Representation and meaning in rock art
The case of Algonquian rock images
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919541 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bryn Tapper (0000-0003-1101-2771, Department of Archaeology, Queen’s College, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, corresponding author), Oscar Moro Abadía (0000-0002-3992-7933, Department of Archaeology, Queen’s College, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), D Zawadzka (0000-0001-6076-2603, Université du Québec à Montréal) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 449-462 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.2021.1897660 |
| OpenAlex | W3139325706 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 30 |
Over the past decade, discussions on ontology, animism and semiotics have generated numerous avenues of research on the meanings of rock images. In a context marked by the increasing recognition of Indigenous knowledges, a number of archaeologists have questioned representationalism and the idea that rock art has a fixed meaning in the past. In this paper, we discuss these new approaches with reference to the rock art of the Algonquian-speaking peoples of Central and Eastern Canada. We show how, for many Algonquian groups, rock art signified and continues to signify their experiences and practices in a continually emergent world. As such, we recognize that meaning within Algonquian relational ontologies is fluid without compromising the material-semiotic representations and intentions of the original creators. To illustrate this point, we examine the layers of significance associated with the rock art of the Canadian Shield and discuss a petroglyph site from the Canadian Maritimes
Animism · Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Indigenous · Meaning (existential · Politics · Representation (politics · Rock art · Semiotics · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |