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Art as Metaphor - The Prehistoric Rock-Art of Britain (Paperback)
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Art as Metaphor - The Prehistoric Rock-Art of Britain (Paperback)
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Enigmatic, esoteric and fascinating, the rock-art of the British
Isles has for a long time been a well kept secret at home and
abroad. However, dedicated work by rock-art researchers over the
last few decades has seen the discovery of hundreds of new panels
and the publication of several high quality regional surveys and
numerous survey reports and academic articles, and the creation of
a highly successful world-class website on Northumberland rock-art.
British rock-art has arrived on the world stage. Drawing on these
exciting developments, this volume brings together a carefully
selected collection of papers that cover British prehistoric
rock-art from over 10,000 years ago. Some of the topics addressed
include: recent discoveries of Palaeolithic cave art and probable
Mesolithic; inscriptions; new perspectives on Neolithic-Early
Bronze Age and Pictish rock-art; regional studies on the rock-art
of Cumbria, Northumberland, North Yorkshire and South West Britain;
relationships between rock-art and ritual and funerary monuments
and between rock-art and landscape; experiential approaches to
understanding passage grave art within chambered tombs; the history
of British rock-art research. Contents: 1) A coming of age (Aron
Mazel, George Nash and Clive Waddington); 2) Rock-art and art
mobilier of the British Upper Palaeolithic (Paul Pettitt and Paul
Bahn); 3) Possible Mesolithic cave art in southern England (Graham
Mullan & Linda Wilson); 4) Neolithic rock-art in the British
Isles: retrospect and prospect (Clive Waddington); 5) Pictish
symbol stones: caught between prehistory and history (Meggen
Gondek); 6) Rock-art in Cleveland and north-east Yorkshire:
contexts and chronology (Blaise Vyner);7) Exploring links between
cupmarks and cairnfields (Philip Deakin); 8) Light at the end of
the tunnel: the way megalithic art was viewed and experienced
(George Nash); 9) Rock-art and rough outs: exploring the sacred and
social dimensions of prehistoric carvings at Copt Howe, Cumbria
(Kate E. Sharpe); 10 ) A scattering of images: the rock-art of
southern Britain (George Nash); 11) How the study of rock-art began
and developed (Stan Beckensall); 12) On the fells and beyond:
exploring aspects of Northumberland rock-art (Aron D. Mazel).
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