A Companion to Rock Art

Veth, Peter; McDonald, Jo

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A Companion to Rock Art

Date

2012

Authors

Veth, Peter

McDonald, Jo

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract

This unique guide provides an artistic and archaeological journey deep into human history, exploring the petroglyphic and pictographic forms of rock art produced by the earliest humans to contemporary peoples around the world. Summarizes the diversity of