The Figured Landscapes of Rock-Art: Looking at Pictures in Place - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521818796 ISBN 13: 9780521818797

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

A companion to The Archaeology of Rock-Art (Cambridge, 1998), this new collection addresses the most important component of the rock-art panel: its landscape. The book draws together the work of many well-known scholars from key regions of the world known for rock-art and rock-art research. It provides insight into the location and structure of rock-art and its role within the landscapes of ancient worlds.

About this title

Book Description

A companion to The Archaeology of rock-Art (CUP 1998), this new collection addresses the most important component around the rock-art panel--its landscape. These are pictures mad in place, and visible to us today always in the very places they were put. It draws together the work of many well-known scholars from key regions of the world for rock-art and for rock-art research. The book provide a unique, broad and varied insight into the arrangement, location, and structure of rock-art and its place within the landscapes of ancient words as ancient people experienced them. As befits a book about images, the illustrations are exceptionally numerous and informative.

About the Author

Christopher Chippindale is Curator for archaeology collections and Reader in Archaeology at the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

George Nash is Part-time Lecturer at the Centre for the Historic Environment, Department of Archaeology, University of Bristol.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0521818796
• ISBN 13: 9780521818797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 422
• Editor: Chippindale Christopher, Nash George