Palaeolithic Cave Art at Creswell Crags in European Context

Palaeolithic Cave Art at Creswell Crags in European Context
Author: Sergio Ripoll
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2007-03-29
Genre: Art
ISBN: 019929917X

This comprehensively illustrated book presents the Creswell art itself, the archaeology of the caves and the region, and the context of the Upper Palaeolithic era in Britain, as well as a number of studies of Palaeolithic cave art in Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy.

Palaeolithic Cave Art at Creswell Crags in European Context

Palaeolithic Cave Art at Creswell Crags in European Context
Author: Paul Pettitt
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2007-03-29
Genre: Art
ISBN: 019153840X

Cave art is a subject of perennial interest among archaeologists. Until recently it was assumed that it was largely restricted to southern France and northern Iberia, although in recent years new discoveries have demonstrated that it originally had a much wider distribution. The discovery in 2003 of the UK's first examples of cave art, in two caves at Creswell Crags on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border, was the most surprising illustration of this. The discoverers (the editors of the book) brought together in 2004 a number of Palaeolithic archaeologists and rock art specialists from across the world to study the Creswell art and debate its significance, and its similarities and contrasts with contemporary Late Pleistocene ('Ice Age') art on the Continent. This comprehensively illustrated book presents the Creswell art itself, the archaeology of the caves and the region, and the wider context of the Upper Palaeolithic era in Britain, as well as a number of up-to-date studies of Palaeolithic cave art in Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy which serve to contextualize the British examples.

Art as Metaphor

Art as Metaphor
Author: Aron D. Mazel
Publisher: Archaeopress
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2007
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781905739165

Enigmatic, esoteric and fascinating, the rock-art of the British Isles has for a long time been a well-kept secret. However, over the last few decades hundreds of new rock art panels have been discovered and several regional surveys have been carried out. This volume brings together a carefully selected collection of papers that cover British prehistoric rock-art from over 10000 years ago.

Beyond the Ice: Creswell Crags and its place in a wider European context

Beyond the Ice: Creswell Crags and its place in a wider European context
Author: Matthew Beresford
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2012-03-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1784910805

Since the discovery of Britains first Ice Age cave art in 2003, the site of Creswell Crags has gained international recognition as one of Britains leading Palaeolithic sites. This accessible volume explores the history of research on the site and draws together and interprets the findings, paying particular attention to the cave art.

The British Palaeolithic

The British Palaeolithic
Author: Paul Pettitt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 616
Release: 2012-11-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136496777

The British Palaeolithic provides the first academic synthesis of the entire British Palaeolithic, from the earliest occupation (currently understood to be around 980,000 years ago) to the end of the Ice Age. Landscape and ecology form the canvas for an explicitly interpretative approach aimed at understanding the how different hominin societies addressed the issues of life at the edge of the Pleistocene world. Commencing with a consideration of the earliest hominin settlement of Europe, the book goes on to examine the behavioural, cultural and adaptive repertoires of the first human occupants of Britain from an ecological perspective. These themes flow throughout the book as it explores subsequent occupational pulses across more than half a million years of Pleistocene prehistory, which saw Homo heidelbergensis, the Neanderthals and ultimately Homo sapiens walk these shores. The British Palaeolithic fills a major gap in teaching resources as well as in research by providing a current synthesis of the latest research on the period. This book represents the culmination of 40 years combined research in this area by two well known experts in the field, and is an important new text for students of British archaeology as well as for students and researchers of the continental Palaeolithic period.

Prehistoric Britain

Prehistoric Britain
Author: Joshua Pollard
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2008-06-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1405125462

Informed by the latest research and in-depth analysis, Prehistoric Britain provides students and scholars alike with a fascinating overview of the development of human societies in Britain from the Upper Paleolithic to the end of the Iron Age. Offers readers an incisive synthesis and much-needed overview of current research themes Includes essays from leading scholars and professionals who address the very latest trends in current research Explores the interpretive debates surrounding major transitions in British prehistory

Painted Caves

Painted Caves
Author: Andrew J. Lawson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2012-05-24
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0199698228

Written from an archaeological perspective, Painted Caves is a beautifully illustrated introduction to the oldest art of Western Europe: the very ancient paintings found in caves. Lawson offers an up to date overview of the geographical distribution of the sites and their significance within the varied network of Palaeolithic art.

The Oxford Handbook of Light in Archaeology

The Oxford Handbook of Light in Archaeology
Author: Costas Papadopoulos
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 817
Release: 2021-12-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0198788215

Light plays a crucial role in mediating relationships between people, things, and spaces, yet lightscapes have been largely neglected in archaeology study. This volume offers a full consideration of light in archaeology and beyond, exploring diverse aspects of illumination in different spatial and temporal contexts from prehistory to the present.

Pagan Britain

Pagan Britain
Author: Ronald Hutton
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2014-05-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300198582

Britain's pagan past, with its mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artifacts, bloodthirsty legends, and cryptic inscriptions, is both enthralling and perplexing to a resident of the twenty-first century. In this ambitious and thoroughly up-to-date book, Ronald Hutton reveals the long development, rapid suppression, and enduring cultural significance of paganism, from the Paleolithic Era to the coming of Christianity. He draws on an array of recently discovered evidence and shows how new findings have radically transformed understandings of belief and ritual in Britain before the arrival of organized religion. Setting forth a chronological narrative, Hutton along the way makes side visits to explore specific locations of ancient pagan activity. He includes the well-known sacred sites—Stonehenge, Avebury, Seahenge, Maiden Castle, Anglesey—as well as more obscure locations across the mainland and coastal islands. In tireless pursuit of the elusive “why” of pagan behavior, Hutton astonishes with the breadth of his understanding of Britain’s deep past and inspires with the originality of his insights.

Deep-Time Images in the Age of Globalization

Deep-Time Images in the Age of Globalization
Author: Oscar Moro Abadía
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2024
Genre:
ISBN: 3031546385

Zusammenfassung: This open access volume explores the impact of globalization on the contemporary study of deep-time art. The volume explores how early rock art research's Eurocentric biases have shifted with broadened global horizons to facilitate new conversations and discourses in new post-colonial realities. The book uses seven main themes to explore theoretical, methodological, ethical, and practical developments that are orienting the study of Pleistocene and Holocene arts in the age of globalization. Compiling studies as diverse as genetics, visualization, with the proliferation of increasingly sophisticated archaeological techniques, means that vast quantities of materials and techniques are now incorporated into the analysis of the world's visual cultures. Deep-Time Images in the Age of Globalization aims to promote critical reflection on the multitude of positive - and negative - impacts that globalization has wrought in rock art research. The volume brings new theoretical frameworks as well as engagement with indigenous knowledge and perspectives from art history. It highlights technical, methodological and interpretive developments, and showcases rock art characteristics from previously unknown (in the global north) geographic areas. This book provides comparative approaches on rock art globally and scrutinises the impacts of globalization on research, preservation, and management of deep-time art. This book will appeal to archaeologists, social scientists and art historians working in the field as well as lovers of rock art.