History of art: pre-history books

568 books were found.

ARYAN AVATARS From pre-historic nomads to settlers in the Pacific

ARYAN AVATARS From pre-historic nomads to settlers in...

Author: Mahendra Sukhdeo
ISBN: 9789381239469
Format: Paperback
$39.17

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The Museum Is Open: Towards a Transnational History of Museums 1750-1940

The Museum Is Open: Towards a Transnational History...

Author: Andrea Meyer ,  Bénédicte Savoy
ISBN: 9783110298802
Format: Hardback
$175.00

Museum science, museum analysis, museum history, and museum theory - all this expanding terminology underscores...  Read More >>

Material Images of Humans from the Natufian to Pottery Neolithic Periods in the Levant

Material Images of Humans from the Natufian to Pottery...

Author: Estelle Orrelle
ISBN: 9781407312231
Format: Paperback
$160.43

This book focuses on the 'un-naturalistic' iconography of human imagery intuitively regarded as 'super-natural'....  Read More >>

Painters in Prehistory: Archaeology and Art of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands

Painters in Prehistory: Archaeology and Art of the Lower...

Author: Harry J. Shafer
ISBN: 9781595340863
Format: Hardback
$99.99

The story of ancient canyon dwellers along the Lower Pecos and their culture  Read More >>

Rock Art of the Lower Pecos

Rock Art of the Lower Pecos

Author: Carolyn E. Boyd
ISBN: 9781603449854
Format: Hardback
$92.40

Four thousand years ago bands of hunter-gatherers lived in and travelled through the challenging terrain of what...  Read More >>

The Origins of Monsters: Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction

The Origins of Monsters: Image and Cognition in the...

Author: David Wengrow
ISBN: 9780691159041
Format: Hardback
$79.99

Can cognitive science explain the potency of such images? Does evolutionary psychology hold a key to understanding...  Read More >>

Rock Art and Sacred Landscapes

Rock Art and Sacred Landscapes

Author:
ISBN: 9781306164122
Format: Electronic book text
$340.56

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Museum Is Open

Museum Is Open

Author: Andrea Meyer ,  Benedicte Savoy
ISBN: 9781306429870
Format: Electronic book text
$295.68

Museum science, museum analysis, museum history, and museum theory all of these composite designations have come...  Read More >>

Drawing with Great Needles: Ancient Tattoo Traditions of North America

Drawing with Great Needles: Ancient Tattoo Traditions...

Author: Aaron Deter-Wolf ,  Carol Diaz-Granados
ISBN: 9781477302118
Format: Paperback
$53.95

Leading authorities provide the first state-of-the-art study of the history, meaning, and significance of Native...  Read More >>

Archaeology of New York State

Archaeology of New York State

Author: William A Ritchie
ISBN: 9781306424066
Format: Electronic book text
$224.40

The most complete account of ancient man in the New York area ever published in one volume, this book traces a rich,...  Read More >>

Communicating with the World of Beings: The World Heritage Rock Art Sites in Alta, Arctic Norway

Communicating with the World of Beings: The World Heritage...

Author: Knut Helskog
ISBN: 9781322006833
Format: Electronic book text
$101.64

The rock art found in the World Cultural Heritage site of the Alta area, Norway, comprises thousands of images including...  Read More >>

Using Images in Late Antiquity

Using Images in Late Antiquity

Author: Stine Birk ,  Troels Myrup Kristensen
ISBN: 9781322027159
Format: Electronic book text
$130.68

Fifteen papers focus on the active and dynamic uses of images during the first millennium AD. They bring together...  Read More >>

An Artist Looks at Ice Age Art

An Artist Looks at Ice Age Art

Author: George Eugene Johanson
ISBN: 9780615793412
Format: Paperback
$39.47

In this 105-page book well-known Oregon artist George Johanson offers his observations and interpretations of the...  Read More >>

The Dream on the Rock: Visions of Prehistory

The Dream on the Rock: Visions of Prehistory

Author: Fulvio Gosso ,  Peter Webster
ISBN: 9781438448756
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Examines the relationship between rock art, shamanism, and the origins of human existence.  Read More >>

Nok: Ein Ursprung Afrikanischer Skulptur

Nok: Ein Ursprung Afrikanischer Skulptur

Author: Peter Breunig
ISBN: 9783937248387
Format: Paperback
$158.40

This volume provides new insights into the Nok Culture of Nigeria, West Africa. It is the catalog of the exhibition...  Read More >>

Ancient Architecture of the Southwest

Ancient Architecture of the Southwest

Author: William N. Morgan ,  Rina Swentzell
ISBN: 9780292757660
Format: Paperback
$71.99

This study presents a comprehensive architectural survey of ancient structures in the region ranging from Colorado...  Read More >>

Introduction to Plaeolithic Cave Paintings in Northern Spain

Introduction to Plaeolithic Cave Paintings in Northern...

Author: Roberto Cacho Toca ,  Takeo Fukazawa
ISBN: 9784907162139
Format: Paperback
$52.03

From 1997 to 2004, we executed Photographic VR shooting of Palaeolithic cave paintings in 23 major caves and about...  Read More >>

Troy: City, Homer and Turkey

Troy: City, Homer and Turkey

Author: Gunay Uslu ,  Omer Faruk Serifoglu
ISBN: 9789040007934
Format: Paperback
$47.99

'Troy. City, Homer and Turkey' presents the latest insights and discoveries relating to both the historical and...  Read More >>

Megalithism: Sacred and Pagan Architecture in Prehistory

Megalithism: Sacred and Pagan Architecture in Prehistory...

Author: Alberto Pozzi
ISBN: 9781612332550
Format: Paperback
$108.55

Megalithism, or the art of using huge boulders to create sacred, pagan monuments and sites, still fascinates us...  Read More >>

Pre-Columbian Art & Archaeology: Essays in Honor of Frederick R. Mayer

Pre-Columbian Art & Archaeology: Essays in Honor of...

Author: Margaret Young-Sánchez
ISBN: 9780914738824
Format: Paperback
$66.00

This lavishly illustrated volume brings together newly revised and expanded symposium papers from pre-Columbian...  Read More >>

Nine Mile Canyon: The Archaeological History of an American Treasure

Nine Mile Canyon: The Archaeological History of an American...

Author: Jerry D. Spangler
ISBN: 9781607812265
Format: Paperback
$92.27

With an estimated 10,000 ancient rock art sites, Nine Mile Canyon has long captivated people the world over. The...  Read More >>

Kinishba Lost and Found: Mid-Century Excavations and Contemporary Perspectives

Kinishba Lost and Found: Mid-Century Excavations and...

Author: John R Welch ,  Mark T Altaha
ISBN: 9781889747927
Format: Paperback
$92.40

This volume presents previously unpublished notes and descriptions from work at the important prehistoric pueblo...  Read More >>

The decorative art of the Indians of the north Pacific coast

The decorative art of the Indians of the north Pacific...

Author: Franz Boas
ISBN: 9785518902817
Format: Paperback
$118.67

The decorative art of the Indians of the north Pacific coast. This book, The decorative art of the Indians of the...  Read More >>

Prehistoric Rock Art of India

Prehistoric Rock Art of India

Author: Erwin Neumayer
ISBN: 9780198060987
Format: Hardback
$330.00

Covering a vast terrain-from Ladakh and other Himalayan locations, to central India including the Vindhyas, the...  Read More >>

Textiles and Textile Production in Europe: From Prehistory to Ad 400

Textiles and Textile Production in Europe: From Prehistory...

Author: Margarita Gleba ,  Ulla Mannering
ISBN: 9781299441323
Format: Electronic book text
$126.72

There is evidence that ever since early prehistory, textiles have always had more than simply a utilitarian function....  Read More >>

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