2nd Edition

Introduction to Rock Art Research

By David Whitley Copyright 2011
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 2005, this brief introduction to methods of studying rock art has become the standard text for courses on this topic. It was also selected as a Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book in 2005. Internationally-known rock art researcher David Whitley takes the reader through the various processes needed to document, interpret, and preserve this fragile category of artifact.... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Rock Art Fieldwork; Chapter 3 Classification; Chapter 4 Rock Art Dating; Chapter 5 Scientific Method and Rock Art Analysis; Chapter 6 Symbolic and Ethnographic Interpretation; Chapter 7 Formal Models and Shamanistic Rock Art; Chapter 8 Other Formal Approaches; Chapter 9 Management and Conservation; Chapter 10 Archaeology, Anthropology, and Rock Art;

Biography

Authored by Whitley, David