A Painted Ridge: Rock art and performance in the Maclear District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Title | A Painted Ridge: Rock art and performance in the Maclear District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa PDF eBook |
Author | David Mendel Witelson |
Publisher | Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | 164 |
Release | 2019-06-27 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1789692458 |
This book explores a suite of spatially close San (Bushmen) rock painting sites in the Maclear District of South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. As a suite, the sites are remarkable because, despite their proximity to each other, they share patterns of similarity and simultaneous difference.
Rock Art Studies: News of the World VI
Title | Rock Art Studies: News of the World VI PDF eBook |
Author | Paul G. Bahn |
Publisher | Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | 370 |
Release | 2021-09-16 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1789699630 |
Like previous series entries, this volume covers rock art research and management all over the world over a 5-year period, in this case 2015-19. Contributions once again show the wide variety of approaches that have been taken in different parts of the world and reflect the expansion and diversification of perspectives and research questions.
World Archaeoprimatology
Title | World Archaeoprimatology PDF eBook |
Author | Bernardo Urbani |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 559 |
Release | 2022-08-18 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1108487335 |
The first compendium of archaeoprimatological studies, covering past relationships between humans and nonhuman primates across the world.
Powerful Pictures: Rock Art Research Histories around the World
Title | Powerful Pictures: Rock Art Research Histories around the World PDF eBook |
Author | Jamie Hampson |
Publisher | Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | 183 |
Release | 2022-12-29 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1803273895 |
Focusing on stunning paintings and engravings from around the world, 16 papers interrogate the driving forces behind global rock art research. Many of the motifs featured were created by indigenous hunter-gatherer groups; this book sheds new light on non-Western rituals and worldviews, many of which are threatened or on the point of extinction.
The Archaeology of Southern Africa
Title | The Archaeology of Southern Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Mitchell |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 585 |
Release | 2024-06-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 100932473X |
This revised and updated edition provides a comprehensive synthesis of Southern Africa's archaeology over more than 3 million years.
Sheltered Performances
Title | Sheltered Performances PDF eBook |
Author | David Mendel Witelson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 450 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Rock paintings |
ISBN |
The Rock Art of Southern Africa
Title | The Rock Art of Southern Africa PDF eBook |
Author | J. David Lewis-Williams |
Publisher | CUP Archive |
Total Pages | 136 |
Release | 1983-11-03 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780521244602 |