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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461461603321

Titolo

Archaeologies of art : time, place, and identity / / edited by Ines Domingo Sanz, Danae Fiore, and Sally K. May

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-43432-6

1-315-43433-4

1-59874-765-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

One world archaeology series ; ; 55

Altri autori (Persone)

Domingo SanzInes

FioreDanae

MaySally K

Disciplina

709.01/13

Soggetti

Petroglyphs

Rock paintings

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2008 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Archaeologies of art : time, place, and identity in rock art, portable art, and body art / Inés Domingo Sanz, Dánaue Fiore, and Sally K. May -- Space and discourse as constituents of past identities : the case of Namibian rock art / Tilman Lenssen-Erz -- Rocks of ages : petroglyphs, pictographs, and identity in Puerto Rico / Peter G. Roe and Michele H. Hayward -- Rock art, modes of production, and social identities during the early formative period in the Atacama Desert (northern Chile) / Francisco Gallardo and Patricio De Souza -- From the form to the artists : changing identities in Levantine rock art (Spain) / Inés Domingo Sanz -- Memoried sacredness and international elite identities : the late postclassic at La Casa de las Golondrinas, Guatemala / Eugenia J. Robinson -- Same tradition, different views : the Côa Valley rock art and social identity / Luís Luís and Marcos García Díez -- Learning art, learning culture : art, education, and the formation of new artistic identities in Arnhem Land, Australia / Sally K. May -- Eagle's reach : a focal point for past and present social identity within the northern Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, Australia /



Paul S.C. Taçon ... [et al.] -- Panache and protocol in Australian Aboriginal art / Claire Smith -- Body painting and visual practice : the creation of social identities through image making and display in Tierra del Fuego (southern South America) / Dánae Fiore.

Sommario/riassunto

This international volume draws together key research that examines visual arts of the past and contemporary indigenous societies. Placing each art style in its temporal and geographic context, the contributors show how depictions represent social mechanisms of identity construction, and how stylistic differences in product and process serve to reinforce cultural identity. Examples stretch from the Paleolithic to contemporary world and include rock art, body art, and portable arts. Ethnographic studies of contemporary art production and use, such as among contemporary Aboriginal groups,