Indian Rock Art And Its Global Context

Author : Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty,Robert G. Bednarik,Indirā Gāndhī Rāshṭrīya Mānava Saṅgrahālaya
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art, Prehistoric
ISBN : 8120814649

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Indian Rock Art and Its Global Context by Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty,Robert G. Bednarik,Indirā Gāndhī Rāshṭrīya Mānava Saṅgrahālaya Pdf

This is a unique volume in the history of rock art studies, meant at once for the advanced scholar, serious student and the curious but conscientious layman, co-authored by K.K. Chakravarty and R.G. Bednarik, who co-chaired the Rock Art session of the World Archaeological Congress 3 at Delhi in 1994. It is a synoptic but comprehensive survey, illustrated by 221 photographs and sketches, including 172 photographs in colour. The two scholars have not only described the latest state of research on rock art, but also transported rock art studies into the realm of interdisciplinary, inter-cultural analysis. Buttressed by an indicative map of the rock art regions, a list of major up to date direct dating results on rock art, a glossary of keywords related to spatial, temporal, technological, managerial categories, and an index, this volume blends precise, dispassionate descriptions with eloquent evocations. It blends conclusions distilled from rigorous, hard headed field research with penetrating criticism and assessment of the evidence. It combines a ruthless brevity and density with extraordinary felicity and clarity of language. Above all, it is an wonderful attempt at dealing with the problems of understanding, which dog human attempts to comprehend the meaning and shape of human creativity.

Author : Ajay Pratap
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781803277035

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Ideas and Images: A Historical Interpretation of Eastern Vindhyan Rock Art, India by Ajay Pratap Pdf

This book argues that the development of symbols and signs informing scripts, mainly the idea of coding thoughts through symbols and images, has always been uniquely ‘historical.’ Rock art abuts and occupies long periods of time in which the translation of indigenous thoughts was perfected through numerous mnemonic practices.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Goodearth Publications
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789380262505

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Rock Art of Madhya Pradesh by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jo McDonald,Peter Veth
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781118253922

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A Companion to Rock Art by Jo McDonald,Peter Veth Pdf

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

Author : Dr. Nalini Avinash Waghmare
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Documentation and Preservation of Folklore Culture of Bidar District by Dr. Nalini Avinash Waghmare Pdf

Documentation and Preservation of Folk Culture of Bidar District. The book is the result of much research on the topic; this book makes a valuable addition to the corpus of information on the great Folk art and artisans of Bidar and their contribution to Bidar district. It attempt to bring to light aspects of the folk literature, arts, artisans, songs, theatre, Medicine, religion ,beliefs as well as the historical context in which such writing emerged. This book has thus highlighted not just the folk culture of Bidar, but its significance in the society of the time and later, for the pointed out the Preservation policies for folk culture in Bidar. The book brought to light the range of Folklore of Bidar and translated many Kannada work into English for helpful to new researcher, scholars and writers. This book will helpful to write the subaltern and local history

Author : Prof. Katta Narasimha Reddy, Prof. E. Siva Nagi Reddy, Prof. K. Krishna Naik
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
Page : 775 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Kalyana Mitra: Volume 1 by Prof. Katta Narasimha Reddy, Prof. E. Siva Nagi Reddy, Prof. K. Krishna Naik Pdf

Volume I: Archaeology covers various aspects of archaeological sites research carried out Worldwide. It contains 53 articles contributed by reputed archaeologists and covers topics on Prehistory, Rock-art, Indus Valley, Iron Age, Early history, Early medieval history, Ethno-archaeology, Palaeo-Botonical studies and Museology in India and Southeast Asia.This book serves as a valuable source book for students, research scholars and teachers in Archaeology, Ethno-archaeology, History and Museology who want to known about the evolution of mankind in different perspectives. This volume also highlights the love and affection of Prof. P. Chenna Reddy enjoys in the intellectual world. The felicitation Volume is brought out in a series of 12 independent books covering a total of 460 articles. Every volume contains two sections. The first section contains the biographical sketch of Prof. P. Chenna Reddy, his achievements and contribution to archaeology, history and Society. The second section of each volume is subject specific, E.g., Volume-I on Archaeology, Volume II on Early and Medieval Indian History, Volume III on Modern Indian History, Volume IV on Epigraphy and Numismatics, Volume V on Art, Volume VI on Architecture, Volume VII on Religion and Philosophy, Volume VIII on Economy, Trade and Commerce, Volume IX on Literature, Volume X Tribalore and Folklore, Volume XI Contemporary India and Diaspora, Volume XII, Tourism and contains as many as 460 articles.

Author : John Gunn
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1971 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781579583996

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Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science by John Gunn Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science examines cave and karst geoscience, cave archaeology and human use of caves, art in caves, hydrology and groundwater, cave and karst history, and conservation and management.

Author : Günter Berghaus
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313059575

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New Perspectives on Prehistoric Art by Günter Berghaus Pdf

Following the discovery of Franco-Caribbean cave art in the nineteenth century, standard interpretations of these works usually revolved around hunting, magic, and fertility cults. Orthodox positions such as these have weighed heavily on later generations of art historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists, even those whose views dissented from those of their predecessors. In the last few decades, however, new approaches to cave art, often based on discoveries made in Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, and the Arctic region, have produced new insights into possible meanings and functions of prehistoric paintings and sculptures. This new collection of essays explores these insights, gathering the observations of eight experts from a variety of disciplines, and examining some of the social and spiritual functions of a variety of artistic genres ranging from 40,000 B.C. to 5,000 B.C. These insights, which derive from evolutionary biology, feminist scholarship, ritual studies, and new modes of anthropology, argue collectively that prehistoric art was a culture-specific form of communication that should be interpreted in the social context of early hunger-gatherer societies and should not be measured with the criteria and paradigms of modern art. Essential reading for anyone interested in prehistoric art or its cultural implications, this volume represents a bold step forward in the research and analysis of the very first artists.

Author : Jean Clottes
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780226188065

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What Is Paleolithic Art? by Jean Clottes Pdf

The noted archaeologist explores the varieties of prehistoric cave art across the world and offers surprising insights into its purpose and meaning. What drew our Stone Age ancestors into caves to paint in charcoal and red hematite, to watch the likenesses of lions, bison, horses, and aurochs as they flickered by firelight? Was it a creative impulse, a spiritual dawn, a shamanistic conception of the world? In this book, Jean Clottes, one of the most renowned figures in the study of cave paintings, pursues an answer to the “why” of Paleolithic art. Discussing sites and surveys across the world, Clottes offers personal reflections on how we have viewed these paintings in the past, what we learn from looking at them across geographies, and what these paintings may have meant—and what function they may have served—for their artists. Steeped in Clottes’s shamanistic theories of cave painting, What Is Paleolithic Art? travels from well-known Ice Age sites like Chauvet, Altamira, and Lascaux to visits with contemporary aboriginal artists, evoking a continuum between the cave paintings of our prehistoric past and the living rock art of today. Clottes’s work lifts us from the darkness of our Paleolithic origins to reveal surprising insights into how we think, why we create, why we believe, and who we are

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Goodearth Publications
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Pachmarhī (India)
ISBN : 9788187780953

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Pachmarhi Travel Guide by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert G. Bednarik,Danae Fiore,Mara Basile
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784914301

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Paleoart and Materiality by Robert G. Bednarik,Danae Fiore,Mara Basile Pdf

This book addresses the presentation of scientific approaches to the materiality of rock art, ranging from recording and sampling methods to data analyses. The issue of the materiality of visual productions of the distant past is addressed through various scientific approaches, including fieldwork, laboratory techniques and data analysis protocols.

Author : Ahmad Hasan Dani,Vadim Mihajlovič Masson,Vadim Mikhaĭlovich Masson
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 812081407X

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History of Civilizations of Central Asia by Ahmad Hasan Dani,Vadim Mihajlovič Masson,Vadim Mikhaĭlovich Masson Pdf

Author : Bansi Lal Malla,Dwipen Bezbaruah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Art, Prehistoric
ISBN : 8173055823

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Cultural Ecology by Bansi Lal Malla,Dwipen Bezbaruah Pdf

Author : Benjamin B. Olshin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789004352728

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Lost Knowledge by Benjamin B. Olshin Pdf

Lost Knowledge: The Concept of Vanished Technologies and Other Human Histories investigates early texts that speak of sophisticated technologies millennia ago that became obscured over time or were destroyed with the civilizations that had created them.

Author : Vicki Cummings,Peter Jordan,Marek Zvelebil
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 1264 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191025266

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The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers by Vicki Cummings,Peter Jordan,Marek Zvelebil Pdf

For more than a century, the study of hunting and gathering societies has been central to the development of both archaeology and anthropology as academic disciplines, and has also generated widespread public interest and debate. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers provides a comprehensive review of hunter-gatherer studies to date, including critical engagements with older debates, new theoretical perspectives, and renewed obligations for greater engagement between researchers and indigenous communities. Chapters provide in-depth archaeological, historical, and anthropological case-studies, and examine far-reaching questions about human social relations, attitudes to technology, ecology, and management of resources and the environment, as well as issues of diet, health, and gender relations—all central topics in hunter-gatherer research, but also themes that have great relevance for modern global society and its future challenges. The Handbook also provides a strategic vision for how the integration of new methods, approaches, and study regions can ensure that future research into the archaeology and anthropology of hunter-gatherers will continue to deliver penetrating insights into the factors that underlie all human diversity.