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Rock-Art / Semiotics

Chariots in Antiquity
Essays in Honour of Joost Crouwel
£98.00
Editors:
Peter Raulwing, Stefan Burmeister, Gail Brownrigg, and Katheryn M. Linduff
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407361178
Paperback:
338 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour.
BAR number:
S3159
Sub Title:
Essays in Honour of Joost Crouwel
This volume of essays honours Joost Crouwel, a leading expert on wheeled transport in antiquity. The editors and contributors are internationally acclaimed... More
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Theatres of Imagery
A performance theory approach to rock art research
£61.00
Author:
David M. Witelson
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356198
Paperback:
224 pages, Illustrated throughout in b&w, and colour.
Sub-series name:
African Archaeology, 98
BAR number:
S3149
Sub Title:
A performance theory approach to rock art research
This monograph applies performance theory to rock paintings in the Stormberg mountains of South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province-a rich rock art area to the... More
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£60.00
Author:
Simon Radchenko
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407353852
Paperback:
228 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour. Links to collection of fifteen 3D models.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Prehistoric Art, 6
BAR number:
S3143
Kamyana Mohyla is Ukraine's largest and most prominent rock art complex and is located at least one thousand kilometers from other comparable rock art... More
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Celtiform Pendants from Pre-Columbian Costa Rica
Production, distribution, and experimental replication
£50.00
Author:
Waka Kuboyama-Haraikawa
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English, with an abstract in Spanish
ISBN:
9781407314969
Paperback:
168 pages
BAR number:
S3138
Sub Title:
Production, distribution, and experimental replication
This volume elucidates the lapidary technologies and social organisation of pre-Columbian Costa Rica (500 BCE - 900 CE) by analysing the manufacturing and... More
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Rock Art Research in the Digital Era
Case Studies from the 20th International Rock Art Congress IFRAO 2018, Valcamonica (Italy)
£47.00
Editors:
Miguel Carrero-Pazos, Rebecca Döhl, Julian Jansen van Rensburg, Paolo Medici, Alia Vázquez-Martínez
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407360119
Paperback:
164 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Prehistoric Art, 5
BAR number:
S3098
Sub Title:
Case Studies from the 20th International Rock Art Congress IFRAO 2018, Valcamonica (Italy)
Rock Art Research in the Digital Era covers the research presented at the 20th International Rock Art Congress (IFRAO) held in Darfo Boario Terme,... More
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Innovative Approaches to Archaeology
Proceedings of the Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Conference 2020
£49.00
Editors:
Emanuele Prezioso and Marcella Giobbe
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359915
Paperback:
168 pages
BAR number:
S3095
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Conference 2020
The volume brings together the innovative contributions presented at the Graduate Archaeology at Oxford 2020 conference ‘Innovative Approaches to... More
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Rock Art in the Landscapes of Motion
Proceedings of a session of the 20th International Rock Art Congress IFRAO 2018 in Valcamonica, Italy
£56.00
Editors:
Pawel L Polkowski and Frank Förster
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359892
Paperback:
192 pages
BAR number:
S3092
Sub Title:
Proceedings of a session of the 20th International Rock Art Congress IFRAO 2018 in Valcamonica, Italy
This volume presents a collection of papers focusing on the dynamic relationship between rock art, movement and the surrounding landscape. The contributors... More
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Ein heiliger Ort in der Ostwüste
Beitrag zur altägyptischen Religion am Beispiel eines Hirtenbildes
£40.00
Author:
Hartwig Hartmann
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
German
ISBN:
9781407359298
Paperback:
140 pages, Illustrated throughout. 39 figures.
BAR number:
S3086
Sub Title:
Beitrag zur altägyptischen Religion am Beispiel eines Hirtenbildes
Seit der 5. Dynastie wird die Geburt eines Kälbchens und dessen Säugung auf den Wandreliefs altägyptischer Gräber dargestellt. Auch Grabbeigaben und... More
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Change and Continuity in the Prehistoric Rock Art of East Siberia
An archaeological and anthropological exploration into ethno-cultural identity, belonging, and symbolism
£53.00
Author:
Irina A. Ponomareva
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358765
Paperback:
222 pages
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Prehistoric Art, 4
BAR number:
S3057
Sub Title:
An archaeological and anthropological exploration into ethno-cultural identity, belonging, and symbolism
The volume covers a huge region of East Siberia, considering prehistoric ethno-cultural and social processes through the development of rock art styles and... More
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¡El Yunque se levanta!
Interdisciplinarity and activism at the La Mina petroglyph site
£37.00
Author:
Rhianna C. Rogers, James Schuetz and Rex Cauldwell
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356433
Paperback:
120 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 87 figures and 8 tables.
BAR number:
S3019
Sub Title:
Interdisciplinarity and activism at the La Mina petroglyph site
Archaeologists consider Puerto Rico a key geographical location for categorizing native occupations in the Caribbean. However, lack of funding, minimal... More
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Shepherds Who Write
Pastoral graffiti in the uplands of Europe from prehistory to the modern age
£69.00
Editors:
Marta Bazzanella and Giovanni Kezich
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357140
Paperback:
256 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 7 tables, 228 figures.
BAR number:
S2999
Sub Title:
Pastoral graffiti in the uplands of Europe from prehistory to the modern age
In a number of significant sites of the vast ancient pasturelands of the Old World, generations of wandering shepherds have left their testimony in the form... More
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Tibetan Silver, Gold and Bronze Objects and the Aesthetics of Animals in the Era before Empire
Cross-cultural reverberations on the Tibetan Plateau and soundings from other parts of Eurasia
£53.00
Author:
John Vincent Bellezza
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407354316
Paperback:
184 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 2 tables, 148 figures, 2 maps.
BAR number:
S2984
Sub Title:
Cross-cultural reverberations on the Tibetan Plateau and soundings from other parts of Eurasia
This archaeological and art-historical study is woven around rock art and ancient metallic articles attributed to Tibet. The silver bowls, gold finial, and... More
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Rock Art, Water, and Ancestors
The semiotic construction of a sacred landscape in the central Andes (1800 BCE - CE 1820)
£78.00
Author:
Gordon Ambrosino
Publication Year:
2020
ISBN:
9781407356624
Paperback:
296 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 39 tables, 320 figures, 9 maps, 4 graphs
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Prehistoric Art, 2
BAR number:
S2969
Sub Title:
The semiotic construction of a sacred landscape in the central Andes (1800 BCE - CE 1820)
As landscape art, the rock art of the central Andes offers clues regarding relationships between ancestor veneration and the negotiation of rights to water.... More
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Design and Connectivity
The Case of Atlantic Rock Art
£63.00
Author:
Joana Valdez-Tullett
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316628
Paperback:
286 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 172 figures (31 in colour), 61 graphs (39 in colour). With additional material online (figures and graphs).
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Prehistoric Art, 1
BAR number:
S2932
Sub Title:
The Case of Atlantic Rock Art
Atlantic Rock Art is a rock art tradition which includes emblematic motifs such as cup-marks, cup-and-rings and lines, known to several countries on the... More
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£78.00
Author:
Roberto Basilico and Giovanni Beltramelli
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
Italian
ISBN:
9781407356419
Paperback:
406 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 204 figures
Sub-series name:
Hypogean Archaeology: Research and Documentation of Underground Structures, 13
BAR number:
S2924
Nel territorio dell'Alto Lario, zona settentrionale del Lago di Como, vi è una diffusa e importante presenza di incisioni rupestri schematiche e figurative.... More
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Equids and Wheeled Vehicles in the Ancient World
Essays in Memory of Mary A. Littauer
£59.00
Editors:
Peter Raulwing, Katheryn M. Linduff and Joost H. Crouwel
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316437
Paperback:
232 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 261 figures (80 in colour), 19 tables.
BAR number:
S2923
Sub Title:
Essays in Memory of Mary A. Littauer
The essays in this volume were originally presented at a symposium in honour of Mary Aiken Littauer, la grande dame de l’hippologie ancienne. The papers... More
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Mucho más que barcos
Una aproximación teórica a las funciones, capacidades náuticas, bases materiales y dimensión social de la tecnología naval prehistórica
£35.00
Author:
Julián Moyano Di Carlo
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
Spanish with a 6 pg English summary
ISBN:
9781407316543
Paperback:
123 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 6 tables, 67 figures (1 in colour), 2 colour graphs
BAR number:
S2901
Sub Title:
Una aproximación teórica a las funciones, capacidades náuticas, bases materiales y dimensión social de la tecnología naval prehistórica
Este trabajo pretende convertirse en un modelo teórico que sirva de sustento a un proyecto de investigación futuro sobre tecnología naval prehistórica.... More
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Recorded Places, Experienced Places
The Holocene rock art of the Iberian Atlantic north-west
£63.00
Editors:
Ana M. S. Bettencourt, Manuel Santos Estevez, Hugo A. Sampaio and Daniela Cardoso
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314846
Paperback:
222 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 122 figures (35 in colour), 3 tables (2 in colour)
BAR number:
S2878
Sub Title:
The Holocene rock art of the Iberian Atlantic north-west
This book springs from the compilation of papers and posters presented in 2013 and 2014 at the 2nd and 3rd Enardas Colloquia, entitled ‘Living Places,... More
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Espacio gráfico, visibilidad y tránsito cavernario / Graphic Space, Visibility and Cave Transit
El uso de las cavidades con arte paleolítico en la Región Cantábrica / The use of caves with Palaeolithic art in the Cantabrian region
£115.00
Author:
Blanca Ochoa
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
Spanish with partial English translation/summary
ISBN:
9781407316154
Paperback:
480 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 416 figures (292 in colour). Includes an Annexe of numeric dates.
BAR number:
S2875
Sub Title:
El uso de las cavidades con arte paleolítico en la Región Cantábrica / The use of caves with Palaeolithic art in the Cantabrian region
El punto de partida es definir si existen convergencias o divergencias en el posicionamiento del arte parietal a través del estudio combinado del arte... More
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Punctuated Insularity
The Archaeology of 4th and 3rd Millennium Sardinia
£47.00
Author:
Gary Webster and Maud Webster
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316192
Paperback:
172 pages, Illustrated throughout in black and white. 80 figures
BAR number:
S2871
Sub Title:
The Archaeology of 4th and 3rd Millennium Sardinia
Sardinia preserves an exceptional record of its Final Neolithic and Copper Age cultures, with a diverse crafts repertory, henges and dolmens,... More
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Sailing Rock Art Boats
A reassessment of seafaring abilities in Bronze Age Scandinavia and the introduction of the sail in the North
£53.00
Author:
Boel Bengtsson
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315690
Paperback:
172 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 6 tables (in colour), 97 figures (46 in colour)
BAR number:
S2865
Sub Title:
A reassessment of seafaring abilities in Bronze Age Scandinavia and the introduction of the sail in the North
This book argues that the use of sail as a complement to paddling would have formed an integral part of the development of centres of power in the early... More
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£52.00
Author:
Kalle Sognnes
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315164
Paperback:
208pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white. 1 table and 118 figures.
BAR number:
S2837
This book examines the Northern (Stone Age) rock art of central Norway, which is dominated by images of marine and terrestrial motifs. It focuses on how... More
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Styles, techniques et expression graphique dans l'art sur paroi rocheuse (Styles, Techniques and Graphic Expression in Rock Art)
Proceedings of Session A11d of the 17th World Congress of the IUPPS (Actes de la session A11d du 17e Congrés mondial de l’UISPP) (Burgos 1-7 September 2014)
£60.00
Editors:
Marc Groenen and Marie-Christine Groenen
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English and French
ISBN:
9781407314464
Paperback:
226pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 1 table, 174 figures (including 103 black and white photographs and 5 colour photographs)
BAR number:
S2787
Sub Title:
Proceedings of Session A11d of the 17th World Congress of the IUPPS (Actes de la session A11d du 17e Congrés mondial de l’UISPP) (Burgos 1-7 September 2014)
Research on rock art conducted during the last several decades has shown the skill and knowledge demonstrated by the painters, engravers and sculptors who... More
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Miscellania
Theory, Rock Art and Heritage
£31.00
Editors:
Luiz Oosterbeek and Cláudia Fidalgo
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English with 1 paper in Spanish
ISBN:
9781407313016
Paperback:
98pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XVI World Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (Florianopolis, Brazil, 4-10 September 2011), 11
BAR number:
S2659
Sub Title:
Theory, Rock Art and Heritage
This volume brings together several papers delivered in different sessions that, for various reasons, were not completely published. Four... More
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