H 297 x W 210 mm
165 pages
Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white
Published Oct 2016
Archaeopress Access Archaeology
ISBN
Paperback: 9781784914462
Digital: 9781784914479
Keywords
Western Cape; Rock Art; Chronology; Archival Theory; Archaeology; Semiotics
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 93
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This book advocates the archival capacity of rock art and uses archival perspectives to analyse the chronology of paintings in order to formulate a framework for their historicised interpretations.
Abstract ;
CHAPTER ONE: CONCEIVING ROCK ART ARCHIVES ;
CHAPTER TWO: SHIFTING ROCK ART PERSPECTIVES ;
CHAPTER THREE: ECOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT ;
CHAPTER FOUR: CAPE HISTORICAL SETTING ;
CHAPTER FIVE: THEORY, METHOD AND METHODOLOGY ;
CHAPTER SIX: KEY SITES AND THEIR CONSTELLATIONS ;
CHAPTER SEVEN: CAPE CHRONOLOGY ;
CHAPTER EIGHT: ART ON THE FRONTIER ;
CHAPTER NINE: PAST TO PRESENT ;
REFERENCES ;
APPENDIX 1