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Re: Carving a Future for British Rock Art
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Littlestone wrote:
Carving a Future for British Rock Art: New Directions for Research, Management and Presentation.

Edited by Tertia Barnett and Kate Sharpe.

”Over the last few years, the ways in which we perceive and document rock art have shifted irreversibly. Prehistoric rock art played little part in the development of British and Irish archaeology and was not recognised until the 19th century, when its equivalents in Scandinavia and the Iberian Peninsula were already well known. Previously considered a fringe activity and the work of amateur archaeologists, over the last 30 years the situation has improved considerably, and the appearance of books such as this signify the change.”

More here - http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/86309//Location/Oxbow


£65...Gulp!


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Posted by Sanctuary
22nd December 2010ce
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