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A Painted Ridge
| A Painted Ridge |
| Autore | Witelson David Mendel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Summertown : , : Archaeopress, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (164 pages) |
| Disciplina | 709.01130968757 |
| Collana | Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology Ser. |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-78969-245-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- ABSTRACT -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1: A PAINTED RIDGE -- The problem with 'sites' -- An overview of previous Maclear District rock art research -- Ethnographic analogy and San performance -- Documenting the MR sites -- Recording MR rock art -- Digital enhancements -- Enhancing the MEL ridge -- From observations to theory -- CHAPTER 2: PERFORMANCE THEORY -- Performance Studies and South African rock art research -- Performance Studies -- Performance -- Ritual -- Performativity -- The ethnography of performance -- A Kaluli séance -- San expressive culture and performances -- From theory to ethnography -- CHAPTER 3: DANCING AND PAINTING-A PERFORMATIVE DYAD? -- Trancing with friends, dancing with death -- Interactions during a trance dance -- The dancers and the women who clap and sing -- Dancers, participants, and the dance fire -- N|om seekers and masters -- Masters and other masters -- Dancers and spirits-of-the-dead -- Special curing ceremonies -- From dancing to painting -- CHAPTER 4: BEHIND THE SCENES -- The process behind image-making -- The four stages -- Acquisition of imagery -- Manufacture of paint -- Making rock paintings -- Using rock paintings -- From ritual process to interactive images -- CHAPTER 5: PAINTED AND IMPLIED INTERACTIONS -- Interactions between image-makers and the rock face -- Depressions and containment -- Cracks, steps and edges -- Idiosyncratic uses of the rock face -- From simple interaction to complex interactions -- Interactions between image-makers and images on the rock face -- Interactions between image-makers and animals -- Interactions between image-makers and spirits-of-the-dead -- Interactions between the viewers and the images -- Summary -- CHAPTER 6: SHELTERED PERFORMANCES -- The criteria for image-making performances -- Who actually made the images?.
The ritual of image-making performances -- Reality, non-reality and the social construction of reality -- Image-makers and failure -- Summary -- CHAPTER 7: COMING TO TERMS WITH DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES -- Limitations -- Insights from performance theory and future directions -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX A: SITE MEASUREMENTS -- APPENDIX B: SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS -- APPENDIX C: IMAGE COUNTS -- APPENDIX D: DIGITAL ENHANCEMENT PROCEDURES -- PROCEDURE 1 -- PROCEDURE 2 -- References. |
| Altri titoli varianti | A Painted Ridge |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511761503321 |
Witelson David Mendel
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| Summertown : , : Archaeopress, , 2019 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A painted ridge : rock art and performance in the Maclear District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa / / David Mendel Witelson
| A painted ridge : rock art and performance in the Maclear District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa / / David Mendel Witelson |
| Autore | Witelson David Mendel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, , [2019] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (164 pages) |
| Disciplina | 709.01130968757 |
| Collana | Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology |
| Soggetto topico |
Rock paintings - South Africa - Maclear
San (African people) - Antiquities |
| ISBN | 1-78969-245-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- ABSTRACT -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1: A PAINTED RIDGE -- The problem with 'sites' -- An overview of previous Maclear District rock art research -- Ethnographic analogy and San performance -- Documenting the MR sites -- Recording MR rock art -- Digital enhancements -- Enhancing the MEL ridge -- From observations to theory -- CHAPTER 2: PERFORMANCE THEORY -- Performance Studies and South African rock art research -- Performance Studies -- Performance -- Ritual -- Performativity -- The ethnography of performance -- A Kaluli séance -- San expressive culture and performances -- From theory to ethnography -- CHAPTER 3: DANCING AND PAINTING-A PERFORMATIVE DYAD? -- Trancing with friends, dancing with death -- Interactions during a trance dance -- The dancers and the women who clap and sing -- Dancers, participants, and the dance fire -- N|om seekers and masters -- Masters and other masters -- Dancers and spirits-of-the-dead -- Special curing ceremonies -- From dancing to painting -- CHAPTER 4: BEHIND THE SCENES -- The process behind image-making -- The four stages -- Acquisition of imagery -- Manufacture of paint -- Making rock paintings -- Using rock paintings -- From ritual process to interactive images -- CHAPTER 5: PAINTED AND IMPLIED INTERACTIONS -- Interactions between image-makers and the rock face -- Depressions and containment -- Cracks, steps and edges -- Idiosyncratic uses of the rock face -- From simple interaction to complex interactions -- Interactions between image-makers and images on the rock face -- Interactions between image-makers and animals -- Interactions between image-makers and spirits-of-the-dead -- Interactions between the viewers and the images -- Summary -- CHAPTER 6: SHELTERED PERFORMANCES -- The criteria for image-making performances -- Who actually made the images?.
The ritual of image-making performances -- Reality, non-reality and the social construction of reality -- Image-makers and failure -- Summary -- CHAPTER 7: COMING TO TERMS WITH DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES -- Limitations -- Insights from performance theory and future directions -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX A: SITE MEASUREMENTS -- APPENDIX B: SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS -- APPENDIX C: IMAGE COUNTS -- APPENDIX D: DIGITAL ENHANCEMENT PROCEDURES -- PROCEDURE 1 -- PROCEDURE 2 -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794797603321 |
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Witelson David Mendel
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| Oxford, England : , : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, , [2019] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A painted ridge : rock art and performance in the Maclear District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa / / David Mendel Witelson
| A painted ridge : rock art and performance in the Maclear District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa / / David Mendel Witelson |
| Autore | Witelson David Mendel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, , [2019] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (164 pages) |
| Disciplina | 709.01130968757 |
| Collana | Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology |
| Soggetto topico |
Rock paintings - South Africa - Maclear
San (African people) - Antiquities |
| ISBN | 1-78969-245-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- ABSTRACT -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1: A PAINTED RIDGE -- The problem with 'sites' -- An overview of previous Maclear District rock art research -- Ethnographic analogy and San performance -- Documenting the MR sites -- Recording MR rock art -- Digital enhancements -- Enhancing the MEL ridge -- From observations to theory -- CHAPTER 2: PERFORMANCE THEORY -- Performance Studies and South African rock art research -- Performance Studies -- Performance -- Ritual -- Performativity -- The ethnography of performance -- A Kaluli séance -- San expressive culture and performances -- From theory to ethnography -- CHAPTER 3: DANCING AND PAINTING-A PERFORMATIVE DYAD? -- Trancing with friends, dancing with death -- Interactions during a trance dance -- The dancers and the women who clap and sing -- Dancers, participants, and the dance fire -- N|om seekers and masters -- Masters and other masters -- Dancers and spirits-of-the-dead -- Special curing ceremonies -- From dancing to painting -- CHAPTER 4: BEHIND THE SCENES -- The process behind image-making -- The four stages -- Acquisition of imagery -- Manufacture of paint -- Making rock paintings -- Using rock paintings -- From ritual process to interactive images -- CHAPTER 5: PAINTED AND IMPLIED INTERACTIONS -- Interactions between image-makers and the rock face -- Depressions and containment -- Cracks, steps and edges -- Idiosyncratic uses of the rock face -- From simple interaction to complex interactions -- Interactions between image-makers and images on the rock face -- Interactions between image-makers and animals -- Interactions between image-makers and spirits-of-the-dead -- Interactions between the viewers and the images -- Summary -- CHAPTER 6: SHELTERED PERFORMANCES -- The criteria for image-making performances -- Who actually made the images?.
The ritual of image-making performances -- Reality, non-reality and the social construction of reality -- Image-makers and failure -- Summary -- CHAPTER 7: COMING TO TERMS WITH DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES -- Limitations -- Insights from performance theory and future directions -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX A: SITE MEASUREMENTS -- APPENDIX B: SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS -- APPENDIX C: IMAGE COUNTS -- APPENDIX D: DIGITAL ENHANCEMENT PROCEDURES -- PROCEDURE 1 -- PROCEDURE 2 -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824170703321 |
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Witelson David Mendel
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| Oxford, England : , : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, , [2019] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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