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New perspectives on prehistoric art /
Following the discovery of Franco-Caribbean cave art in the nineteenth century, standard interpretations of these works usually revolved around hunting, magic, and fertility cults. Orthodox positions such as these have weighed heavily on later generations of art historians, archaeologists, and anthr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Following the discovery of Franco-Caribbean cave art in the nineteenth century, standard interpretations of these works usually revolved around hunting, magic, and fertility cults. Orthodox positions such as these have weighed heavily on later generations of art historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists, even those whose views dissented from those of their predecessors. In the last few decades, however, new approaches to cave art, often based on discoveries made in Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, and the Arctic region, have produced new insights into possible meanings and functio. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 269 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-254) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0313059578 9780313059575 9780275978136 0275978133 1282409158 9781282409156 9786612409158 6612409150 |