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The Archaeology of Rock-Art

Christopher Chippindale

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Rock art--prehistoric pictures--gives us lively and captivating images of animals and people painted and carved in caves and on open rock surfaces. It is all too easy to guess at the meanings the images carry. This pioneering set of essays instead explores how we can reliably learn from rock art as a material record of distant times by adapting the proven methods of archaeology to the special subject of rock art.

Language: English

Pages: 392

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: January 28, 1999

ISBN: 0521576199

ISBN 13: 9780521576192

The Archaeology of Rock-Art

Christopher Chippindale

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Rock art--prehistoric pictures--gives us lively and captivating images of animals and people painted and carved in caves and on open rock surfaces. It is all too easy to guess at the meanings the images carry. This pioneering set of essays instead explores how we can reliably learn from rock art as a material record of distant times by adapting the proven methods of archaeology to the special subject of rock art.

Language: English

Pages: 392

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: January 28, 1999

ISBN: 0521576199

ISBN 13: 9780521576192

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