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Title |
Title of document |
Skills and Traces: Imagining Differences in Engravings, Northern Cape, South Africa - Perspectives on Differences in Rock Art |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Silvia Tomaskova; University of North Carolina; |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Archaeology |
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Keyword(s) |
rock art; stone age; rock carving; ancient art; Northern Cape; rock art production; digital imaging of rock art |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
rock art archaeology |
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Description |
Abstract |
The majority of analyses of ancient petroglyphs, regardless their location, have focused on the content of the images, seeking traces of meaning, social practices, belief systems, or long-distance travel. By contrast this project in the Northern Cape pays attention to the material aspect and production techniques of prehistoric engravings. Recent theoretical debates on the materiality of practice emphasize how manufacture is embedded in social worlds and simultaneously creates subjects who shape the social realm. My investigation of the details of image manufacture at Wildebeest Kuil aims to attend to production, specifically time investment and levels of skill, necessary to make a petroglyph. The central research question is: can we recognize apprenticeship, learning and mastery by studying the techniques of image making? The broader frame of the project addresses the interpretation of a range of skills of making petroglyphs, and whether we can make inferences about the social context of learning and mastery in prehistoric contexts. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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30-Apr-2021 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/31928 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.31928 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Perspectives on Differences in Rock Art |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Coverage |
Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
worldwide |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |