Interpreting paintings without a commentary
Meaning and motive, content and composition in the rock art of the western Cape, South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7658548 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Parkington (0000-0001-6127-6826, University of Cape Town, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 238 |
| Pages | 13-26 |
| Publication date | 1989-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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/s0003598x00075542 |
| OpenAlex | W2228952154 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 29 |
The graphic rock-paintings of southern Africa, with their lively and colourful scenes, have long been one of the glories of the continent's archaeology. The last years have seen them become intellectually quite as graphic, as fragments of San ethnography and ethnohistory have been found to provide a commentary that allows aspects of their symbolism and meaning to be explored. This paper goes beyond, to see what can be iluminated without benefit of commentary
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Cape · Composition (language) · Content (measure theory) · Epistemology · Ethnography · Ethnohistory · Literature · Meaning (existential) · Painting · Rock art · Visual arts · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Colonial Era Paintings in the Rock Art of the South-Western Cape
Meanings, Models and Minds
Gender and the Hunter-Gatherer Archaeological Record
Shamanism and Rock Paintings
Prehistoric Rock Art
The Evolution of Theory, Method and Technique in Southern African Rock Art Research
Removal of Rock Art Affected by the Raising of the Clanwilliam Dam Wall, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Holocene later stone age hunter-gatherers south of the Limpopo River, Ca. 10,000-2000 B.P
Embodied archaeology
Le mobilier funéraire de la Dame de Saint-Germain-la-Rivière (Gironde) et l’origine paléolithique des inégalités
Reading the Past
Ambiguïté dans la représentation des animaux et des hommes dans les peintures rupestres du Cap, Afrique du Sud
Changing fortunes of Southern African archaeology
From Classification to Interpretation
Eland and Therianthropes in Southern African Rock Art
Designing Digital Recording for Volunteers in Rock Art Surveys, Management Plans and Public Outreach in the Cederberg, South Africa
Manhood, Femaleness, and Power
Seeing and Construing
Cloaks and torsos
King's monuments
Primordialism and the ‘Pleistocene San’ of southern Africa
Rock art and changing perceptions of southern Africa's past
Cultured Representation
Thaba Sione
The rock art of southern Africa
A Separate Reality
The Kung San
Politics and history in band societies
Boiling energy
Believing and seeing
Reading the Past
A Distributional Approach to the Interpretation of Rock Art in the South-Western Cape
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Customs and Beliefs of the |Xam Bushmen
Customs and Beliefs of the ¡xam Bushmen
Customs and Beliefs of the |Xam Bushmen
Beliefs and Customs of the |Xam Bushmen
Beliefs and Customs of the |Xam Bushmen
Trance Performance
Rock-Paintings of Ships
Excavations at De Hangen, 1968
Rock-Paintings of 'Eland-Fighting' and 'Eland-Jumping
The Empiricist Impasse in Southern African Rock Art Studies
Beliefs and Customs of the |Xam Bushmen
The Economic and Social Context of Southern San Rock Art [and Comments and Reply]
The Signs of All Times
The power of a place in understanding southern San rock engravings
Cognitive and Optical Illusions in San Rock Art Research
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,65 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2021 (33) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |