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Abstract This chapter presents a review of the main bodies of Mesolithic rock art in Europe, from the earliest signs of post-Palaeolithic art to the lively scenes of Spanish Levantine art and the Late Mesolithic ‘rock art explosion’ in northern Europe.
Lahelma, Antti, Gjerde, Jan Magne
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Lahelma, Antti, Gjerde, Jan Magne
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2022
Abstract This chapter focuses on Kevin Sudeith’s rock carvings, which he refers to as petroglyphs. There is something straight-shooting and straightforward about Sudeith’s work. The figures are intelligible and the sentiments that lie behind them are suitable for children and grandparents—downright patriotic, almost. But spend a bit more
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Abstract This chapter focuses on Kevin Sudeith’s rock carvings, which he refers to as petroglyphs. There is something straight-shooting and straightforward about Sudeith’s work. The figures are intelligible and the sentiments that lie behind them are suitable for children and grandparents—downright patriotic, almost. But spend a bit more
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The Rock Art Stability Index: A New Strategy for Maximizing the Sustainability of Rock Art
Heritage & Society, 2008In order to identify those petroglyph and pictograph panels most susceptible to damage, we propose a field-friendly index that incorporates elements of existing strategies to characterize the stability of stone. The Rock Art Stability Index (RASI) has six general categories: Site Setting (geological factors); Weakness of the Rock Art Panel; Evidence of
Ronald I. Dorn +5 more
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Australian Archaeology, 1999
This paper examines a range of features commonly found at rock art sites, that have conventionally been considered components of rock art, but which (as briefly outlined elsewhere [Rosenfeld 1993 :76-7, l997:29 l]) should be considered as a distinct cultural category.
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This paper examines a range of features commonly found at rock art sites, that have conventionally been considered components of rock art, but which (as briefly outlined elsewhere [Rosenfeld 1993 :76-7, l997:29 l]) should be considered as a distinct cultural category.
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Therianthropes in San Rock Art
The South African Archaeological Bulletin, 2002San paintings of therianthropes, beings that combine human and non-human features, are described and analysed in order to formulate a theory concerning the meaning of these paintings for the people who made and viewed them. The range of therianthrope paintings is described. Four explanations, or theories, concerning the therianthropes are discussed and
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Art on the rocks: Contemporary and prehistoric indigenous rock art in Australia
Reviews in Anthropology, 1998Layton, Robert Australian Rock Art: a New Synthesis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. xi + 284 pp. including appendices, notes, references, and index. $65.00 cloth. Mowaljarlai, David and Jutta Malnic. Yorro, Yorro. Aboriginal Creation and the Renewal of Nature, Rock Paintings and Stories from the Australian Kimberley.
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Rock art, rock inscriptions, and graffiti
2020Rock inscriptions and graffiti in ancient Egyptian and Nubian contexts are ubiquitous at desert sites already by the early fourth millennium bc, marking and creating space along the networks of desert roads linking Nilotic termini with the oases, coasts, and points beyond.
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A review of radiometric dating and pigment characterizations of rock art in Indonesia
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2021Moh Mualliful Ilmi +2 more
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