Rock Art and Regional Identity

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Rock Art and Regional Identity

Author	: Jamie Hampson
File Size	: 53,8 Mb
Publisher	: Routledge
Language	: English
Release Date	: 16 June 2016
ISBN	: 9781315420721
Pages	: 249 pages

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Rock Art and Regional Identity by Jamie Hampson Book PDF Summary

Why did the ancient artists create paintings and engravings? What did the images mean? This careful study of rock art motifs in the Trans-Pecos area of Texas and a small area in South Africa demonstrates that there are archaeological and anthropological ways of accessing the past in order to investigate and explain the significance of rock art motifs. Using two disparate regions shows the possibility of comparative rock art studies and highlights the importance of regional studies and regional variations. This is an ideal resource for students and researchers.

Rock Art and Regional Identity by Jamie Hampson

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This book presents a fresh perspective on rock art by considering how ancient images function in the present. It focuses on how ancient heritage is recognized and reified in the modern world, and how rock art stimulates contemporary processes of cultural identity-making.

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Rock art has long been considered an archaeological artifact reflecting activities from the past, yet it is also a phenomenon with present-day meaning and relevance to both indigenous and non-indigenous communities. Relating to Rock Art in the Contemporary World challenges traditional ways of thinking about this highly recognizable form of

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From the high plains of Canada to caves in the southeastern United States, images etched into and painted on stone by ancient Native Americans have aroused in observers the desire to understand their origins and meanings. Rock paintings and engravings can be found in nearly every state and province, and

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Change and Continuity in the Prehistoric Rock Art of East Siberia by Irina Aleksandrovna Ponomareva

This title covers an extensive region of East Siberia, considering prehistoric ethno-cultural and social processes through the development of rock art styles and traditions. It addresses the questions of why rock art is created, why specific styles and traditions emerge and why changes in rock art occur. These questions are

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Change and Continuity in the Prehistoric Rock Art of East Siberia by Irina A. Ponomareva

This book covers a huge region of East Siberia spanning from Late Paleolithic to the Iron Age, providing detailed accounts of the regional archaeology and rock art through the perspective of ethnicity, identity, and symbolism.

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