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oapen-20.500.12657-907312024-06-03T11:45:47Z A Comprehensive Survey of Rock Art in Upper Tibet Bellezza, John Vincent Social Science Archaeology Social Science Anthropology Physical Art History Prehistoric bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HD Archaeology bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AC History of art / art & design styles Focusing on the central and western parts of the region, this is the second in a series of five volumes that comprehensively document rock art in Upper Tibet. It examines a panoply of graphic evidence found on stone surfaces, supplying an unprecedented view of the long-term development of culture and religion on a large swathe of the Tibetan Plateau. The pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (rock carvings), host sites, and descriptions and analyses presented are the direct result of intensive fieldwork conducted by the author in Upper Tibet between 1995 and 2016. Information on rock art production techniques, subject identification, thematic class, mode of presentation, physical condition, estimated age, and relative location are supplied for each piece of rock art. In addition to the datasets, the book offers rock art site descriptions and assesses the cultural, religious and artistic development of these locations. 2024-05-31T05:31:03Z 2024-05-31T05:31:03Z 2024 book 9781803276168 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90731 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International external_content.pdf Archaeopress Publishing Ltd Archaeopress Publishing 9781803276168 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Archaeopress Publishing Ltd open access
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Focusing on the central and western parts of the region, this is the second in a series of five volumes that comprehensively document rock art in Upper Tibet. It examines a panoply of graphic evidence found on stone surfaces, supplying an unprecedented view of the long-term development of culture and religion on a large swathe of the Tibetan Plateau. The pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (rock carvings), host sites, and descriptions and analyses presented are the direct result of intensive fieldwork conducted by the author in Upper Tibet between 1995 and 2016. Information on rock art production techniques, subject identification, thematic class, mode of presentation, physical condition, estimated age, and relative location are supplied for each piece of rock art. In addition to the datasets, the book offers rock art site descriptions and assesses the cultural, religious and artistic development of these locations.
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