British Prehistoric Rock Art

The study of prehistoric rock art has become a very important element in international archaeology. This book draws on hundreds of examples of marked stones in England, Scotland and Wales to describe and interpret their common motifs.Stan Beckensall provides a vocabulary of rock art, outlines the history of its recording and shows how the distribution of rock art, created bv early farmers nomadic hunters and herders, works in the landscape and what it might mean. He also looks at art in monuments, ranging fi'om little-known sites to those on Orkney,Clava, Anglesey,Long Meg, Castlerigg and Stonehenge.The abstract symbols that have attracted artists, poets and anthropologists, as well as archaeologists and historians, can be seen in over 150 illustrations (many in full colour). The book also includes a select regional list of the main rock art sites in Britain.

Author: Stan Beckensall
Publisher: Tempus
Extra Details: Pictorial Card Covers 7 x 10 inches tall, lavishly illustrated with Colour and B&W photos, drawings and maps throughout.