The Archaeology of Art

Andrew Meirion Jones is Professor of Archaeology, University of Southampton, UK. He has both taught and written extensively on the archaeology of art, particularly prehistoric rock art. His most recent books include ‘An Animate Landscape’ (Windgather, 2011), ‘Prehistoric Materialities’ (OUP, 2012) and ‘Archaeology after Interpretation (Left Coast Press, 2013) edited with Ben Alberti and Josh Pollard. He is currently completing a Leverhulme funded project using digital imaging to examine the remarkable art of Neolithic Britain and Ireland. Andrew Cochrane is a Lecturer in Archaeology, Cardiff University, and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Previously, he was Project Curator at British Museum, and worked on several major exhibitions, including The Power of Dogu (British Museum: 2009), unearthed (Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts: 2010), and Ice Age Art (British Museum: 2013). His most recent books include: ‘Visualising the Neolithic’ (Oxbow Press, 2012) edited with Andrew Jones, and ‘Art and Archaeology’ (Springer, 2014) edited with Ian Russell.

Contents

Chapter 1 – Excavating Art Andrew Meirion Jones

Chapter 2 – The archaeology of Art: practice, intra-action and affect Andrew Meirion Jones

Chapter 3 – Making and marking Andrew Meirion Jones

Chapter 4 - Experimentation, Performance, Improvisation Andrew Meirion Jones

Chapter 5 – Miniaturisation and scale Andrew Cochrane and Andrew Meirion Jones

Chapter 6 - Cognition, perception, affect: colour and light Andrew Cochrane and Andrew Meirion Jones

Chapter 7 – Assembly and disassembly Andrew Cochrane

Chapter 8 - Style, technology, and process Andrew Meirion Jones

Chapter 9 – Meaning and mattering Andrew Meirion Jones

Chapter 10 - Materials, Process, Image: the art of Neolithic Britain and Ireland Andrew Cochrane and Andrew Meirion Jones

Chapter 11 - Archaeology through the looking glass: photographic documentation and the politics of display Andrew Cochrane

Chapter 12 – Art in the Making Andrew Meirion Jones