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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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger,
2004.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The discovery and study of prehistoric art / Günter Berghaus
- Consciousness, intelligence, and art: a view of the West European Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition / J. David Lewis-Williams
- Hunter-gatherer imagery in aboriginal Australia: interpreting rock art by informed and formal methods / Christopher Chippindale
- Cyclical nucleation and sacred space: rock art at the center / Solveig A. Turpin
- Women in prehistoric art / Camilla Power
- Art in human evolution / Lawrence S. Barham
- Paleoperformance: investigating the human use of caves in the Upper Paleolithic / Yann-Pierre Montelle
- Rock art and rock sites as indicators of prehistoric theater and ritual performances / Jon Nygaard
- European modernism and the arts of prehistory / Roger Cardinal.