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1 online resource (254 pages) |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Chapter One; Introduction; The nature of palaeoart; About this book; About Eve; Summing up; Chapter Two; 1. Earlier Stone Age (ESA) and Lower Palaeolithic; 2. Early Middle Stone Age (EMSA); 3. Middle Stone Age (MSA); 4. Later Stone Age (LSA); 5. Discussion; Chapter Three; 1. Introduction; 2. North America; 3. South America; 4. Discussion; Chapter Four; 1. Siberia; 2. Eastern Asia; 3. Southern Asia; 4. South-western Asia; 5. Discussion; Chapter Five; 1. Introduction; 2. Misconceptions; 3. Pleistocene petroglyphs; 4. Pictograms and portable palaeoart; 5. Discussion |
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Chapter Six1. Introduction; 2. Lower Palaeolithic palaeoart; 3. Middle Palaeolithic palaeoart; 4. Early Upper Palaeolithic (EUP) palaeoart; 5. Later Upper Palaeolithic (LUP) palaeoart; Chapter Seven; Summarising the evidence; Towards a cultural sequence; A proposal; Let history be the judge |
| Summary |
The many hundreds of books and thousands of academic papers on the topic of Pleistocene (Ice Age) art are limited in their approach because they deal only with the early art of southwestern Europe. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive synthesis of the known Pleistocene palaeoart of six continents, a phenomenon that is in fact more numerous and older in other continents. It contemplates the origins of art in a balanced manner, based on reality rather than fantasies about cultural primacy. Its key findings challenge most previous perceptions in this field and literally re-write the di |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Art, Prehistoric.
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Paleoart.
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History of art: pre-history.
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Archaeology.
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Prehistoric archaeology.
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ART -- History -- General.
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Art, Prehistoric
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Paleoart
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781527500716 |
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1527500713 |
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