Rock Art
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UISPP 2006: Sessions C74, C81, C85, S02 and S07 [Paperback]
Marc Groenen (Author); Didier Martens (Author)
£37.00ISBN: 9781407306490
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
A collection of papers on rock art, taken from five sessions at the 15th uispp congress. Session themes: Methods of art history tested against prehistory; Spirals and circular forms: the most common rock art in the world?; European cave art; ... .... Learn More -
Pictures in Transformation [Paperback]
Luca Maria Olivieri (Author)
£27.00ISBN: 9781407307114
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
8 papers on the rock art of Central Asia and the Subcontinent, with a particular focus on the relatively underexplored west Himalayan region of Ladakh. Issues addressed include problems connected to interactions between local styles, cults and ... .... Learn More -
Desert RATS: Rock Art Topographical Survey in Egypt's Eastern Desert [Paperback]
Maggie Morrow (Author); Mike Morrow (Author); Tony Judd (Author); Geoff Phillipson (Author)
£46.00ISBN: 9781407307107
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
One of the biggest concentrations of Egypt's Prehistoric rock art is found to the east of the Nile, in the wadis (dry valleys) that dissect the hills and plains between the Wadi Hammamat to the north and the Wadi Barramiya to the south. In the ... .... Learn More -
Unearthed: A Comparative Study of Jomon Dogu and Neolithic Figurines [Paperback]
Andrew Cochrane (Author); Douglass Bailey (Author); Douglass W. Bailey (Author); Jean Zambelli (Author)
£19.95ISBN: 9780954592127
Published by : Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
This book accompanies the exhibition Unearthed at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia (22 June - 29 August 2010). The volume is intended not just as an exhibition catalogue but as a meditation on excavation a... .... Learn More -
Changing Pictures: Rock Art Traditions and Visions in the Northernmost Europe [Paperback]
Joakim Goldhahn (Editor); Ingrid Fuglestvedt (Editor); Andrew Meirion Jones (Editor)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £9.95
ISBN: 9781842174050
Published by : Oxbow Books
This volume derives from a workshop held at the University of Kalmar (now Linnaeus University), Sweden between the 20-24 of October 2008. The aim of this gathering was to provide a forum for rock art researchers from different parts of northern... .... Learn More -
Carving a Future for British Rock Art: New Directions for Research, Management and Presentation [Hardback]
Tertia Barnett (Editor); K. Sharpe (Editor)
Regular Price: £65.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9781842173640
Published by : Oxbow Books
Over the last few years, the ways in which we perceive and document rock art have shifted irreversibly. Prehistoric rock art played little part in the development of British and Irish archaeology and was not recognised until the 19th century, w... .... Learn More -
The Rock Art of Norway [Paperback]
Trond Lodoen (Author); Gro Mandt (Author)
Regular Price: £30.00
Special Price: £9.95
ISBN: 9781905119288
Published by : Windgather Press
For thousands of years people in all parts of the world have engraved images on rock panels and stones. Images are found on large, earth bound boulders, on smaller, movable stones or on rock panels in burial chambers. A variety of images are co... .... Learn More -
Representations and Communications: Creating an Archaeological Matrix of Late Prehistoric Rock Art [Paperback]
Asa C. Fredell (Editor); Kristian Kristiansen (Editor); Felipe Criado Boado (Editor)
Regular Price: £25.00
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9781842173978
Published by : Oxbow Books
In this volume, which is the outcome of the four-year long collaboration project SARA (Scandinavian and Atlantic Rock Art) between the archaeology department at University of Gothenburg and the Laboratory of Heritage of Spanish National Researc... .... Learn More -
An Enquiring Mind: Studies in Honor of Alexander Marshack [Hardback]
Paul Bahn (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781842173831
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PREHISTORIC RESEARCH MONOGRAPH
Alexander Marshack single-handedly revolutionized the field of Paleolithic art research.
His astounding photographs of portable art objects caused us to see them with fresh eyes,
to ask new questions, and to understand their technology a... .... Learn More -
Cave Paintings and the Human Spirit: The Origin of Creativity and Belief [Hardback]
David S. Whitley (Author)
£21.99ISBN: 9781591026365
Published by : Prometheus Books
The palaeolithic cave paintings of France and Spain have long proved inspirational and controversial. In this intriguing book David Whitley provides his own highly personal take on the origins of the art, its meaning and on the birth of religio... .... Learn More