Arch. Rockpaintings

9780810943636 / Coulson: African Rock Art. Painting and engravings on stone. Hardback

African Rock Art. Painting and engravings on stone. Hardback
by David Coulson and Alec Campbell
256 pages, 200 color photo's and 178 line drawings, 2001, Contains more than 200 photographs of Africa's rock art, coupled with historical and interpretive analyses, compiled to raise public awareness of the variety, importance, and frailty of these works. It covers prehistory through to the 20th century.

9780415223669 / Schmidt: Archaeologies of Sexuality. Paperback

Archaeologies of Sexuality. Paperback
edited by Barbara L. Voss and Robert A. Schmidt
304 pages, many figures and tables. 2000. A timely and pioneering work that demonstrates the challenges and rewards of integrating the study of sex and sexuality within archaeology, It draws on locations as varied as the ancient Maya Kingdoms, convict-era Australia and prehistoric Europe

9783799590303 / Lenssen-Erz: Brandberg, Der Bilderberg Namibias. Kunst und Geschichte einer Urlandschaft. Gebunden

Brandberg, Der Bilderberg Namibias. Kunst und Geschichte einer Urlandschaft. Gebunden, 31,5 cm
Tilman Lenssen-Erz und Marie-Theres Erz. Herausgegeben von Gerhard Bosinski.
127 Seiten, mit Zeichnungen sowie zahlreichen farbigen Fotos und Karten. 2000. Dieser Band dokumentiert die Geschichte des Berges. Er versucht das Leben der urgeschichtlichen Jäger und Sammler zu beantworten und zeigt mit einzigartigem Bildmaterial die faszinierenden Wandmalereien.

9780521454735 / Bahn: The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art. Cloth

Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art. Cloth. ca. 25x20 cm
Paul G. Bahn, Foreword by Desmond Morris
334 pages, 164 colour plates. 1997. The book offers the first detailed account of how the world of scholarship became aware of the existence of prehistoric art, reproducing the very earliest drawings by explorers and surveyors from the 1600s onwards to create a unique pictorial as well as discursive resource.

Vatsayana: Conservation of Rock Art. Hardback. Indian publication

Conservation of Rock Art. Hardback
edited by Bansi Lal Malla, general editor Kapila Vatsyayan
82 pages text and 9 colour plates. With a.o. Conservation and preservation of rock art in India. Conservation technique and long term planning for preservation of rock art in tropical countries. Conservation and management of rock art sites. The cultural dimension of rock art

Engelmayer: Die Felsgravierungen im Distrikt Sayala-Nubien. Teil I: Die Schriftdarstellungen. broschiert

Felsgravierungen im Distrikt Sayala-Nubien. Teil I: Die Schriftdarstellungen. 30x21cm
Reinhold Engelmayer
157 Seiten, 65 Tafeln mit zahlreiche Photo's und Zeichnungen. 1965

9783799590013 / Clottes: Grotte Cosquer bei Marseille. Gebunden

Grotte Cosquer bei Marseille. Eine im Meer versunkene Bilderhöhle. 31,5 cm. Buchleinen
Jean Clottes and Jean Courtin. Herausgegeben und Vorwort von Gerhard Bosinski
196 Seiten mit 191 meist farbigen Abbildungen. 1995. Die Grotte Cosquer liegt südöstlich von Marseille am Cap Morgiou. Es handelt sich um Darstellungen u. a. von Pferden, Wisenten, Robben, Steinböcken und - einzigartig in der Höhlenmalerei - von Riesenalken, flugunfähigen Meeresvögeln, die im 19. Jahrhundert ausgerottet wurden.

9780226311265 / Guthrie: The Nature of Paleolithic Art. Hardcover

Nature of Paleolithic Art. Hardcover
by R. Dale Guthrie
xii, 507 pages, illustrations, maps. 2006. A richly illustrated study provides the most comprehensive representation of Paleolithic art ever published and offers a radical new way of interpreting the art and artifacts of these prehistoric cultures.

9780810942622 /o White: Prehistoric Art: The Symbolic Journey of Humankind. Hardcover

Gordon: The Prehistoric Background of Indian Culture. Cloth

Sharma: Recent Perspectives on Prehistoric Art in India and Allied Subjects: Essays in Honour of Dr. Shyam Kumar Pandey. Cloth

Recent Perspectives on Prehistoric Art in India and Allied Subjects: Essays in Honour of Dr. Shyam Kumar Pandey. Cloth, ca. 22x29cm
Editors: R.K. Sharma & K.K. Tripathi
xxxvi, 296 pages, with 71 halftone illustrations, 56 figures & maps. 1996

9780415165365 / Bradley: Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe: Signing the Land. Paperback

Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe: Signing the Land. Paperback
by Richard Bradley
296 pages, 58 drawings, 40 photos. 1997. Along the Atlantic seaboard, from Scotland to Spain, are numerous rock carvings made four to five thousand years ago, whose interpretation poses a major challenge to the archaeologist.

Mathpal: Rock Art in Kumaon Himalaya. Cloth. ip

Rock Art in Kumaon Himalaya. Cloth. ip
Yashodhar Mathpal
92 pages with text, map, and 65 plates. 1995. This book brings into focus facets of prehistoric Rock Art of Kumaon Himalayan area comparatively unknown. The rock paintings as noticed in this area show as usual man and nature relationship in a simplistic representation. The most interesting paintings found in Kumaon Region are the dancing scenes, which are in large varieties followed by drum-beating figures, hunters and others

9783799590068 / Plassard: Rouffignac. Das Heiligtum der Mammuts. Buchleinen

Rouffignac. Das Heiligtum der Mammuts. 31,5 cm. Buchleinen
Jean Plassard. Herausgegeben von Gerhard Bosinski.
97 Seiten, 96 meist farbigen Abbildungen im Text und auf Tafeln. 1999. Plassard führt den Leser durch die Geschichte der Höhle, zeigt ihm versteckte, für die Öffentlich-keit nicht zugängliche Winkel und schildert die wissenschaftlichen Kontroversen um das Alter der Mammutdarstellungen.

9780826312037 / Young: Signs from the Ancestors: Zuni Cultural Symbolism and Perceptions of Rock Art. Paperback

Signs from the Ancestors: Zuni Cultural Symbolism and Perceptions of Rock Art. Paperback
M. Jane Young
xxv, 308 pages. 1988

9781842170106 Parry: Legacy on the Rocks: The Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Matopo Hills, Zimbabwe. Hardcover

Legacy on the Rocks: The Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Matopo Hills, Zimbabwe. Hardcover, 25x19cm
by Elspeth Parry. Illustrated by Janet Duff
144 pages, 16 colour plates. 2000. During a 16 year period, the author has seen and recorded over a thousand sites in the Matapo Hills region of Zimbabwe. These sites feature rock paintings from prehistory.