Cultural Interpretation of World Rock Art

Author: Gai Shanshan
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Publish Date: 2001-06-01
Features: This is the first comprehensive work in China introducing and researching rock art from around the world. The book is divided into three parts:
Part 1: Rock Art of Each Continent, including Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, North America, and South America;
Part 2: Cultural and Social Interpretations of World Rock Art, including ecological studies, life studies, studies on primitive religion, sex psychology, astronomy, and aesthetics, etc.
Part 3: Dating, Functions, and Conservation of World Rock Art.
The book contains over 70,000 words and nearly a thousand illustrations of rock art.