The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art

Bruno David is Chief Investigator in the Australian Research Council Centre and the Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, and Associate Professor in the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He specializes in the archaeology of Indigenous Australia and Papua New Guinea, rock art, and oral traditions. Ian J. McNiven is Professor of Indigenous Archaeology in the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He specializes in coastal societies and seascapes and ritual and spiritual relationships with the sea. He is a member of the Australian Academy of Humanities.

List of ContributorsOnline Supplementary MaterialIntroduction1. Towards an Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art - Bruno David and Ian J. McNivenPart I: Geographical and Historical Perspectives2. Interpretative Frameworks and the Study of the Rock Arts - Margaret W. Conkey3. North European Rock Art: A Long-term Perspective - Joakim Goldhahn4. The Rock Art of Sub-Scandinavian Europe - Olivia Rivero and Juan F. Ruiz5. The Archaeology of Rock Art in Northern Africa -Savino di Lernia6. The Rock Art of Sub-Saharan Africa - Jean-Loïc Le Quellec7. Rock Art of Northern, Central, and Western Asia - Andrzej Rozwadowski8. The Rock Art of South and East Asia - Paul S.C. Taçon9. Australia's Rock Art Heritage: A Thematic Approach to Assessing Scientific Value - Jo McDonald10. Rock Art of the Pacific: Context and Intertextuality - Meredith Wilson and Chris Ballard11. Rock Art of North America - David S. Whitley12. Rock Art in Central and South America: Social Settings and Regional Diversity - Andrés Troncoso, Felipe Armstrong, and Mara BasilePart II: Conceptual Approaches to Rock Art: Investigating Meaning13. Tracing Symbolic Behaviour across the Southern Arc - Natalie R. Franklin and Phillip J. Habgood14. Signalling Theory and Durable Symbolic Expression - Douglas W. Bird and Rebecca Bliege Bird15. The Psychology of Graphic Perception - Jan B. Deregowski16. European Palaeolithic Rock Art and Spatial Structures - Jean Clottes17. Art and Environment: How Can Rock Art Inform on Past Environments? - George Nash18. Images of Animals in Rock Art: Not Just 'Good to Think' - Iain Davidson19. Plants Before Animals? Aboriginal Rock Art as Evidence of Ecoscaping in Australia's Kimberley - Sven Ouzman, Peter Veth, Cecilia Myers, Pauline Heaney, and Kevin Kenneally20. 'Enigmatic Images from Remote Prehistory': Rock Art and Ontology from a European Perspective - Andrew Meirion Jones and Marta Díaz-Guardamino21. Rock Art, Music, and Acoustics: A Global Overview - Margarita Díaz-Andreu and Tommaso Mattioli22. The Production of Ethnographic Records and Their Use in Rock Art Research - Julien Monney and Leïla Baracchini23. Rock Art and Ethnography in Australia - Liam M. Brady, Robert G. Gunn, Claire Smith, and Bruno David24. Rock Arts, Shamans, and Grand Theories - Anne Solomon25. A New Framework for Interpreting Contact Rock Art: Reassessing the Rock Art at Nackara Springs, South Australia - Claire Smith, Jordan Ralph, Kylie Lower, Jennifer McKinnon, Matthew Ebbs, and Vincent Copley Senior26. Creolization in the Investigation of Rock Art of the Colonial Era - Sam Challis27. Out of Time and Place: Graffiti and Rock Art Research - Ursula K. Frederick28. Memory, Materiality, and Place in Ojibway Rock Art Performances - Alex K. Ruuska29. Rock Art as Cultural Expressions of Social Relationships and Kinship - Liam M. Brady, John J. Bradley, and Amanda Kearney30. Bodies Revealed: X-ray Art in Western Arnhem Land - Luke Taylor31. Rock Art and Aesthetics - Thomas HeydPart III: Methods: Marks in Time and Place32. The Science of Rock Art Research - Guy Gibbon33. Recording Rock Art: Strategies, Challenges, and Embracing the Digital Revolution - Liam M. Brady, Jamie Hampson, and Inés Domingo Sanz34. GIS in Rock Art Studies - Michelle L. Wienhold and David W. Robinson35. 3-D Modelling in Rock Art Research: Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Photogrammetry, and the Time Factor - Stéphane Jaillet, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Julien Monney, and Benjamin Sadier36. Archaeomorphological Mapping: Rock Art and the Architecture of Place- Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Bruno David, Robert G. Gunn, Jean-Michel Geneste, and Stéphane Jaillet37. Taphonomy on the Surface of the Rock Wall: Rock-Paint-Atmosphere Interactions - Emilie Chalmin, Stéphane Hœrlé, and Ina Reiche38. Characterizing Rock Art Pigments - Emilie Chalmin and Jillian Huntley39. The Use of Harris Matrices in Rock Art Research - Edward Harris and Robert G. Gunn40. Radiocardon Dating in Rock Art Research - Fiona Petchey41. Optical Dating of Rock Art - Richard G. Roberts42. Uranium-Thorium Dating of Cave Art - Alistair W.G. PikePart IV: The Public Consumption of Art: Applying and Managing Art in the Present43. Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights in Rock Art: A Case Study of Australian Indigenous Art - Stephen Gray44. The Conservation and Management of Rock Art: An Integrated Approach - Johannes Loubser45. Rock Art Tourism - Melanie Duval, Christophe Gauchon, and Benjamin Smith46. Past Images, Contemporary Practices: Re-use of Rock Art Images in Contemporary San Art of Southern Africa - Leïla Baracchini and Julien Monney47. The Use and Re-use of Rock Art Designs in Contemporary Jewellery and Wearable Art - Lynette Russell and Myles Russell-Cook48. Visiting Gonjorong's Cave - Valda Blundell and Woddordda Traditional Owners Donny Woolagoodja, Janet Oobagooma, and Leah UmbagaiIndex