Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Central Himalayas Central Himalayas D. P. Agrawal Study refers to the megalithic period. OL1069765W
Ancient visions Ancient visions Julie E Francis "The Bighorn and Wind River basins of north-central Wyoming and southern Montana have been home to Native American tribes for at least 11,000 years and contain some of the most diverse assemblages of… OL12019524W
Painters of the caves Painters of the caves Patricia Lauber Describes the 1994 discovery made in Chauvet, France, of a cave with Stone Age rock paintings, and discusses the significance of cave art to people living in prehistoric as well as modern times. OL15213531W
Préhistoire du sentiment artistique Préhistoire du sentiment artistique Emmanuel Guy La préhistoire de l'art : le premier essai à poser un regard artistique sur l'art paléolithique, en décryptant minutieusement ses partis pris formels et ses évolutions stylistiques. L'étude d'une vér… OL16218271W
A companion to rock art A companion to rock art Peter Marius Veth,Jo McDonald "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 contempora… OL16618387W
Dreamtime superhighway Dreamtime superhighway Jo McDonald "Dreamtime superhighway presents a thorough and original contextualization of the rock art and archaeology of the Sydney Basin. By combining excavation results with rock art analysis it demonstrates … OL16917975W
The caves at Lascaux The caves at Lascaux Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith In 1940 in the hills of Lascaux, France, four friends come upon a cave filled with paintings from the Ice Age. OL17926555W
Prehistoric rock art Prehistoric rock art Paul G. Bahn "Prehistoric rock art is the markings - paintings, engravings, or pecked images - left on rocks or cave walls by ancient peoples. In this book, Paul G. Bahn provides a richly illustrated overview of … OL18585905W
Rock art in the world Rock art in the world Dario Seglie Contributed articles. OL18742818W
Grafismo indígena Grafismo indígena Lux Boelitz Vidal,Anne-Marie Pessis "Beautifully illustrated and well-organized collection of 15 articles by Brazilian ethnologists and specialists deals with such questions as interpretation of prehistoric rock art, artistic expressio… OL18826243W
The lost world of the Old Ones The lost world of the Old Ones David Stuart Roberts "An award-winning author and veteran mountain climber takes us deep into the Southwest backcountry to uncover secrets of its ancient inhabitants. In The Lost World of the Old Ones, David Roberts expa… OL19668239W
Zambia's ancient rock art Zambia's ancient rock art Benjamin Smith This book forms part of a programme to show the richness of Zambia’s rock art heritage. Despite published reports stretching back nearly a century, Zambian rock art remains little known and poorly st… OL2334938W
The mouse couple The mouse couple Ekkehart Malotki A mouse couple, in search of the mightiest husband for their daughter, approach the sun, the clouds, the wind, and a butte, before the unexpected victor finally appears. OL3008168W
Antropología cultural, medicina indígena de América y arte rupestre argentino Antropología cultural, medicina indígena de América y arte rupestre argentino Fiz Antonio Fernández "Vols. 1 (Origins, North and Mesoamerica) and 2 (Circum-Caribbean, South America) summarize ethnohistorical, ethnographic, and archaeological information on illnesses, symptoms, treatments, fractures… OL3978463W
Ancient Texans Ancient Texans Harry J. Shafer This book is about, Indians of North America, Rock painting - Texas, Petroglyphs - Texas, Antiquities, Pecos River Valley. OL4090208W
Canyon de Chelly Canyon de Chelly Campbell Grant Considered by many to be even more magnificent than the Grand Canyon, this national monument in the heart of Navajo country was inhabited by the Anasazi for centuries. The rock art they left behind i… OL4284035W