Working with rock art: Recording, presenting and understanding rock art using indigenous knowledge

by Neville Agnew, Christopher Chippindale, Janette Deacon, Knut Helskog, Anne-Sophie Hygen, Pieter Jolly, Gitte Kjeldsen, Antti Lahelma, Tilman Lenssen-Erz, and Trond Lodoen

Benjamin Smith (Editor), Knut Helskog (Editor), and David Morris (Editor)

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This volume contains cutting edge contributions that consider new approaches to three areas: the documentation of rock art; its interpretation using indigenous knowledge; and the presentation of rock art. Working with Rock Art is the first edited volume to consider each of these areas in a theoretical rather than a technical fashion, and it therefore makes a significant contribution to the discipline.

The volume aims to promote the sharing of new experiences between leading researchers in the field. While the geographic focus is truly global, there is a dominant north-south axis with strong representation from researchers in southern Africa and northern Europe, two leading centres for new approaches in rock art research. Working with Rock Art opens up a long overdue dialogue about shared experiences between these two centres, and a number of the chapters are the first published results of new collaborative research.

Since this volume covers the recording, interpretation and presentation of rock art, it will attract a wide audience of researchers, heritage managers and students, as well as anyone interested in the field of rock art studies.
  • ISBN10 186814545X
  • ISBN13 9781868145454
  • Publish Date 5 July 2012
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 11 March 2021
  • Publish Country ZA
  • Imprint Wits University Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 348
  • Language English