Making scenes: global perspectives on scenes in rock art

Dating back to at least 50,000 years ago, rock art is one of the oldest forms of human symbolic expression. Geographically, it spans all the continents on Earth. Scenes are common in some rock art, and recent work suggests that there are some hints of expression that looks like some of the conventio...

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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Davidson, Iain 1948- (HerausgeberIn), Nowell, April 1969- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York ; Oxford Berghahn Books 2021
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789209211?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789209211?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789209211?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789209211?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789209211?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789209211?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789209211?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789209211?locatt=mode:legacy
Zusammenfassung:Dating back to at least 50,000 years ago, rock art is one of the oldest forms of human symbolic expression. Geographically, it spans all the continents on Earth. Scenes are common in some rock art, and recent work suggests that there are some hints of expression that looks like some of the conventions of western scenic art. In this unique volume examining the nature of scenes in rock art, researchers examine what defines a scene, what are the necessary elements of a scene, and what can the evolutionary history tell us about storytelling, sequential memory, and cognitive evolution among ancient and living cultures?
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022)
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 341 Seiten) Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:9781789209211
DOI:10.1515/9781789209211