Archaeologies of Art: Time, Place, and Identity (One World Archaeology) (Volume 55)

This international volume draws together key research that examines visual arts of the past and contemporary indigenous societies. Placing each art style in its temporal and geographic context, the contributors show how depictions represent social mechanisms of identity construction, and how stylistic differences in product and process serve to reinforce cultural identity. Examples stretch from the Paleolithic to contemporary world and include rock art, body art, and portable arts. Ethnographic studies of contemporary art production and use, such as among contemporary Aboriginal groups, are included to help illuminate artistic practices and meanings in the past. The volume reflects the diversity of approaches used by archaeologists to incorporate visual arts into their analysis of past cultures and should be of great value to archaeologists, anthropologists, and art historians. Sponsored by the World Archaeological Congress. Contents......Page 8 List of Illustrations......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 14 1 Archaeologies of Art: Time, Place, and Identity in Rock Art, Portable Art, and Body Art......Page 16 2 Space and Discourse As Constituents of Past Identities – The Case of Namibian Rock Art......Page 30 3 Rocks of Ages: Petroglyphs, Pictographs, and Identity in Puerto Rico......Page 52 4 Rock Art, Modes of Production, and Social Identities during the Early Formative Period inthe Atacama Desert (Northern Chile)......Page 80 5 From the Form to the Artists: Changing Identities in Levantine Rock Art (Spain)......Page 100 6 Memoried Sacredness and International Elite Identities: The Late Postclassic at La Casa de las Golondrinas, Guatemala......Page 132 7 Same Tradition, Different Views: The Côa Valley Rock Art and Social Identity......Page 152 8 Learning Art, Learning Culture: Art, Education, and the Formation of New Artistic Identities in Arnhem Land, Australia......Page 172 9 Eagle’s Reach: A Focal Point for Past and Present Social Identity within the Northern Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, Australia......Page 196 10 Panache and Protocol in Australian Aboriginal Art......Page 216 11 Body Painting and Visual Practice: The Creation of Social Identities through Image Making and Display in Tierra del Fuego (Southern South America)......Page 244 About the Contributors......Page 268 Index......Page 274 Archaeologies of art : time, place, and identity in rock art, portable art, and body art / Inés Domingo Sanz, Dánaue Fiore, and Sally K. May Space and discourse as constituents of past identities : the case of Namibian rock art / Tilman Lenssen-Erz Rocks of ages : petroglyphs, pictographs, and identity in Puerto Rico / Peter G. Roe and Michele H. Hayward Rock art, modes of production, and social identities during the early formative period in the Atacama Desert (northern Chile) / Francisco Gallardo and Patricio De Souza From the form to the artists : changing identities in Levantine rock art (Spain) / Inés Domingo Sanz Memoried sacredness and international elite identities : the late postclassic at La Casa de las Golondrinas, Guatemala / Eugenia J. Robinson Same tradition, different views : the Côa Valley rock art and social identity / Luís Luís and Marcos García Díez Learning art, learning culture : art, education, and the formation of new artistic identities in Arnhem Land, Australia / Sally K. May Eagle's reach : a focal point for past and present social identity within the northern Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, Australia / Paul S.C. Taçon ... [et al.] Panache and protocol in Australian Aboriginal art / Claire Smith Body painting and visual practice : the creation of social identities through image making and display in Tierra del Fuego (southern South America) / Dánae Fiore. "This international volume draws together key research that examines visual arts of the past and contemporary indigenous societies. Placing each art style in its temporal and geographic context, the contributors show how depictions represent social mechanisms of identity construction, and how stylistic differences in product and process serve to reinforce cultural identity. Examples stretch from the Paleolithic to contemporary world and include rock art, body art, and portable arts. Ethnographic studies of contemporary art production and use, such as among contemporary Aboriginal groups, are included to help illuminate artistic practices and meanings in the past. The volume reflects the diversity of approaches used by archaeologists to incorporate visual arts into their analysis of past cultures and should be of great value to archaeologists, anthropologists, and art historians."--Jacket Draws together key research that examines visual arts of the past and contemporary indigenous societies. Placing each art style in its temporal and geographic context, this title shows how depictions represent social mechanisms of identity construction, and how stylistic differences in product and process serve to reinforce cultural identity.