| Description |
xii, 347 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-339) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Aboriginal archaeology in context -- 2. Australian Aboriginal rock art -- 3. Australian rock art research -- 4. How we study Australian Aboriginal rock art -- 5. A question of time: dating Australian rock art -- 6. Subject analyses -- 7. Structural analyses -- 8. Central Queensland highlands -- 9. North Queensland highlands -- 10. Southeast Cape York Peninsula -- 11. A future for the past: conservation of rock art. |
| Summary |
"Visions from the Past is a clear and comprehensive examination of Aboriginal rock art. It is also the first book to provide a practical overview of precisely how and why archaeologists study prehistoric art. M.J. Morwood reviews the techniques, methodologies, and technologies that scientists employ and explains why their insights often cannot be gained through other types of archaeological evidence. The symbolic evidence found in rock art is virtually the only window into understanding the ideology, territoriality, resource use, and social organization of an ancient society." "More than 250 illustrations complement Morwood's in-depth analyses and reveal the beauty and richness of ancient Aboriginal culture."--Jacket. |
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Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities.
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Rock paintings -- Australia.
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Petroglyphs -- Australia.
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Art, Aboriginal Australian.
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Australia -- Antiquities.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities.
(OCoLC)fst00794500
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Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
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Art, Aboriginal Australian. (OCoLC)fst00815847
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Petroglyphs. (OCoLC)fst01059252
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Rock paintings. (OCoLC)fst01099256
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Australia. (OCoLC)fst01204543
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| Added Author |
Hobbs, D. R., illustrator.
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| ISBN |
1588340910 |
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9781588340917 |
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