Art as Metaphor : The Prehistoric Rock-Art of Britain.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mazel, Aron.

Language:

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Prehistoric archaeology.

Local Subjects:

Prehistoric archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2007.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This volume brings together a carefully selected collection of papers that cover British prehistoric rock-art from over 10000 years ago.

Contents:

Foreword (Christopher Chippindale); INTRODUCTION: Chapter 1: A coming of age (Aron Mazel, George Nash and Clive Waddington); PERIOD STUDIES: Chapter 2: Rock-art and art mobilier of the British Upper Palaeolithic (Paul Pettitt and Paul Bahn); Chapter 3: Possible Mesolithic cave art in southern England (Graham Mullan & Linda Wilson); Chapter 4: Neolithic rock-art in the British Isles: retrospect and prospect (Clive Waddington); Chapter 5: Pictish symbol stones: caught between prehistory and history (Meggen Gondek); REGIONAL AND THEMATIC STUDIES: Chapter 6: Rock-art in Cleveland and north-east Yorkshire: contexts and chronology (Blaise Vyner); Chapter 7: Exploring links between cupmarks and cairnfields (Philip Deakin); Chapter 8: Light at the end of the tunnel: the way megalithic art was viewed and experienced (George Nash); Chapter 9: Rock-art and rough outs: exploring the sacred and social dimensions of prehistoric carvings at Copt Howe, Cumbria (Kate E. Sharpe); Chapter 10: A scattering of images: the rock-art of southern Britain (George Nash); Chapter 11: How the study of rock-art began and developed (Stan Beckensall); Chapter 12: On the fells and beyond: exploring aspects of Northumberland rock-art (Aron D. Mazel)

ISBN:

9781784916022

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