Ontologies of rock art : images, relational approaches and indigenous knowledges / edited by Oscar Moro Abadía and Martin Porr. - 1 online resource

Philosophical and historical perspectives -- Rock art and indigenous knowledges -- Humans, animals, and more-than-human beings -- Syncretism, contact and contemporary rock art.

"Ontologies of Rock Art is the first publication exploring a wide range of ontological approaches to rock art interpretation, constituting the basis for ground-breaking studies on Indigenous knowledges, relational metaphysics, and rock imageries. The book contributes to the growing body of research on the ontology of images by focusing on five main topics: ontology as a theoretical framework; the development of new concepts and methods for an ontological approach to rock art; the examination of the relationships between ontology, images and Indigenous knowledges; the development of relational models for the analysis of rock images; and the impact of ontological approaches on different rock art traditions across the world. Generating new avenues of research in ontological theory, political ontology and rock art research, this collection will be relevant to archaeologists, anthropologists, and philosophers. In the context of an increasing interest in Indigenous ontologies, the volume will also be of interest to scholars in Indigenous Studies"--

9780429321863 0429321864 9781000339734 1000339734 9781000339703 100033970X 9781000339673 100033967X

10.4324/9780429321863. doi


Rock paintings.
Petroglyphs.
Ontology.
Art and philosophy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology

GN799.P4 / O58 2021

759.01/13

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