MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2012015860
003 DLC
005 20120424161344.0
008 120417s2012 nju bf 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012015860
020 $a9781444334241 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
050 00 $aGN799.P4$bC525 2012
082 00 $a709.01/13$223
084 $aSOC003000$2bisacsh
245 02 $aA companion to rock art /$cedited by Jo McDonald and Peter Veth.
260 $aHoboken, New Jersey :$bWiley-Blackwell,$c2012.
263 $a1208
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"This unique guide provides an artistic and archaeological journey deep into human history, exploring the petroglyphic and pictographic forms of rock art produced by the earliest humans to contemporary peoples around the world. Summarizes the diversity of views on ancient rock art from leading international scholars Includes new discoveries and research, illustrated with over 160 images (including 30 color plates) from major rock art sites around the world Examines key work of noted authorities (e.g. Lewis-Williams, Conkey, Whitley and Clottes), and outlines new directions for rock art research Is broadly international in scope, identifying rock art from North and South America, Australia, the Pacific, Africa, India, Siberia and Europe Represents new approaches in the archaeological study of rock art, exploring issues that include gender, shamanism, landscape, identity, indigeneity, heritage and tourism, as well as technological and methodological advances in rock art analyses "--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Represents new approaches in the archaeological study of rock art, exploring issues that include gender, shamanism, landscape, identity, indigeneity, heritage and tourism, as well as technological and methodological advances in rock art analyses"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aPetroglyphs$vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650 0 $aRock paintings$vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aMcDonald, Jo$q(Josephine),$eeditor of compilation.
700 1 $aVeth, Peter Marius,$eeditor of compilation.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://catalogimages.wiley.com/images/db/jimages/9781444334241.jpg