Screen LibraryThe Oxford handbook of the archaeology and anthropology of rock art /
Rock art is one of the most visible and geographically widespread of cultural expressions, and it spans much of the period of our species' existence. Rock art also provides rare and often unique insights into the minds and visually creative capacities of our ancestors and how selected rock outc...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford handbooks
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| Summary: |
Rock art is one of the most visible and geographically widespread of cultural expressions, and it spans much of the period of our species' existence. Rock art also provides rare and often unique insights into the minds and visually creative capacities of our ancestors and how selected rock outcrops with distinctive images were used to construct symbolic landscapes and shape worldviews. Equally important, rock art is often central to the expression of and engagement with spiritual entities and forces, and in all these dimensions it signals the diversity of cultural practices, across place and |
| Item Description: | Series from book jacket. |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 1135 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780190607357 0190607351 |
| Index Number: | GN799 |
| CLC: | K869.42-62 |
| Call Number: | K869.42-62/O984 |