The Deer Goddess of Ancient Siberia, A Study in the Ecology of Belief.
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Central to this study is the image of the deer within the iconography of the Early Nomads of South Siberia. By examining the symbolic structures revealed in the art and archaeology of the Early Nomads, the author challenges existing theories regarding Early Nomadic cosmology. The reconstruction of meanings embedded in the deer image carries the investigation back to rock carvings, paintings, and monolithic stelae of South Siberia and northern Central Asia, from the Neolithic period down through the early Iron Age. The succession of images dominating that artistic tradition is considered against the background of cultures - including the Baykal Neolithic Afanasevo, Okunev, Andronovo, and Karasuk - evolving from a hunting-fishing dependency to a dependency on livestock. The archaic mythic traditions of specific Siberian groups are also found to lend critical detail to the changing symbolic systems of South Siberia.
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1 online resource. :
9789004378780
Rock art studies : news of the world V /
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This is the fifth volume in the series. Like the previous volumes, it covers rock art research and management across the globe over a five-year period, in this case the years 2010 to 2014 inclusive.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (colour) :
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9781784913540 (ebook) :
Myths about rock art /
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Rather than considering the myths supposedly depicted in the world's rock art, this work examines the myths archaeologists and others have created about the meanings and significance of rock art.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784914752 (ebook) :
Giving the past a future : essays in archaeology and rock art studies in honour of Dr. Phil. h.c. Gerhard Milstreu /
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This volume celebrates the work of Dr. Phil. h.c. Gerhard Milstreu in his 40th year as director of Tanum Museum of Rock Carving and Rock Art Research Centre, Sweden. A feast of scholarly contributions pay respect to and acknowledge Gerhard's achievements in the fields of rock art documentation, research, international collaboration and outreach.
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Previously issued in print: 2018.
Festschrift for Dr. Phil. h.c. Gerhard Milstreu. :
1 online resource (iv, 300 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784919719 (ebook) :
Signalling and performance : ancient rock art in Britain and Ireland /
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This lavishly illustrated volume presents a state of the art survey of the ancient rock art of Britain and Ireland. Bringing together new discoveries and new interpretations, it enhances our understanding and further establishes ancient British and Irish rock art as a significant archaeological assemblage worthy of attention and additional study.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803272528 (PDF ebook) :
Post-palaeolithic filiform rock art in western Europe : proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1-7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain).
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This session focuses on Filiform rock art which appears as a spontaneous technique, more simple and immediate than pecking, good either for autonomous strands of expression, or for sketches and first drafts regarding works of painting or pecking.
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Selected conference papers.
Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784913687 (ebook) :
Carving interactions : rock art in the nomadic landscape of the Black Desert, north-eastern Jordan /
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The Safaitic rock art of the North Arabian basalt desert is one of the few surviving traces of the elusive herding societies that lived there in antiquity. This comprehensive study of over 4500 petroglyphs from the Jebel Qurma region of the Black Desert in North-Eastern Jordan is the first-ever systematic study of the Safaitic petroglyphs.
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"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693126 (PDF ebook) :
The cutting edge : Khoe-San rock-markings at the Gestoptefontein-Driekuil engraving complex, North West Province, South Africa /
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Addresses rock engravings on the wonderstone hills just outside Ottosdal, South Africa. Much of the rock art has been destroyed due to mining activities, with very few records and the largest remaining outcrop is still threatened. The study hopes to bring this situation to the attention of the public and the heritage authorities.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource (x, 394 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784917043 (ebook) :
Aesthetics, applications, artistry and anarchy : essays in prehistoric and contemporary art : a festschrift in honour of John Kay Clegg, 11 January 1935 - 1 March 2015 /
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This volume, in honour of John Kay Clegg, consists of papers by rock art researchers from around the world on topics such as aesthetics, the application of statistical analyses, frontier conflict and layered symbolic meanings, the deliberate use of optical illusion, and the contemporary significance of ancient and street art.
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Festschrift for John Kay Clegg.
Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (viii, 170 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784919993 (ebook) :
The rock-art landscapes of Rombalds Moor, West Yorkshire : standing on holy ground /
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This landscape study of the rock-art of Rombalds Moor, West Yorkshire, considers views of and from the sites. In an attempt to understand the rock-art landscapes of prehistory the study considered the environment of the moor and its archaeology along with the ethnography from the whole circumpolar region. All the rock-art sites were visited, and the sites, motifs and views recorded. The data was analysed at four spatial scales, from the whole moor down to the individual rock. Several large prominent and impressive carved rocks, interpreted as natural monuments, were found to feature in the views from many much smaller rock-art sites. Several clusters of rock-art sites were identified. An alignment was also identified, composed of carved stones perhaps moved into position. Other perhaps-moved carved stones were also identified.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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9781789694598 (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) :
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9781789698473 (PDF ebook) :
Rock art studies : news of the world.
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Like previous series entries, this volume covers rock art research and management all over the world over a 5-year period, in this case 2015-19. Contributions once again show the wide variety of approaches that have been taken in different parts of the world and reflect the expansion and diversification of perspectives and research questions.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (370 pages) : illustrations, maps :
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9781789699630 (PDF ebook) :
To see the invisible : Karelian rock art /
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This contribution considers 25 years of discovery of the possible origins and development of the Rock Art Tradition to create Karelian Rock Art images under the open sky through the analysis of different types of intercessions into the horizontal surface of granite rocks.
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1 online resource (iv, 19 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784911249 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Narratives and journeys in rock art : a reader /
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Why publish a reader? Today, it is relatively easy and convenient to switch on your computer and download an academic paper. However, as many scholars have experienced, historic references are difficult to access. Moreover, some are now lost and are merely references in later papers. This can be frustrating. This text provides a series of papers from all over the world that extend as far back as the 1970s when rock art research was in its infancy. The papers presented in the reader reflect the development in the various approaches that have influenced advancing scholarly research.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (xiv, 686 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784915612 (ebook) :
Anthropomorphic images in rock art paintings and rock carvings /
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In the realm of rock art, humanlike images appear widely through time and space from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, and for some continents to later, yet still prehistoric, times. The artworks discussed in 'Anthropomorphic Images in Rock Art Paintings and Rock Carvings' range from paintings, engravings or scratchings on cave walls and rock shelters, images pecked into rocky surfaces or upon standing stones, and major sacred sites (among them Gobekli Tepe, Avebury, Stonehenge, and the Palaeolithic Chauvet Cave) in which the possibility exists of recovery of the meanings intended by the artists and sculptors.
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1 online resource :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789693584 (ebook) :
Abstractions based on circles : papers on prehistoric rock art presented to Stan Beckensall on his 90th birthday /
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Stan Beckensall is renowned for his work, done on an entirely amateur basis, discovering, recording and interpreting Atlantic rock art in his home county of Northumberland and beyond. Presented on his 90th birthday, this diverse and stimulating collection of papers celebrates his crucial contribution to rock art studies, and looks to the future.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License"--Title page verso. :
1 online resource (vi, 181 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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9781803273174 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
The Assyrian rock relief at Yagmur (Evrihan) in the Tur Abdin /
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This study publishes a newly discovered rock relief in the Mazidagi Plain, at the western end of the Tur Abdin in southeastern Turkey. The preserved remains include an image of an Assyrian king, divine symbols and traces of three panels of cuneiform inscription.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (54 pages) : illustrations (colour), map (colour) :
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9781803274232 (PDF ebook) :