Prehistoric rock art : polemics and progress /
"Prehistoric rock art is the markings - paintings, engravings, or pecked images - left on rocks or cave walls by ancient peoples. In this book, 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...
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Rhind lectures ;
2006. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Art on the Rocks
- Stone Horse and Papal Bull
- Saints and Devils
- Some 17Th- and 19Th-Century Visitors
- Earliest Photos and Stampings
- The Picasso Myth
- 8216;Amateurs8217; and Rock Art
- Lhote and a Pinch of Salt
- Copies, Snaps, and Rubbings
- Continuing Discoveries
- 2. Myths and Meanings
- Apparently Straightforward Depictions
- Making Tracks
- Dominant Animals
- Sex and Violence
- Fantastic Animals and Therianthropes
- Myths and Other Meanings
- Leaps of Faith
- Conclusion
- 3. The Emperor8217;s New Clothes I: Sloppy Tailoring
- A Personal History
- The 8216;Three-Stage8217; Model and 8216;Entoptics8217;
- The 8216;Three-Stage8217; Model and 8216;Trance8217;
- The Eliade Fraud
- 8216;Shamans8217; and Drugs
- The Cave in the Mind: Clottes and Grottes
- 4. The Emperor8217;s New Clothes II: Fashion Disasters
- Central Asia: Spot the Shaman
- Southern Africa: Snoring and Bloody Noses
- North Africa: Do You Believe in Flying Sorcerers?
- North America: the Coso Nostra
- Latin America: Desperately Seeking Eliade
- Europe: Ice Age Follies
- Charge! Run Away!
- Conclusion
- Coda: the 8216;Top Ten of Silliness8217;
- 5. Location, Location, Location
- Tangible and Intangible
- The Architecture of the Rock or Wall
- The Local Landscape: Wet and Noisy
- Markers and Monuments
- Visibility and Views
- Accessibility: the Public and the Private
- The Architecture of Rocks, Caves, and the Landscape
- Conclusion
- 6. The Votive Motive
- Earliest Offerings
- Excavation and Ethnography
- Conclusion
- 7. Mustn8217;T Crumble
- Natural Factors
- Human Factors
- Recording Disasters
- No Publicity, Please
- Conservation Measures
- Death By Bureaucracy
- Conclusion
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index.
