The Figured Landscapes of Rock-Art Looking at Pictures in Place |
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| Editor:
| Chippindale, Christopher
Nash, George |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-52424-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2004 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $56.99 |
Book Description:
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A companion to The Archaeology of rock-Art (CUP 1998), this new collection addresses the most important component around the rock-art panel--its landscape. These are pictures mad in place, and visible to us today always in the very places they were put. It draws together the work of many well-known scholars from key regions of the world for rock-art and for rock-art research. The book provide a unique, broad and varied insight into the arrangement, location, and structure of rock-art...
More DescriptionA companion to The Archaeology of rock-Art (CUP 1998), this new collection addresses the most important component around the rock-art panel--its landscape. These are pictures mad in place, and visible to us today always in the very places they were put. It draws together the work of many well-known scholars from key regions of the world for rock-art and for rock-art research. The book provide a unique, broad and varied insight into the arrangement, location, and structure of rock-art and its place within the landscapes of ancient words as ancient people experienced them. As befits a book about images, the illustrations are exceptionally numerous and informative.