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Making Scenes : Global Perspectives on Scenes in Rock Art

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10 178920920X
ISBN-13 9781789209204
Publisher Berghahn Books
Imprint Berghahn Books
Country of Manufacture US
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Apr 13th, 2021
Print length 352 Pages
Weight 1,150 grams
Dimensions 22.40 x 29.10 x 2.60 cms
Ksh 27,700.00
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In this unique volume examining the nature of scenes in rock art, researchers examine what defines a scene, what are the necessary elements of a scene, and what can the evolutionary history tell us about storytelling, sequential memory and cognitive evolution among ancient and living cultures?

Dating back to at least 50,000 years ago, rock art is one of the oldest forms of human symbolic expression. Geographically, it spans all the continents on Earth. Scenes are common in some rock art, and recent work suggests that there are some hints of expression that looks like some of the conventions of western scenic art. In this unique volume examining the nature of scenes in rock art, researchers examine what defines a scene, what are the necessary elements of a scene, and what can the evolutionary history tell us about storytelling, sequential memory, and cognitive evolution among ancient and living cultures?


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