Description
Book SynopsisEnigmatic, esoteric and fascinating, the rock-art of the British Isles has for a long time been a well-kept secret. However, over the last few decades hundreds of new rock art panels have been discovered and several regional surveys have been carried out. This volume brings together a carefully selected collection of papers that cover British prehistoric rock-art from over 10,000 years ago.
Table of ContentsForeword (Christopher Chippindale) ;
INTRODUCTION ;
Chapter 1: A coming of age (Aron Mazel, George Nash and Clive Waddington) ;
PERIOD STUDIES ;
Chapter 2: Rock-art and art mobilier of the British Upper Palaeolithic (Paul Pettitt and Paul Bahn) ;
Chapter 3: Possible Mesolithic cave art in southern England (Graham Mullan & Linda Wilson) ;
Chapter 4: Neolithic rock-art in the British Isles: retrospect and prospect (Clive Waddington) ;
Chapter 5: Pictish symbol stones: caught between prehistory and history (Meggen Gondek) ;
REGIONAL AND THEMATIC STUDIES ;
Chapter 6: Rock-art in Cleveland and north-east Yorkshire: contexts and chronology (Blaise Vyner) ;
Chapter 7: Exploring links between cupmarks and cairnfields (Philip Deakin) ;
Chapter 8: Light at the end of the tunnel: the way megalithic art was viewed and experienced (George Nash) ;
Chapter 9: Rock-art and rough outs: exploring the sacred and social dimensions of prehistoric carvings at Copt Howe, Cumbria (Kate E. Sharpe) ;
Chapter 10: A scattering of images: the rock-art of southern Britain (George Nash) ;
Chapter 11: How the study of rock-art began and developed (Stan Beckensall) ;
Chapter 12: On the fells and beyond: exploring aspects of Northumberland rock-art (Aron D. Mazel)
