Description |
863 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. Rock Art and Rock Art Research in Worldwide Perspective: An Introduction / David S. Whitley -- 2. Rock Art Recording / Larry Loendorf -- 3. Management Planning for Conservation / Johannes Loubser -- 4. Relative Dating Methods / James D. Keyser -- 5. Dating by AMS Radiocarbon Analysis / Marvin W. Rowe -- 6. Chronometric Techniques: Engravings / Ronald I. Dorn -- 7. Physical and Chemical Analysis / Marvin W. Rowe -- 8. Style and Classification / Julie E. Francis -- 9. Studying Ancient Pictures as Pictures / Christopher Chippindale -- 10. Structural and Semiotic Approaches / Margaret W. Conkey -- 11. Ethnographic Study and Symbolic Analysis / Robert Layton -- 12. Brainstorming Images: Neuropsychology and Rock Art Research / J. David Lewis-Williams -- 13. Archaic North America / Solveig Turpin -- 14. North American Indian Agriculturalists / Todd W. Bostwick -- 15. Paleolithic Europe / Jean Clottes -- 16. Post-Paleolithic Europe / Richard Bradley, Christopher Chippindale and Knut Helskog -- 17. Australia / Paul S. C. Tacon -- 18. Oceania / Georgia Lee -- 19. Saharan Africa / Alfred Muzzolini -- 20. Sub-Saharan Africa / Peter Garlake -- 21. Lowland South America / John Greer -- 22. Andean South America / Juan Schobinger and Matthias Strecker -- 23. Asia / Chen Zhao Fu -- 24. The Middle East / Alison V. G. Betts |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
Subject |
Rock paintings -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Cave paintings -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Petroglyphs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Archaeology -- Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Archaeological surveying -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Author |
Whitley, David S.
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LC no. |
00036276 |
ISBN |
0742502562 cloth alkaline paper |
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