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Working with rock art, recording, presenting and understanding rock art using indigenous knowledge, edited by Benjamin W. Smith, Knut Helskog, David Morris

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Working with rock art

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edited by Benjamin W. Smith, Knut Helskog, David Morris

Rock Art Research Institute monograph series, 4Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

recording, presenting and understanding rock art using indigenous knowledge

This volume contains 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.--, Provided by publisher