Prehistoric Rock Art
by Paul G. Bahn
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- 21st century
- Language: English
Paul G. Bahn provides a richly illustrated overview of prehistoric rock art and cave art from around the world. Summarizing the recent advances in our understanding of this extraordinary visual record, he discusses new discoveries, new approaches to recording and interpretation, and current problems in conservation. Bahn focuses in particular on current issues in the interpretation of rock art, notably the 'shamanic' interpretation that has been influential in recent years and that he refutes. This book is based on the Rhind Lectures that the author delivered for the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 2006.
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Rock art, geoglyphs, and ancient symbols.
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
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OpenAlex scholarly book record | 2010-06-21 | Cambridge University Press; Cambridge University Press eBooks | English | — | Unknown |
Subjects
- History
- Social Sciences
- Philosophy
- Art
- Archeology
- Archaeology
- Physical Sciences
- Anthropology
- Art history
- Computer Science
- Linguistics
- Rock art
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Prehistory
- Interpretation (philosophy)
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
- Cave
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