Margaret Wright Conkey (7 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Issued Without Dust Jacket. First Edition. Volume has wear; corners bumped and worn; the series/half-title page has small, faint stains; outer fore edge has a short, stray mark. ix, [1], 124 p., illustrated [oto br 33 a lft] Size: Oversize.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 0521350611 pgs:132. 1990, bright clean copy, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. xi, 378 pages, illustrations, maps; 26 cm. Wattis Symposium Series in Anthropology. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. *** "This work addresses the distribution of image and symbol encoded in material culture in prehistory. Using analytic methods developed in archaeology and ethnoarchaeology, it explores the differential patterns of the appearance of image-making among Late Pleistocene and Holocene peoples." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Studying ancient visual cultures, by Olga Soffer and Margaret W. Conkey; Paleolithic marks: archaeometric perspectives, by Alan Watchman; New laboratory techniques and their impact on Paleolithic cave art, by Jean Clottes; Paleolithic image making and symboling in Europe and the Middle East: a comparative review, by Alexander Marshack; Substantial acts: from materials to meaning in Upper Paleolithic representation, by Randall White; The power of pictures, by Iain Davidson; Symbolic expressions in later prehistory of the Levant: why are they so few?, by Ofer Bar-Yosef; When the beasts go marchin' out!: the end of Pleistocene art in Cantabrian Spain, by Manual R. Gonza lez Morales; Art of the light and art of the depths, by Jean Clottes; Carving, painting, engraving: problems with the earliest Italian design, by Margherita Mussi and Daniela Zampetti; The mutability of Upper Paleolithic art in Central and Eastern Europe: patterning and significance, by Olga Soffer; Places of art: art and archaeology in context, by Silvia Toma skova ; Archaeological signatures of the social context of rock art production, by Andre e Rosenfeld; Processions and groups: human figures, ritual occasions and social categories in the rock paintings of the Western Cape, South Africa, by John Parkington and Anthony Manhire; Harnessing the brain: vision and shamanism in Upper Paleolithic Western Europe, by J.D. Lewis-Williams; Beyond art and between the caves: thinking about context in the interpretive process, by Margaret W. Conkey. Size: 4to.…

orig.boards. 28x22cm, viii,124 pp., Series: New Directions in Archaeology. Contents: Experimenting with style in archaeology: some historical and theoretical issues Margaret W. Conkey; Style and history in art history Whitney Davis; Style and ethnicity in archaeology: the case for isochrestism James R. Sackett; Style as historical quality Ian Hodder; Investigating style: an exploratory analysis of some Plains burials William K. Macdonald; Sociopolitical implications of stylistic variation in the American southwest Stephen Plog; Style and iconography as legitimation in complex chiefdoms Timothy Earle; Interaction, imitation and communication as expressed in style: the Ucayali experience Warren R. DeBoer; Is there a unity to style? Polly Wiessner Several pages contain pencilled underlinings. Good.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This book brings together essays that illustrate the different uses and interpretations of style in archaeology. Style is a widely discussed and controversial issue, which has always been central for archaeological interpretation. The collection considers the history of style in archaeology, its relationship to the concept of style in art history and how stylistic analyses will differ according to different initial assumptions. The essays show how stylistic interpretation works at different levels and they debate stylistic terminologies and concepts. Although these essays show that there is no unified theory of style, they underline the importance of continuing creative discussion through different themes and individual case studies. This book brings together essays that illustrate the different uses and interpretations of style in archaeology. The collection considers the history of style in archaeology, its relationship to the concept of style in art history and how stylistic analyses will differ according to different initial assumptions. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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