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- catalog contributor b3565844.
- catalog coverage "Australia Antiquities.".
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Anthropological and archaeological approaches to Australian rock art. A convergence of method. Recent Australian rock art. Continuity with other media -- Ch. 2. Rock art and indigenous religion. The social background. Rock art and the ancestral order in the western Kimberleys. Rock art and increase ceremonies: a comparative survey. Didactic role of paintings and engravings. Geometric rock art and religion in central Australia. Geometric rock art and other media. General conclusion: rock art and Australian religion -- Ch. 3. Rock art as an expression of secular and subversive themes. Secular rock art in the Oenpelli area. Comparative material. Capricious and malevolent figures. Iconography, style and cultural context -- Ch. 4. Rock art and the colonial impact. A visual history of trade and colonisation. The impact of colonisation. Regional variation in colonial history. Survival. Continuity -- Ch. 5. Putting statements in their cultural context. What is culture? Reading rock art. Levels of explanation. Conjectural history. Evaluation of isolated statements -- Ch. 6. Figure and motif. The problem of subjectivity. Classification of geometric figures. Contemporary iconography of geometric rock art. The problem of Koonalda. Classification of figures in silhouette styles. Archaeological typologies of silhouette motifs. Simpler silhouette traditions -- Ch. 7. Stylistic variations in time and space. Definitions of technique. Definitions of style. Emblemic variation. Style classes. Definition of motif. Stencils. Geographical distribution of rock art styles. Distribution in time -- Ch. 8. Rock art and human adaptation in Australia. Changes in the natural environment. Changes in indigenous culture. The cultural context of Australian rock art. Vandalism and alienation.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 284 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521346665".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Australia Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Australia.".
- catalog subject "709/.01/130994 20".
- catalog subject "Aboriginal Australians Antiquities.".
- catalog subject "Art, Aboriginal Australian.".
- catalog subject "GN666 .L39 1992".
- catalog subject "Petroglyphs Australia.".
- catalog subject "Rock paintings Australia.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Anthropological and archaeological approaches to Australian rock art. A convergence of method. Recent Australian rock art. Continuity with other media -- Ch. 2. Rock art and indigenous religion. The social background. Rock art and the ancestral order in the western Kimberleys. Rock art and increase ceremonies: a comparative survey. Didactic role of paintings and engravings. Geometric rock art and religion in central Australia. Geometric rock art and other media. General conclusion: rock art and Australian religion -- Ch. 3. Rock art as an expression of secular and subversive themes. Secular rock art in the Oenpelli area. Comparative material. Capricious and malevolent figures. Iconography, style and cultural context -- Ch. 4. Rock art and the colonial impact. A visual history of trade and colonisation. The impact of colonisation. Regional variation in colonial history. Survival. Continuity -- Ch. 5. Putting statements in their cultural context. What is culture? Reading rock art. Levels of explanation. Conjectural history. Evaluation of isolated statements -- Ch. 6. Figure and motif. The problem of subjectivity. Classification of geometric figures. Contemporary iconography of geometric rock art. The problem of Koonalda. Classification of figures in silhouette styles. Archaeological typologies of silhouette motifs. Simpler silhouette traditions -- Ch. 7. Stylistic variations in time and space. Definitions of technique. Definitions of style. Emblemic variation. Style classes. Definition of motif. Stencils. Geographical distribution of rock art styles. Distribution in time -- Ch. 8. Rock art and human adaptation in Australia. Changes in the natural environment. Changes in indigenous culture. The cultural context of Australian rock art. Vandalism and alienation.".
- catalog title "Australian rock art : a new synthesis / Robert Layton.".
- catalog type "text".