Rock Art

Rock Art
Author: Ajit Kumar (Archaeologist)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2015
Genre: Art, Prehistoric
ISBN:

Rock Art of South India

Rock Art of South India
Author: N. Chandramouli
Publisher: Spotlight Poets
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Rock art studies in south India are few and far between. The huge corpus of rock art has not been systematically documented, studied and analyzed. This book fills up thelacuna to a certain extent. This book constitutes the first comprehensive micro level study of rock art of Andhra Pradesh both at an intra site ind inter site levels. In addition, the other rock art traditions of south India particularly of Karnataka and Tamilnadu are also studied from a comparativeanalogical perspective. This is necessary not only to highlight the characteristic and exclusive traits of the rock arts of Andhra Pradesh, but also to understand the cultural cintacts between various regions reflected in the rock art forms and themes. An attempt has also been made to understand the motives behind the rock depictions in the light of various theories of interpretation.

Rock Art Studies

Rock Art Studies
Author: Bansi Lal Malla
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Art, Prehistoric
ISBN: 9788173054938

Special lectures delivered at the International Conference on Rock Art, held at New Delhi during 6th December 2012 to 23rd January 2013.

A Companion to Rock Art

A Companion to Rock Art
Author: Jo McDonald
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 692
Release: 2012-06-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1118253922

This unique guide provides an artistic and archaeological journey deep into human history, exploring the petroglyphic and pictographic forms of rock art produced by the earliest humans to contemporary peoples around the world. Summarizes the diversity of views on ancient rock art from leading international scholars Includes new discoveries and research, illustrated with over 160 images (including 30 color plates) from major rock art sites around the world Examines key work of noted authorities (e.g. Lewis-Williams, Conkey, Whitley and Clottes), and outlines new directions for rock art research Is broadly international in scope, identifying rock art from North and South America, Australia, the Pacific, Africa, India, Siberia and Europe Represents new approaches in the archaeological study of rock art, exploring issues that include gender, shamanism, landscape, identity, indigeneity, heritage and tourism, as well as technological and methodological advances in rock art analyses

Rock Art Studies: News of the World V

Rock Art Studies: News of the World V
Author: Paul Bahn
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2016-05-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1784913545

This is the fifth volume in the series Rock Art Studies: News of the World. Like the previous editions, it covers rock art research and management across the globe over a five-year period, in this case the years 2010 to 2014 inclusive.

Indian Rock Art and Its Global Context

Indian Rock Art and Its Global Context
Author: Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1997
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9788120814646

This is a unique volume in the history of rock art studies, meant at once for the advanced scholar, serious student and the curious but conscientious layman, co-authored by K.K. Chakravarty and R.G. Bednarik, who co-chaired the Rock Art session of the World Archaeological Congress 3 at Delhi in 1994. It is a synoptic but comprehensive survey, illustrated by 221 photographs and sketches, including 172 photographs in colour. The two scholars have not only described the latest state of research on rock art, but also transported rock art studies into the realm of interdisciplinary, inter-cultural analysis. Buttressed by an indicative map of the rock art regions, a list of major up to date direct dating results on rock art, a glossary of keywords related to spatial, temporal, technological, managerial categories, and an index, this volume blends precise, dispassionate descriptions with eloquent evocations. It blends conclusions distilled from rigorous, hard headed field research with penetrating criticism and assessment of the evidence. It combines a ruthless brevity and density with extraordinary felicity and clarity of language. Above all, it is an wonderful attempt at dealing with the problems of understanding, which dog human attempts to comprehend the meaning and shape of human creativity.

ABIA: South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index

ABIA: South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index
Author: Sita Pieris
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 897
Release: 2010-11-19
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9004191488

Volume Three offers 1643 annotated records on publications regarding the art and archaeology of South Asia, Central Asia and Tibet selected from the ABIA Index database at www.abia.net which were published between 2002 and 2007.