Powerful Pictures: Rock Art Research Histories around the World (Paperback)

Focusing on stunning paintings and engravings from around the world, Powerful Pictures interrogates the driving forces behind global rock art research. Many of the rock art motifs featured in the 16 chapters of this book were created by indigenous hunter-gatherer groups, and it sheds new light on non-Western rituals and worldviews, many of which are threatened or on the point of extinction. Stemming from a conference in Val Camonica in northern Italy, the book is arranged by continent, although it tackles how early research in some countries (e.g., Sweden, France, Spain, the USA, Canada, South Africa) influenced the trajectory of archaeological investigations in others (e.g., Australia, India, Mexico, Germany, Mongolia, Russia). All of the contributing authors have vast experience working with rock art and Indigenous communities, many of them holding posts in prestigious university departments around the world. The book will be of particular interest to professional historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists, and indeed anyone who is interested in art, symbolism, and the past.

General

Imprint:	Archaeopress Archaeology
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Jamie Hampson (Senior Lecturer, Department of Humanities) • Sam Challis (Head and Senior Researcher) • Joakim Goldhahn (Holder of Rock Art Australia Ian Potter Kimberley Chair)
Dimensions:	290 x 205mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	180
ISBN-13:	978-1-80327-388-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Pre-history Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeological theory Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Art styles not limited by date > Art of indigenous peoples Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Promotions
LSN:	1-80327-388-7
Barcode:	9781803273884

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