New perspectives on prehistoric art / edited by Günter Berghaus.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berghaus, Günter, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Prehistoric.

Physical Description:

viii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.

Contents:

The Discovery and Study of Prehistoric Art / Gunter Berghaus 1

Consciousness, Intelligence, and Art: A View of the West European Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition / J. David Lewis-Williams 11

Hunter-Gatherer Imagery in Aboriginal Australia: Interpreting Rock Art by Informed and Formal Methods / Christopher Chippindale 31

Cyclical Nucleation and Sacred Space: Rock Art at the Center / Solveig A. Turpin 51

Women in Prehistoric Art / Camilla Power 75

Art in Human Evolution / Lawrence S. Barham 105

Paleoperformance: Investigating the Human Use of Caves in the Upper Paleolithic / Yann-Pierre Montelle 131

Rock Art and Rock Sites as Indicators of Prehistoric Theater and Ritual Performances / Jon Nygaard 153

European Modernism and the Arts of Prehistory / Roger Cardinal 179.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-254) and index.

ISBN:

0275978133

OCLC:

52728042