{"product_id":"a-companion-to-rock-art-9781444334241","title":"A Companion to Rock Art","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Summarizes the diversity of views on ancient rock art from leading international scholars    * Includes new research data and color plates with imagery from major rock art provinces around the world     * Examines key work of existing authorities (e.g.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“To summarise, as stated by Conkey in the foreword, this volume is a clear example of how in the twenty-first century rock art is considered a topic of archaeological inquiry, leaving behind the times when it was excluded from the archaeological discussions because of its problematic dating and interpretation (see Whitley 2001 for details about the North American case; or Morwood 2002: 64-88 for the Australian case).”  (\u003ci\u003eArchaeology In Oceania\u003c\/i\u003e, 2 October 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Overall, this is a fine compendium, and all rock art researchers will need to read it. Aimed at a sophisticated audience. Summing Up: Highly recommended.  Upper-level undergraduates and above.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e 1 June 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Plates ix  \u003cp\u003eList of Figures xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword: Redefining the Mainstream with Rock Art xxix\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMargaret W. Conkey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Research Issues and New Directions: One Decade into the New Millennium 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJo McDonald and Peter Veth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Explanatory Frameworks: New Insights 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Rock Art and Shamanism 17\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. David Lewis-Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Pictographs, Patterns, and Peyote in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas 34\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarolyn E. Boyd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Variation in Early Paintings and Engravings 51\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIain Davidson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Inscribed Landscapes 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Rock Art and Seascapes 71\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIan J. McNiven and Liam M. Brady\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Social Dynamics of Aggregation and Dispersal in the Western Desert 90\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJo McDonald and Peter Veth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Rock Art and Transformed Landscapes in Puerto Rico 103\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichele H. Hayward and Michael A. Cinquino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart III Rock Art at the Regional Level 125\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Megalithic Rock Art of the Mediterranean and Atlantic Seaboard Europe 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge Nash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 North American–Siberian Connections: Regional Rock Art Patterning Using Multivariate Statistics 143\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlice Tratebas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Southern Melanesian Rock Art: The New Caledonian Case 160\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristophe Sand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Rock Art Research in India: Historical Approaches and Recent Theoretical Directions 179\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames Blinkhorn, Nicole Boivin, Paul S. C. Taçon, and Michael D. Petraglia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Engendered Approaches 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Engendering Rock Art 199\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKelley Hays-Gilpin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Pictures of Women: The Social Context of Australian Rock Art Production 214\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJo McDonald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Engendering North European Rock Art: Bodies and Cosmologies in Stone and Bronze Age Imagery 237\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoakim Goldhahn and Ingrid Fuglestvedt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Form, Style, and Aesthetics in Rock Art 261\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Understanding Pleistocene Rock Art: An Hermeneutics of Meaning 263\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOscar Moro Abadía and Manuel R. González Morales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Rock “Art” and Art: Why Aesthetics Should Matter 276\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Heyd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Recursive and Iterative Processes in Australian Rock Art: An Anthropological Perspective 294\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHoward Morphy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 A Theoretical Approach to Style in Levantine Rock Art 306\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eInés Domingo Sanz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Contextualizing Rock Art 323\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Rock Art in Situ: Context and Content as Keys to Meaning 325\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinea Sundstrom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Symbolic Discontinuities: Rock Art and Social Changes across Time and Space 341\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaria Isabel Hernández Llosas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Parietal Art and Archaeological Context: Activities of the Magdalenians in the Cave of Tuc d’Audoubert, France 364\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Bégouën, Carole Fritz, and Gilles Tosello\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Rock Art, Inherited Landscapes, and Human Populations in Southern Patagonia 381\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudith Charlin and Luis A. Borrero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII The Mediating Role of Rock Art 399\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 When Worlds Collide Quietly: Rock Art and the Mediation of Distance 401\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUrsula K. Frederick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Picturing Change and Changing Pictures: Contact Period Rock Art of Australia 420\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul S.C. Taçon, June Ross, Alistair Paterson, and Sally May\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII Rock Art, Identity, and Indigeneity 437\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Rock Art, Identity, and Indigeneity 439\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Layton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Shamanism in Indigenous Context: Understanding Siberian Rock Art 455\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrzej Rozwadowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Rock Art, Aboriginal Culture, and Identity: The Wanjina Paintings of Northwest Australia 472\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eValda Blundell and Donny Woolagoodja\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX Rock Art Management and Interpretation 489\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Rock Art and the UNESCO World Heritage List 491\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNuria Sanz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Safeguarding a Fragile Legacy: Managing uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Rock Art 515\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAron Mazel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Managing Rock Art Sites 532\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eValerie Magar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 From Discovery to Commoditization: Rock Art Management in Remote Australia 546\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Veth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart X Dating Rock Art: Technological Advances and Applications 563\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Radiocarbon Dating of Rock Paintings: Incorporating Pictographs into the Archaeological Record 565\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKaren L. Steelman and Marvin W. Rowe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Twelve Years of Research in Chauvet Cave: Methodology and Main Results 583\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJean Clottes and Jean-Michel Geneste\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 In Suspect Terrain: Dating Rock Engravings 605\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid S. Whitley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XI Rock Art in the Digital Age 625\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Digital Enhancement of Deteriorated and Superimposed Pigment Art: Methods and Case Studies 627\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiam M. Brady and Robert G. Gunn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Robust and Scientifically Reliable Rock Art Documentation from Digital Photographs 644\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Mudge, Carla Schroer, Tommy Noble, Neffra Matthews, Szymon Rusinkiewicz, and Corey Toler-Franklin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Engaging a New Digital Citizenry 660\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Ashley and Cinzia Perlingieri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 670\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863269278039,"sku":"9781444334241","price":145.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444334241.jpg?v=1759920142","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-rock-art-9781444334241","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}