Introduction to Rock Art Research

Release on 2016-09-16 | by David S Whitley

This is not a presentation of new research conclusions, after all, but a road map
to conducting rock art research. As the book turned out, however, there were only
two consequential repeats, and even these were modified in various ways.

Introduction to Rock Art Research
  • Author: David S Whitley
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 9781315425993
  • Category: Social Science
  • Page: 256
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Introduction to Rock Art Research

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.

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Introduction to Rock Art Research
Language: en
Pages: 256

Introduction to Rock Art Research

Authors: David S Whitley
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-16 - Publisher: Routledge

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
Introduction to Rock Art Research
Language: en
Pages: 215

Introduction to Rock Art Research

Authors: David S. Whitley
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher:

Includes information on Africa, California, ethnography, geometric motifs, neuropsychology, origins of art, paleolithic art, religion, ritual, shamanism, symbolism, totemic rock art, trance, vandalism, weathering, etc.
Handbook of Rock Art Research
Language: en
Pages: 863

Handbook of Rock Art Research

Authors: David S. Whitley
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

While there has always been a large public interest in ancient pictures painted or carved on stone, the archaeological study of rock art is in its infancy. But intensive amounts of research has revolutionized this field in the past decade. New methods of dating and analysis help to pinpoint the
A Companion to Rock Art
Language: en
Pages: 736

A Companion to Rock Art

Authors: Jo McDonald, Peter Veth
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-22 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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
The South African Archaeological Bulletin
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The South African Archaeological Bulletin

Authors: Jo McDonald, Peter Veth
Categories: Africa, Southern
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher:

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