Iconographic method in new world prehistory / Vernon James Knight, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knight, Vernon J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian art--America.

Indian art.

Art, Prehistoric--America.

Art, Prehistoric.

Archaeology and art--America--Methodology.

Archaeology and art.

Social archaeology--America--Methodology.

Social archaeology.

America--Antiquities.

America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 201 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers an overview of iconographic methods and their application to archaeological analysis. It offers a truly interdisciplinary approach that draws equally from art history and anthropology. Vernon James Knight, Jr begins with an historiographical overview, addressing the methodologies and theories that underpin both archaeology and art history. He then demonstrates how iconographic methods can be integrated with the scientific methods that are at the core of much archaeological inquiry. Focusing on artifacts from the pre-Columbian civilizations of North and Meso-American sites, Knight shows how the use of iconographic analysis yields new insights into these objects and civilizations.

Contents:

Preliminaries: an iconography of prehistoric images

Style

Form and referent

Configurational analysis

Ethnographic analogy

The logic of iconographic method in prehistory.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-85409-7

1-107-23593-6

1-139-84027-4

1-139-13691-7

1-139-84592-6

1-139-84501-2

1-139-84265-X

1-283-83625-4

1-139-84146-7

OCLC:

818883390