Powerful pictures : rock art research histories around the world /
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Focusing on stunning paintings and engravings from around the world, 16 papers interrogate the driving forces behind global rock art research. Many of the motifs featured were created by Indigenous hunter-gatherer groups; this book sheds new light on non-Western rituals and worldviews, many of which are threatened or on the point of extinction.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource : illustrations (colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803273891 (PDF ebook) :
Visual culture, heritage and identity : using rock art to reconnect past and present /
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This text presents a fresh perspective on rock art by considering how ancient images function in the present. It focuses on how ancient heritage is recognized and reified in the modern world, and how rock art stimulates contemporary processes of cultural identity-making.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (150 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789698473 (PDF ebook) :