyphs”· via Open Library
- “Rock art”· in title
- “Rock art”· in description
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Editions
2 editions cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crossref publisher-supplied book record | 2016-09-16 | Routledge | English |
| Unknown | |
BnF national bibliography record | September 30, 2005 | Left Coast Press; Left Coast press | English |
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Subjects
- History
- Social Sciences
- Art
- Archaeology
- Physical Sciences
- Anthropology
- Petroglyphs
- Computer Science
- Research
- Rock paintings
- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Paleontology
- Rock art
- Geology
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Art pariétal
- Handbooks, manuals
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
- Methodology
- Archeologie
- Méthodologie
Identifiers & provenance
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Identifiers
- ISBN-13
- Open Library work
- Internet Archive
- BnF
- ark:/12148/cb40118463s
- OpenAlex
Cataloged from
- Bibliothèque nationale de Franceark:/12148/cb40118463s (opens in a new tab)
- Crossref10.4324/9781315426013 (opens in a new tab)
- OpenAlexW4300920291 (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL3280146W (opens in a new tab)
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Cataloging notes
- Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL3280146W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
- Retrieved