Archaeologies of art : time, place, and identity / edited by Ines Domingo Sanz, Danae Fiore, and Sally K. May.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Domingo Sanz, Inés.

Fiore, Dánae.

May, Sally K.

Series:

One world archaeology ; 55.

One world archaeology series ; 55

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroglyphs--Case studies.

Petroglyphs.

Rock paintings--Case studies.

Rock paintings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This international volume draws together key research that examines visual arts of the past and contemporary indigenous societies. Placing each art style in its temporal and geographic context, the contributors show how depictions represent social mechanisms of identity construction, and how stylistic differences in product and process serve to reinforce cultural identity. Examples stretch from the Paleolithic to contemporary world and include rock art, body art, and portable arts. Ethnographic studies of contemporary art production and use, such as among contemporary Aboriginal groups,

Contents:

Archaeologies of art : time, place, and identity in rock art, portable art, and body art / Ines Domingo Sanz, Danaue Fiore, and Sally K. May

Space and discourse as constituents of past identities : the case of Namibian rock art / Tilman Lenssen-Erz

Rocks of ages : petroglyphs, pictographs, and identity in Puerto Rico / Peter G. Roe and Michele H. Hayward

Rock art, modes of production, and social identities during the early formative period in the Atacama Desert (northern Chile) / Francisco Gallardo and Patricio De Souza

From the form to the artists : changing identities in Levantine rock art (Spain) / Ines Domingo Sanz

Memoried sacredness and international elite identities : the late postclassic at La Casa de las Golondrinas, Guatemala / Eugenia J. Robinson

Same tradition, different views : the Coa Valley rock art and social identity / Luis Luis and Marcos Garcia Diez

Learning art, learning culture : art, education, and the formation of new artistic identities in Arnhem Land, Australia / Sally K. May

Eagle's reach : a focal point for past and present social identity within the northern Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, Australia / Paul S.C. Tacon ... [et al.]

Panache and protocol in Australian Aboriginal art / Claire Smith

Body painting and visual practice : the creation of social identities through image making and display in Tierra del Fuego (southern South America) / Danae Fiore.

Notes:

First published 2008 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-315-43431-8

1-315-43432-6

1-315-43433-4

1-59874-765-7

9781315434339

OCLC:

647843467