Iconographic method in new world prehistory / Vernon James Knight, Jr.
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Knight, Vernon J. (författare)
- ISBN 9781107022638
- Publicerad: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2013
- Engelska vii, 201 p.
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- Machine generated contents note: 1. Preliminaries: an iconography of prehistoric images; 2. Style; 3. Form and referent; 4. Configurational analysis; 5. Ethnographic analogy; 6. The logic of iconographic method in prehistory.
- "This book offers an overview of iconographic methods and their application to archaeological analysis"--
- "This book offers an overview of iconographic methods and their application to archaeological analysis. It offers a truly interdisciplinary approach that draws equally from art history and anthropology. Vernon James Knight, Jr., begins with a historigraphical overview, addressing the methodologies and theories that underpin both archaeology and art history. He then demonstrates how iconographic methods can be integrated with the scientific methods that are at the core of much archaeological inquiry. Focusing on artifacts from the pre-Columbian civilizations of North and Meso-American sites, Knight shows how the use of iconographic analysis yields new insights into these objects and civilizations"--
Ämnesord
- Konst av amerikanska urfolk (sao)
- Ikonografi (sao)
- Arkeologi -- metodik (sao)
- Indian art -- America. (LCSH)
- Art, Prehistoric -- America. (LCSH)
- Archaeology and art -- America -- Methodology. (LCSH)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. (bisacsh)
- Indian art (LCSH)
- Art (LCSH)
- Idols and images (LCSH)
- Pictures (LCSH)
- Social archaeology -- America -- Methodology. (LCSH)
- America -- Antiquities. (LCSH)
- Amerika
Klassifikation
- E59.A7 (LCC)
- 700.93 (DDC)
- I (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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