Early Rock Art of the American West : The Geometric Enigma /

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"The earliest rock art in the Americas as elsewhere - is geometric or abstract. Until now, however, no book-length study has been devoted to the deep antiquity and amazing range of geometrics and the fascinating questions that arise from their ubiquity and variety. Why did they precede represen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Malotki, Ekkehart, 1938- .. (Author), Dissanayake, Ellen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington press.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Indiens d'Amerique > États-Unis (ouest) > Antiquites.
Art indien d'Amerique > États-Unis (ouest)
Petroglyphes > États-Unis (ouest)
Rock paintings.
Picture-writing.
Petroglyphs.
Indians of North America > Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Art rupestre > États-Unis (Ouest)
Écriture ideographique > États-Unis (Ouest)
Petroglyphes > États-Unis (Ouest)
Indiens d'Amerique > États-Unis (Ouest) > Antiquites.
Rock paintings > West (U.S.)
Picture-writing > West (U.S.)
Petroglyphs > West (U.S.)
Indians of North America > West (U.S.) > Antiquities.
West United States.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Antiquites.
West (U.S.) > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Ekkehart Malotki and Ellen Dissanayake
  • The concept of artification / Ellen Dissanayake
  • Terminology, chronology, and dating of North American paleomarks / Ekkehart Malotki
  • Cupules as an archetypal artification / Ekkehart Malotki and Ellen Dissanayake
  • Ancestral minds and the spectrum of symbol / Ellen Dissanayake
  • Sites and styles of the western archaic tradition rock art complex / Ekkehart Malotki
  • Origins and functions of abstract-geometric markings / Ekkehart Malotki and Ellen Dissanayake
  • Why did our ancestors artify? / Ellen Dissanayake
  • Conclusion: the geometric enigma / Ekkehart Malotki and Ellen Dissanayake.

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