Rock art. so what's that all about then. ?

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tiompan Aug 4, 2010 21:51:01
Replying to revnox

revnox wrote:
Tiompan heres a clue in the words of another "much wider corpus of signs that expressed the cosmological and spiritual beliefs of the Neolithic age.
Now consider a pre-egoic culture without the consideration of a cosmo-spiritual dichotomy between landscape and self.......where would that lead us?
Can I suggest that "mapping " might be more appropriate than map (s) .
If you believe that maps or a mapping are "what it is all about " what is it about rock art that makes you believe that and could provide some evidence for others to see your point .

T tjj
tjj Aug 4, 2010 22:05:33
Replying to tiompan

Sorry to veer away from maps for a moment ...

This evening's BBC2 Coast programme was about Brittany and I found the bit about Carnac on iplayer 48 minutes into the programme Coast - Brittany

Although he programme moves fast, they make to connection with Carnac and all the other ancient stone sites around the coast of Britain including Orkney.

There is a brief and exciting snippet of Mark Horton talking to Guillame Robin inside the passage tomb at Gavrinis and comparing the chevrons found on Angelsey with the rock art inside Gavrinis.

Edit: Just spotted some excellent fieldnotes here:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/10034/gavrinis.html

R revnox
revnox Aug 4, 2010 22:16:01
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
revnox wrote:
Tiompan heres a clue in the words of another "much wider corpus of signs that expressed the cosmological and spiritual beliefs of the Neolithic age.
Now consider a pre-egoic culture without the consideration of a cosmo-spiritual dichotomy between landscape and self.......where would that lead us?
Can I suggest that "mapping " might be more appropriate than map (s) .
If you believe that maps or a mapping are "what it is all about " what is it about rock art that makes you believe that and could provide some evidence for others to see your point .
What evidence Tiompan do you have for mapping being more appropriate or in fact what arguments? (as opposed to the presumption)
then maybe we can move on to the latter questions.