Rock art and sacred landscapes / Donna L. Gillette, Mavis Greer, Michele Helene Hayward, William Breen Murray, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gillette, Donna L., editor.

Series:

One world archaeology (Springer (Firm))

One world archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroglyphs--Religious aspects.

Petroglyphs.

Rock paintings--Religious aspects.

Rock paintings.

Sacred space.

Sacred space in art.

Physical Description:

viii, 284 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, [2014]

Contents:

Introduction to rock art and sacred places / Donna L. Gillette, Mavis Greer, Michele H. Hayward, and William Breen Murray

Rock art and spirituality : is the rock art of 30,000 years ago a window to the spirituality of the people of the Paleolithic? / Margaret Bullen

Silence of signs-power of symbols : rock art, landscape and social semiotics / David Vogt

The rock art of Chinamawali and its sacred landscape / Leslie F. Zubieta

Rock art and the sacred landscapes of mainland Southeast Asia / Noel Hildalgo Tan and Paul Taçon

Spirituality and Chinese rock art / Yasha Zhang

Conflict on the frontier : San rock art, spirituality, and historical narrative in the Free State Province, South Africa / Jamie G. Hampson

Spiritual places : Canadian shield rock art within its sacred landscape / Daniel Arsenault and Dagmara Zawadzka

Concepts of spirit in prehistoric art according to Clifford Duncan, Ute spiritual elder / Carol Patterson and Clifford Duncan

Old Man Owl : myth and gambling medicine in Klamath Basin rock art / Robert J. David and Melissa L. Morgan

Trance and transformation on the northern shores of the Chichimec Sea, Coahuila, Mexico / Solveig A. Turpin and Herbert H. Eling Jr.

Deer : sacred and profane / William Breen Murray

Religious organization in the late ceramic Caribbean / Michele H. Hayward, Frank J. Schieppati, and Michael A. Cinquino

Communication and thought in rock art : a discussion of the spiritual world of rock art in Colombia / Guillermo C. Muñoz

Spirituality in rock art yesterday and today : reflections from the northern Plains and far western United States / Donna L. Gillette and Mavis Greer.

Notes:

Available in 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781461484059

1461484057

9781493926794

1493926799

OCLC:

857976576