The Figured Landscapes of Rock-Art Looking at Pictures in Place [Hardcover]

This book addresses the most important component around the rock-art panel - its landscape.A companion to The Archaeology of rock-Art (CUP 1998), this new collection addresses the most important component around the rock-art panel--its landscape. These are pictures mad in place, and visible to us today always in the very places they were put. It draws together the work of many well-known scholars from key regions of the world for rock-art and for rock-art research. The book provide a unique, broad and varied insight into the arrangement, location, and structure of rock-art and its place within the landscapes of ancient words as ancient people experienced them. As befits a book about images, the illustrations are exceptionally numerous and informative.A companion to The Archaeology of rock-Art (CUP 1998), this new collection addresses the most important component around the rock-art panel--its landscape. These are pictures mad in place, and visible to us today always in the very places they were put. It draws together the work of many well-known scholars from key regions of the world for rock-art and for rock-art research. The book provide a unique, broad and varied insight into the arrangement, location, and structure of rock-art and its place within the landscapes of ancient words as ancient people experienced them. As befits a book about images, the illustrations are exceptionally numerous and informative.A companion to The Archaeology of Rock-Art (Cambridge, 1998), this new collection addresses the most important component of the rock-art panel: its landscape. The book draws together the work of many well-known scholars from key regions of the world known for rock-art and rock-art research. It provides insight into the location and structure of rock-art and its role within the landscapes of ancient worlds.1. Pictures in place: approaches to the figured landscapes of rock-art Christopher Chippindale and George Nash; Part I. Principles of Landscape and Rock-AlcÀ