Signalling and Performance: Ancient Rock Art in Britain and Ireland


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This lavishly illustrated volume presents a state of the art survey of the ancient rock art of Britain and Ireland. Bringing together new discoveries and new interpretations, it enhances our understanding and further establishes ancient British and Irish rock art as a significant archaeological assemblage worthy of attention and additional study.




Ancient British Rock Art


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Artist and petroglyph hunter Chris Mansell discusses the possible purpose and meaning of these archaeic and enigmatic markings, using his own drawings and old lithographs.




Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe


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Along the Atlantic seaboard, from Scotland to Spain, are numerous rock carvings made four to five thousand years ago, whose interpretation poses a major challenge to the archaeologist. In the first full-length treatment of the subject, based largely on new fieldwork, Richard Bradley argues that these carvings should be interpreted as a series of symbolic messages that are shared between monuments, artefacts and natural places in the landscape. He discusses the cultural setting of the rock carvings and the ways in which they can be interpreted in relation to ancient land use, the creation of ritual monuments and the burial of the dead. Integrating this fascinating yet little-known material into the mainstream of prehistoric studies, Richard Bradley demonstrates that these carvings played a fundamental role in the organization of the prehistoric landscape.




Art as Metaphor


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Enigmatic, esoteric and fascinating, the rock-art of the British Isles has for a long time been a well-kept secret. This volume brings together a carefully selected collection of papers reporting on recent discoveries and regional surveys covering British prehistoric rock-art from over 10,000 years ago.




Prehistoric Rock Art in Britain


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In this latest book the prolific Stan Beckensall returns to his principal specialism, Britains prehistoric rock art.




Anthropomorphic Images in Rock Art Paintings and Rock Carvings


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In rock art, humanlike images appear widely throughout the ages. The artworks discussed in this book range from paintings, engravings or scratchings on cave walls and rock shelters, images pecked into rocky surfaces or upon standing stones, and major sacred sites, in which exists the possibility of recovering the meanings intended by the artists.




Rock Art


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The Ancient British Sculptured Rocks Of Northumberland And The Eastern Borders


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This classic work explores the rich artistic heritage of Northumberland and the eastern borders of Britain, offering a detailed analysis of the region's many ancient sculptures and rock carvings. Filled with beautiful illustrations and informative essays, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of British art. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.




Rock Art & Ritual


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'A stimulating book, which is more ambitious in its interpretations than many recent rock art publications.' Antiquity magazine, praise for Volume One.