Anthropomorphic images in rock art paintings and rock carvings:

In the realm of rock art, humanlike images appear widely through time and space from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, and for some continents to later, yet still prehistoric, times. The artworks discussed in 'Anthropomorphic Images in Rock Art Paintings and Rock Carvings...

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Other Authors: Meaden, George Terence (Editor), Bender, Herman (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Archaeopress Archaeology [2020]
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Summary:In the realm of rock art, humanlike images appear widely through time and space from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, and for some continents to later, yet still prehistoric, times. The artworks discussed in 'Anthropomorphic Images in Rock Art Paintings and Rock Carvings' range from paintings, engravings or scratchings on cave walls and rock shelters, images pecked into rocky surfaces or upon standing stones, and major sacred sites (among them Gobekli Tepe, Avebury, Stonehenge, and the Palaeolithic Chauvet Cave) in which the possibility exists of recovery of the meanings intended by the artists and sculptors
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - "The conference was held in the spa town of Boario Terme in northern Italy from 29 August to 2 September 2018." - Preface
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 322 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781789693584

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