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Urmutter - die Goettin ist zuruck - 14 liebevoll handgezeichnete Urmutter zum Ausmalen Band I (German, Paperback): Belinda Di... Urmutter - die Goettin ist zuruck - 14 liebevoll handgezeichnete Urmutter zum Ausmalen Band I (German, Paperback)
Belinda Di Keck
R535 Discovery Miles 5 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
What Is Paleolithic Art? (Paperback): Jean Clottes What Is Paleolithic Art? (Paperback)
Jean Clottes
R642 Discovery Miles 6 420 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Was it a trick of the light that drew our Stone Age ancestors into caves to paint in charcoal and red hematite, to watch the heads of lions, likenesses of bison, horses, and aurochs in the reliefs of the walls, as they flickered by firelight? Or was it something deeper--a creative impulse, a spiritual dawn, a shamanistic conception of the world efflorescing in the dark, dank spaces beneath the surface of the earth where the spirits were literally at hand? In this book, Jean Clottes, one of the most renowned figures in the study of cave paintings, pursues an answer to this "why" of Paleolithic art. While other books focus on particular sites and surveys, Clottes's work is a contemplative journey across the world, a personal reflection on how we have viewed these paintings in the past, what we learn from looking at them across geographies, and what these paintings may have meant--what function they may have served--for their artists. Steeped in Clottes's shamanistic theories of cave painting, What Is Paleolithic Art? travels from well-known Ice Age sites like Chauvet, Altamira, and Lascaux to visits with contemporary aboriginal artists, evoking a continuum between the cave paintings of our prehistoric past and the living rock art of today. Clottes's work lifts us from the darkness of our Paleolithic origins to reveal, by firelight, how we think, why we create, why we believe, and who we are.

Prehistoric Rock Art - Polemics and Progress (Paperback): Paul G. Bahn Prehistoric Rock Art - Polemics and Progress (Paperback)
Paul G. Bahn
R999 Discovery Miles 9 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Paul G. Bahn provides a richly illustrated overview of prehistoric rock art and cave art from around the world. Summarizing the recent advances in our understanding of this extraordinary visual record, he discusses new discoveries, new approaches to recording and interpretation, and current problems in conservation. Bahn focuses in particular on current issues in the interpretation of rock art, notably the 'shamanic' interpretation that has been influential in recent years and that he refutes. This book is based on the Rhind Lectures that the author delivered for the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 2006.

Atlantida - Buceando En El Tiempo (Spanish, Paperback): Dscampos Atlantida - Buceando En El Tiempo (Spanish, Paperback)
Dscampos
R394 Discovery Miles 3 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Localisation Des Anciennes Occupations Humaines Au Sahel - Selon la tradition orale (French, Paperback): Youba Bathily Localisation Des Anciennes Occupations Humaines Au Sahel - Selon la tradition orale (French, Paperback)
Youba Bathily
R917 Discovery Miles 9 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
ANNIHILATION OF CASTE (Paperback): B.R. Ambedkar ANNIHILATION OF CASTE (Paperback)
B.R. Ambedkar
R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
?la Escritura Nacio En Occidente? Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola Y Altamira - Ensayo Sobre La Escritura Lineal Paleolitica: El... ?la Escritura Nacio En Occidente? Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola Y Altamira - Ensayo Sobre La Escritura Lineal Paleolitica: El Descubrimiento de Las Primeras Escrituras Lineales Fonograficas Y Los Primeros Mapas de la Historia, En Cuevas Y Artefactos Paleoliti (Spanish, Paperback)
Georgeos Diaz-Montexano
R691 Discovery Miles 6 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.1; B/W Edition - Tounai Ruins Dwelling Site #32 (Japanese, Paperback): Idojiri Archaeological... Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.1; B/W Edition - Tounai Ruins Dwelling Site #32 (Japanese, Paperback)
Idojiri Archaeological Musuem
R288 Discovery Miles 2 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.6; Color Edition - Kyubeione Ruins Dwelling Site #2 31, Kagobata Ruins #7 10 (Japanese,... Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.6; Color Edition - Kyubeione Ruins Dwelling Site #2 31, Kagobata Ruins #7 10 (Japanese, Paperback)
Idojiri Archaeological Museum
R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.4; Color Edition - Sori Ruins Dwelling Site #33 80, etc. (Japanese, Paperback): Idojiri... Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.4; Color Edition - Sori Ruins Dwelling Site #33 80, etc. (Japanese, Paperback)
Idojiri Archaeological Museum
R428 Discovery Miles 4 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.4; B/W Edition - Sori Ruins Dwelling Site #33 80, etc. (Japanese, Paperback): Idojiri... Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.4; B/W Edition - Sori Ruins Dwelling Site #33 80, etc. (Japanese, Paperback)
Idojiri Archaeological Museum
R229 Discovery Miles 2 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.3; Color Edition - Sori Ruins Dwelling Site #4 32, etc. (Japanese, Paperback): Idojiri... Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.3; Color Edition - Sori Ruins Dwelling Site #4 32, etc. (Japanese, Paperback)
Idojiri Archaeological Museum
R426 Discovery Miles 4 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.2; B/W Edition - Tounai Ruins Dwelling Site #9, etc. (Japanese, Paperback): Idojiri... Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.2; B/W Edition - Tounai Ruins Dwelling Site #9, etc. (Japanese, Paperback)
Idojiri Archaeological Museum
R295 Discovery Miles 2 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.3; B/W Edition - Sori Ruins Dwelling Site #4 32, etc. (Japanese, Paperback): Idojiri... Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.3; B/W Edition - Sori Ruins Dwelling Site #4 32, etc. (Japanese, Paperback)
Idojiri Archaeological Museum
R289 Discovery Miles 2 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.1; Color Edition - Tounai Ruins Dwelling Site #32 (Japanese, Paperback): Idojiri Archaeological... Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.1; Color Edition - Tounai Ruins Dwelling Site #32 (Japanese, Paperback)
Idojiri Archaeological Museum
R425 Discovery Miles 4 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.2; Color Edition - Tounai Ruins Dwelling Site #9, etc. (Japanese, Paperback): Idojiri Museum of... Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.2; Color Edition - Tounai Ruins Dwelling Site #9, etc. (Japanese, Paperback)
Idojiri Museum of Archeology
R503 Discovery Miles 5 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
L'arte rupestre nella penisola e nelle isole italiane: rapporti tra rocce incise e dipinte, simboli, aree montane e... L'arte rupestre nella penisola e nelle isole italiane: rapporti tra rocce incise e dipinte, simboli, aree montane e viabilita - Rock art in the Italian peninsula and islands: issues about the relation between engraved and painted rocks, symbols, mountain areas and paths (Italian, Paperback)
Francesco M. P. Carrera, Renata Grifoni Cremonesi, Anna Maria Tosatti
R2,412 Discovery Miles 24 120 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

L'arte rupestre nella penisola e nelle isole italiane presents the proceedings of IFRAO 2018 - Session 2H: Rock Art in the Italian Peninsula and Islands: Issues about the Relation between Engraved and Painted Rocks, Symbols, Mountain Areas and Paths. The various papers present a remarkable synthesis of current knowledge on inscriptions, engraved and painted, on the rock walls of the Italian peninsular. In recent years an increasing amount of data has been collected, characterized by a regional and peculiar iconography with some common elements: anthropomorphic figures, weapons, daggers, halberds and other several symbols, all stylised. A peculiarity of this research is the site's locations within small shelters, inappropriate for habitation or in places suitable for supervising mountain and territory roads; this research demonstrates similarities to that carried out in the Western Mediterranean Sea. A new subject of relates to the possible interpretations of some engravings as solar and stellar symbols related to the measuring of time and to economic, daily and seasonal factors.

?LA ESCRITURA NACIO EN OCCIDENTE? Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola y Altamira - Ensayo sobre la Escritura Lineal Paleolitica: El... ?LA ESCRITURA NACIO EN OCCIDENTE? Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola y Altamira - Ensayo sobre la Escritura Lineal Paleolitica: El descubrimiento de las primeras escrituras lineales fonograficas y los primeros mapas de la historia, en cuevas y artefactos paleoliti (Spanish, Paperback)
Georgeos Diaz-Montexano
R2,064 Discovery Miles 20 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Imagenes y Paisajes: El Arte Rupestre del Noreste de Catamarca, Argentina (Spanish, Paperback): Eva Amanda Calomino Imagenes y Paisajes: El Arte Rupestre del Noreste de Catamarca, Argentina (Spanish, Paperback)
Eva Amanda Calomino
R1,930 Discovery Miles 19 300 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In the Argentine Northwest, northeast of Catamarca, there are a set of shelters and caves located in the rainforest with rock art with virtually no background. Little is known about the occupants of these spaces and their past practices. In order to learn more about these, this book addresses the study and systematic analysis of the plastic-thematic-compositional repertoire of the rock art sites of 'Los Algarrobales' and their spatial and temporal distribution. In this way, it is possible to approach the understanding of the modalities of appropriation of the people of the inhabited area, the relationship that they would have maintained with the environment, as well as the distinction of various events and uses of different places and, in this way, contribute to the knowledge of the historical, social and cultural development of the area. Throughout the reading, we start to glimpse the archaeological landscapes related to rock art for this sector of the southern Andean area.

Canyon De Chelly (Paperback): Canyon De Chelly (Paperback)
R858 R787 Discovery Miles 7 870 Save R71 (8%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

With the exception of the Grand Canyon itself, none of the great gorges of the American Southwest is more uniquely beautiful than Canyon de Chelly, with its sheer red cliffs and innumerable prehistoric Indian dwellings. Of all the important centers of prehistoric Anasazi culture, only this magnificent canyon shows an unbroken record of settlement for more than 1,000 years. In this liberally illustrated book, rock art authority Campbell Grant examines four aspects of the spectacular canyon: its physical characteristics, its history of human habitation, its explorers and archaeologists, and its countless rock paintings and petroglyphs. Grant surveys 96 sites in the two main canyons and offers an interpretation of the rock art found there.

Messer und Erntegerate - Erkennen. Bestimmen. Beschreiben. (German, Paperback): Ulrike Weller Messer und Erntegerate - Erkennen. Bestimmen. Beschreiben. (German, Paperback)
Ulrike Weller; Edited by Landesstelle Fur Die Nichtstaatlichen Museen in Bayern; Contributions by Ronald Heynowski
R572 Discovery Miles 5 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume deals with knives and harvesting equipment in Central Europe from their first appearance until the first century of the Common Era. Knives have accompanied human beings since the Paleolithic and became useful tools, weapons, and status symbols over the course of the millennia. An epoch-transcending overview of all common types of knives is provided here for the first time.Harvesting equipment appeared with the new economy of the Neolithic period-first made of silex, then bronze, and finally sickles and scythes of iron. Cutting devices also include scissors, an innovative type of tool that revolutionized textile craft. Each type is described in detail, supplemented with information on dating and propagation as well as further literature.

Palaeoart of the Ice Age (Hardcover, Unabridged edition): Robert G. Bednarik Palaeoart of the Ice Age (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)
Robert G. Bednarik
R2,276 Discovery Miles 22 760 Out of stock

The many hundreds of books and thousands of academic papers on the topic of Pleistocene (Ice Age) art are limited in their approach because they deal only with the early art of southwestern Europe. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive synthesis of the known Pleistocene palaeoart of six continents, a phenomenon that is in fact more numerous and older in other continents. It contemplates the origins of art in a balanced manner, based on reality rather than fantasies about cultural primacy. Its key findings challenge most previous perceptions in this field and literally re-write the discipline. Despite the eclectic format and its high academic standards, the book addresses the non-specialist as well as the specialist reader. It presents a panorama of the rich history of palaeoart, stretching back more than twenty times as long in time as the cave art of France and Spain. This abundance of evidence is harnessed in presenting a new hypothesis of how early humans began to form and express constructs of reality and thus created the ideational world in which they existed. It explains how art-producing behaviour began and the origins of how humans relate to the world consciously.

The Last Wild Men of Borneo - A True Story of Death and Treasure (Standard format, CD, Library Edition): Carl Hoffman The Last Wild Men of Borneo - A True Story of Death and Treasure (Standard format, CD, Library Edition)
Carl Hoffman
R899 R685 Discovery Miles 6 850 Save R214 (24%) Out of stock
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