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Advances in the study of Pleistocene imagery and symbol use.
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Advances in the study of Pleistocene imagery and symbol use.
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Part II
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Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
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14 (1)
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Journal
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Catherine M Cameron
James M Skibo
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April Nowell
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Springer
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2007
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http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/1573-7764/
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27 Aug 2008
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Advances in the study of Pleistocene imagery and symbol use.; Part II
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Part 2 of a two-part special issue, with erratum for page ii, Table of Contents, of Issue 13:4 (Part 1); contributions include
Dating European Palaeolithic cave art: progress, prospects, problems
Paul B Pettitt
Alistair W G Pike
27 - 47
the authors observe that over the last decade several dozen direct dates on cave art pigments or associated materials have supplemented more traditional style-based attempts to establish a chronological (and developmental) scheme for cave art. In the `post-stylistic' era an holistic integration of pigment `recipe' analysis, formal stylistic analysis and direct chronometric dating have been applied to a handful of dates. They examine the state-of-the-art of Palaeolithic cave art dating, with particular emphasis on certain radiocarbon and Uranium-series projects. They examine the relative successes and weaknesses of this cutting edge science. They conclude that there are several weaknesses in current applications that are in serious need of addressing, and that issues of sample contamination and of the heuristic relationship between materials dated and the production of the art are particularly problematic. It is argued that one should at present be very cautious about straightforward interpretations of apparent `dates' of cave art
The hidden meaning of forms: methods of recording Paleolithic parietal art
Carole Fritz
Gilles Tosello
48 - 80
the authors note the many restrictions placed on researchers studying Paleolithic cave art due to the constraints of conservation that limit direct contact with the original works. The paper discusses how recent advances in technology have revolutionized the study and interpretation of Paleolithic cave art. It is argued that the interpretation of Paleolithic symbolic systems is a complex process and hypotheses must be applied to cave art with the greatest of precision; a detailed analysis of the painted or engraved surfaces leads to a greater understanding of both the techniques employed and the actual sequence in which parietal compositions were executed. It is suggested that by unlocking the creative process followed by Upper Paleolithic artists we are able to glimpse the artist's motivations and to understand a portion of the art's hidden meaning