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Author Knight, Vernon J.

Title Iconographic method in new world prehistory [electronic resource] / Vernon James Knight, Jr.

Imprint Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xvii, 201 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Preliminaries: an iconography of prehistoric images; 2. Style; 3. Form and referent; 4. Configurational analysis; 5. Ethnographic analogy; 6. The logic of iconographic method in prehistory.
Summary "This book offers an overview of iconographic methods and their application to archaeological analysis. It offers a truly interdisciplinary approach that draws equally from art history and anthropology. Vernon James Knight, Jr., begins with a historigraphical overview, addressing the methodologies and theories that underpin both archaeology and art history. He then demonstrates how iconographic methods can be integrated with the scientific methods that are at the core of much archaeological inquiry. Focusing on artifacts from the pre-Columbian civilizations of North and Meso-American sites, Knight shows how the use of iconographic analysis yields new insights into these objects and civilizations"-- Provided by publisher.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Indian art -- America.
Art, Prehistoric -- America.
Archaeology and art -- America -- Methodology.
Social archaeology -- America -- Methodology.
America -- Antiquities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781107022638 (hardback)
9781139845014 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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