Working with Rock Art: Recording, Presenting and Understanding Rock Art Using Indigenous Knowledge

By Benjamin W. Smith

Cutting edge contributions that consider new approaches to the documentation of rock art; its interpretation using indigenous knowledge; and the presentation of rock art.
This volume contains contributions that consider new approaches to three areas: the documentation of rock art; its interpretation using indigenous knowledge; and the presentation of rock art. Working with Rock Art is the first edited volume to consider each of these areas in a theoretical rather than a technical fashion, and it therefore makes a significant contribution to the discipline. The volume aims to promote the sharing of new experiences between leading researchers in the field. While the geographic focus is truly global, there is a dominant north-south axis with strong representation from researchers in southern Africa and northern Europe, two leading centres for new approaches in rock art research. Working with Rock Art opens up a long overdue dialogue about shared experiences between these two centres, and a number of the chapters are the first published results of new collaborative research. Since this volume covers the recording, interpretation and presentation of rock art, it will attract a wide audience of researchers, heritage managers and students, as well as anyone interested in the field of rock art studies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 186814545X
• ISBN13: 9781868145454
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Wits University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.9" x 9.6"