Palaeolithic cave art at Creswell Crags in European context [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Paul Pettitt, Paul Bahn & Sergio Ripoll

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Disciplina: 936.2
• Soggetto topico: Paleolithic period - England - Creswell Crags; Cave paintings - England - Creswell Crags; Petroglyphs - England - Creswell Crags; Art, Prehistoric - England - Creswell Crags; Cave paintings - Europe; Petroglyphs - Europe
• Soggetto geografico: Creswell Crags (England) Antiquities; Europe Antiquities
• Altri autori: PettittPaul BahnPaul G RipollSergio
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2007.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The historical background to the discovery of cave art at Creswell Crags / Paul G. Bahn -- The palaeolithic rock art of Creswell Crags : prelude to a systematic study / Sergio Ripoll and Francisco J. Mun̄oz -- Verification of the age of the palaeolithic cave art at Creswell Crags / Alistair W. G. Pike, Mabs Gilmour, and Paul B. Pettitt -- 3D laser scanning at Church Hole, Creswell Crags / Alistair Carty -- Zoological perspectives on the late glacial / D. W. Yalden -- Cave archaeology and palaeontology in the Creswell region / Andrew T. Chamberlain -- The Stone Age archaeology of Church Hole, Creswell Crags, Nottinghamshire / R. M. Jacobi -- Cultural context and form of some of the Creswell images : an interpretative model / Paul B. Pettitt -- The engravings of Gouy : France's northernmost decorated cave / Yves Martin -- Palaeolithic art in isolation : the case of Sicily and Sardinia / Margherita Mussi -- The horse in the palaeolithic parietal art of the Quercy : outline of a stylistic study / Michel Lorblanchet -- A topographical approach to parietal figures : the monumental sculptures of the Roc-aux-Sorciers (Vienne, France) produced in daylight at the back of a rockshelter and on its ceiling / Geneviéve Pinçon -- Dating Magdalenian art in north Spain : the current situation / César González Sainz -- Rock art and the Côa Valley archaeological park : a case study in the preservation of Portugal's prehistoric Rupestral heritage / António Martinho Baptista and António Pedro Batarda Fernandes -- Rewriting the history books : the Magdalenian art of Creswell Crags / Claire Fisher and Rob Dinnis.
• Sommario/riassunto: This comprehensively illustrated book presents the Creswell art itself, the archaeology of the caves and the region, and the context of the Upper Palaeolithic era in Britain, as well as a number of studies of Palaeolithic cave art in Spain, Portugal, France and Italy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Palaeolithic cave art at Creswell Crags in European context
• ISBN: 0-19-191771-0; 1-281-14568-8; 9786611145682; 0-19-153840-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784793903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.