Brian Leigh Molyneaux
Biographic Data
| ID | 3994680 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Leigh Molyneaux |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian Leigh |
| FAMILY NAME | Molyneaux |
| SIGNATURE | MOLYNEAUX B L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Dakota |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cultural Life of Images
The Cultural Life of Images
Pictures are often admired for their aesthetic merits but they are rarely treated as if they had as much to offer as the written word. They are often overlooked as objects of analysis themselves, and tend to be seen simply as adjuncts to the text. Images, however, are not passive, and have a direct impact that engages attention in ways independent of any specific text. Advertising, entertainment and propaganda have realised the extent of this pow…
Confronting scale in archaeology
Confronting Scale in Archaeology
Confronting Scale in Archaeology
Without realizing, most archaeologists shift within a scale of interpretation of material culture. Material data is interpreted from the scale of an individual in a specific place and time and then shifts to the complex dynamics of cultural groups extending over time and space. This ignoring of scale is the "concession" archaeologists make to interpretation. The introduction of geographical information systems (GIS) remote sensing, and virtual re…
Introduction
The wonderful city of Jaipur was created in the eighteenth century by the philosopher maharaja Jai Singh. The pink city was built in a green wooded valley near a small lake; and it is plain that, initially, Jai Singh wanted to plan the place on the basis of the &s;Vastupurusha mandala&s;, nine squares within a square which, according to the teachings of the ancient Vedic &s;shastras&s;, was a model of the cosmos, with each square corresponding to…
The British Museum of Native North America Rayna Green Melanie Fernandez
Fighting With Pictures
Plains Indian History and Culture
Journal Article Plains Indian History and Culture: Essays on Continuity and Change. By John C. Ewers. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. xxiv, 272 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-8061-2862-3.) Get access Brian L. Molyneaux Brian L. Molyneaux University of South Dakota Vermillion, South Dakota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 4, March 1998, Pages 1469–1470, https://…
The Presented Past
The Cultural Life of Images
Pictures are often admired for their aesthetic merits but they are rarely treated as if they had as much to offer as the written word. They are often overlooked as objects of analysis themselves, and tend to be seen simply as adjuncts to the text. Images, however, are not passive, and have a direct impact that engages attention in ways independent of any specific text. Advertising, entertainment and propaganda have realised the extent of this pow…
The Presented Past
Fighting With Pictures
The Presented Past
Plains Indian History and Culture
Journal Article Plains Indian History and Culture: Essays on Continuity and Change. By John C. Ewers. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. xxiv, 272 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-8061-2862-3.) Get access Brian L. Molyneaux Brian L. Molyneaux University of South Dakota Vermillion, South Dakota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 4, March 1998, Pages 1469–1470, https://…
Fighting With Pictures
The British Museum of Native North America Rayna Green Melanie Fernandez
Introduction
The wonderful city of Jaipur was created in the eighteenth century by the philosopher maharaja Jai Singh. The pink city was built in a green wooded valley near a small lake; and it is plain that, initially, Jai Singh wanted to plan the place on the basis of the &s;Vastupurusha mandala&s;, nine squares within a square which, according to the teachings of the ancient Vedic &s;shastras&s;, was a model of the cosmos, with each square corresponding to…
Confronting scale in archaeology
Confronting Scale in Archaeology
Confronting Scale in Archaeology
Without realizing, most archaeologists shift within a scale of interpretation of material culture. Material data is interpreted from the scale of an individual in a specific place and time and then shifts to the complex dynamics of cultural groups extending over time and space. This ignoring of scale is the "concession" archaeologists make to interpretation. The introduction of geographical information systems (GIS) remote sensing, and virtual re…
Cultural Life of Images
The Cultural Life of Images
Pictures are often admired for their aesthetic merits but they are rarely treated as if they had as much to offer as the written word. They are often overlooked as objects of analysis themselves, and tend to be seen simply as adjuncts to the text. Images, however, are not passive, and have a direct impact that engages attention in ways independent of any specific text. Advertising, entertainment and propaganda have realised the extent of this pow…
History (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · History (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (2 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (2 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (2 works) · Art (2 works)