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Pictures in place : The figured landscapes of rock-art / edited by Christopher Chippindale and George Nash.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: xx, 400 p.: ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0521818796 (hbk)
  • 0521524245 (pbk)
  • 9780521524247
Other title:
  • Figured landscapes of rock-art
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 709.0113 CHI
Contents:
Part One: Principles of landscape and rock-art in practice Part Two: Informed methods: opportunities and applications Part Three: Formal methods: opportunities and applications Part Four: Pictures of pictures
Summary: "A companion to The Archaeology of Rock-Art (Cambridge, 1998), this new collection edited by Christopher Chippindale and George Nash addresses the most important component around the rock-art panel - its landscape. The Figured Landscapes of Rock-Art draws together the work of many well-known scholars from key regions of the world for rock-art and for rock-art research. It provides a unique, broad and varied insight into the arrangement, location and structure of rock-art and its place within the landscapes of ancient worlds as people experienced them. Packed with illustrations, The Figured Landscapes of Rock-Art offers a visual as well as literary key to the understanding of this most lovely and alluring of archaeological traces."--Jacket.
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A companion to: The archaeology of rock-art: Cambridge, 1998.

Cover title: Figured landscapes of rock-art.

Part One: Principles of landscape and rock-art in practice Part Two: Informed methods: opportunities and applications Part Three: Formal methods: opportunities and applications Part Four: Pictures of pictures

"A companion to The Archaeology of Rock-Art (Cambridge, 1998), this new collection edited by Christopher Chippindale and George Nash addresses the most important component around the rock-art panel - its landscape. The Figured Landscapes of Rock-Art draws together the work of many well-known scholars from key regions of the world for rock-art and for rock-art research. It provides a unique, broad and varied insight into the arrangement, location and structure of rock-art and its place within the landscapes of ancient worlds as people experienced them. Packed with illustrations, The Figured Landscapes of Rock-Art offers a visual as well as literary key to the understanding of this most lovely and alluring of archaeological traces."--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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