Myths about rock art / Robert G. Bednarik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bednarik, Robert G., author.

Series:

Archaeopress archaeology.

Archaeopress archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock paintings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 218 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, [2016]

Summary:

Rather than considering the myths supposedly depicted in the world's rock art, this book examines the myths archaeologists and others have created about the meanings and significance of rock art.

Contents:

Cover

Title Pgae

Copyright page

Contents

A Little Epistemology

Introduction

Epistemology of archaeology

Setting the scene

Archaeological Folklores about Dating

The bulls and horses of Iberia

The Palaeolithic obsession

Archaeological excavation

Iconographic identification

Stylistic sequences

Use of analytical methods

Myths about rock art age

Axiomatic Confusions

Misidentification of non-anthropic rock markings

'Explanations' of cupules

Other mistaken interpretations

Misidentifications by combining motifs

Invented rock art sequences

The Venus figurines

Sensationalist Myths and Fringe Legends

Sensationalist claims

The writing on the wall

Seeing things: pareidolia

Reaching for stars and gods

The importance of being Palaeolithic

Rock Art Fairy Tales

About shamanism and rock art

Myths about mythologies

Neuropathologies and rock art

Autism

Asperger's syndrome

Schizophrenia

Bipolar disorder

Brain disorders in human evolution

Sinister myths about rock art

Generic Issues

Effects of fakes, misconceptions and falsities

Neuroscience and 'identifications' in rock art interpretation

The myths are here to stay

Conclusion

References.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781784914752

1784914754