Rock art and artisans in the Lemro Valley, Arakan, Myanmar
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3244398 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pamela Gutman (The University of Sydney), Bob Hudson, Kyaw Minn Htin (University of Yangon), Kyaw Tun Aung |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 313 |
| Pages | 655-674 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00095648 |
| OpenAlex | W2280289195 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
This is a story that will appeal to all scholars involved with the interpretation of rock art. Figures depicted on rock surfaces in jungle terrain patrolled by soldier ants were thought in the nineteenth century to record an otherwise unknown early episode of invasion and resistance - and were widely published as such. A recent survey by a Myanmar-Australian team has made more correct records of the earlier forms and now offers fresh interpretations: the carvings are due to fifteenth-nineteenth century artisans working at quarries producing objects for the town of Mrauk-U, and they evoke local creatures and architectural echoes of the town and temples on which they worked
Ancient history · Appeal · Archaeology · Art · Creatures · Fifteenth · Interpretation (philosophy) · Jungle · Natural (archaeology) · Resistance (ecology) · Rock art · Visual arts · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2017 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |