Overview

This volume presents a collection of papers focusing on the dynamic relationship between rock art, movement and the surrounding landscape. The contributors offer a wide range of theoretical perspectives from broad geographical and chronological contexts, encompassing case studies from three continents, and spanning a timeline from the European Palaeolithic to the Colonial Period of South America. The diverse approaches and contexts converge over themes of movement, motion and mobility - all inherent to rock art and its production.

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Author:   Frank Förster ,  Pawel L. Polkowski
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Weight:   0.766kg
ISBN:  

9781407359892

ISBN 10:   1407359894
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   31 July 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Foreword 1. Of Theoretical Trains and Moving Stations: An Introduction to Rock Art in the Landscapes of Motion Pawel L. Polkowski and Frank Förster 2. Between Arrest and Movement: 'Mobile' and 'Stationary' People and Their Rock Art in the Western Desert of Egypt (Third Millennium BC) Pawel L. Polkowski and Frank Förster 3. Off the Move: On the Phenomenon of Rock Images Gernot Grube 4. Movement, Time and Rhythm Among Hunter-Gatherers: A View from Guaiquivilo Rock Art, Southern Andes, Chile Francisco Vergara Murua 5. Post-Paleolithic Rock Art and Landscape: A Case Study of Mount Coto de Sabroso, Guimarães (Northwest Portugal) Daniela Cardoso, Giorgos Iliadis and George H. Nash 6. In the Middle of Nowhere: Geoglyphs, Caravan Routes, Social Conflict, and the Visual Demarcation of Travel Routes Across the Northern Chilean Atacama Desert Daniela Valenzuela, Luis Briones?, Paz Casanova, Indira Montt, Thibault Saintenoy, Marta Crespo and Pablo Mendez-Quiros 7. Patterns of Movement. Rock Art, Rough-Outs, and Route-Ways in the English Lake District Kate E. Sharpe 8. Bronze Age Footprints and Shoeprints, Celestial Cults and Pilgrimages in the Northwest Iberian Peninsula José Moreira and Ana M. S. Bettencourt 9. Rock Art on the Inka Pilgrimage Route in the Titicaca Basin Jessica Joyce Christie

Reviews

'This is new data in an emerging and promising field of research. The issues and case studies are effectively placed within a wider theoretical and geographic context. I particularly like the connection between place, road and pathways.' Professor Claire Smith, Flinders University 'This intriguing anthology investigates one of the many paradoxes of rock art: how thorough analyses of emplaced artworks in the landscape can be used to reveal insights into people's movements. It presents an enjoyable global exploration that will take the reader on an odyssey into people's mindscapes. It's a must-read!' Professor Joakim Goldhahn, University of Western Australia

'This is new data in an emerging and promising field of research. The issues and case studies are effectively placed within a wider theoretical and geographic context. I particularly like the connection between place, road and pathways.' Professor Claire Smith, Flinders University 'This intriguing anthology investigates one of the many paradoxes of rock art: how thorough analyses of emplaced artworks in the landscape can be used to reveal insights into people's movements. It presents an enjoyable global exploration that will take the reader on an odyssey into people's mindscapes. It's a must-read!' Professor Joakim Goldhahn, University of Western Australia

'This is new data in an emerging and promising field of research. The issues and case studies are effectively placed within a wider theoretical and geographic context. I particularly like the connection between place, road and pathways.' Professor Claire Smith, Flinders University   'This intriguing anthology investigates one of the many paradoxes of rock art: how thorough analyses of emplaced artworks in the landscape can be used to reveal insights into people's movements. It presents an enjoyable global exploration that will take the reader on an odyssey into people's mindscapes. It's a must-read!' Professor Joakim Goldhahn, University of Western Australia              

Author Information

Pawel L. Polkowski (PhD 2015, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan) leads the Rock Art Unit in the Poznan Archaeological Museum and is a researcher at the University of Warsaw, Poland. He is director of the Dakhleh Oasis Project and its Petroglyph Unit. He specialises in Egyptian and Nubian rock art studies, as well as in archaeological theory. Frank Förster (PhD 2011, University of Cologne) is an Egyptologist currently working as curator of the Egyptian Museum at the University of Bonn, Germany. His research interests include Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt, pharaonic trade and economy, rock art, sports in ancient Egypt, and the archaeology of desert roads. Contributors: Ana M. S. Bettencourt, Luis Briones (?), Daniela Cardoso, Paz Casanova, Jessica Joyce Christie, Marta Crespo, Frank Förster, Gernot Grube, Giorgos Iliadis, Pablo Mendez-Quiros, Indira Montt, José Moreira, George H. Nash, Pawel L. Polkowski, Thibault Saintenoy, Kate E. Sharpe, Daniela Valenzuela, Francisco Vergara Murua

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