Study on the Rock Art at the Yin Mountains

As the most important ancient cultural relics in prehistory, rock art have become a direct basis for the reproduction of human history and ideological process. Since the late 1970s, Yinshan rock art have been found in large quantities. In this study, 2842 Yinshan rock art are collected, sorted and classified systematically. The distribution characteristics of rock art in each area and the distribution and change rules of main rock art types are summarized. This book also places Yinshan rock art into the overall framework of Chinese rock art for analysis in order to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the overall characteristics and status of Yinshan rock art, and showcases researches on the chronology are.

Sommario

List of Tables - List of Figures - Introduction - Discovery and Research - Zoning and Classification - Regional Distribution Characteristics and Evolution of Main Types - Special Studies - Comparison with the Rock Art in Other Areas of China - Conclusion - Postscript - Appendix - Bibliography.

Info autore

Wang Xiaokun (Doctor of History, 2008) is a member of the Chinese Society of Archaeology and Associate Professor in the School of History at Renmin University of China.
Zhang Wenjing (Doctor of History, 2011) is a member of the Chinese Rock Painting Society, Deputy Editor in Chief of Chinese Rock Painting, and Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at Anyang Normal University.

Riassunto

As the heritage of ancient culture, rock art is distributed at each continent around the world, from which the ancestors recorded their social and economic life via this method to manifest their understanding and recognition on the world.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Xiaoku Wang, Xiaokun Wang, Wenjin Zhang, Wenjing Zhang
• Editore: Peter Lang
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781433168857
• ISBN: 978-1-4331-6885-7
• Pagine: 868
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 50 mm x 225 mm
• Peso: 1282 g
• Illustrazioni: 32 Abb.
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Altro; China, Rock, prehistory, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Mountains, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, HISTORY / Asia / China, History of Art, Wang, Ancient History, History of art: pre-history, Archaeology by period / region, Study, ancient culture, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Prehistoric archaeology, ART / History / Prehistoric, Prehistoric styles, Cultural Relics, Zhang, Yinshan rock art, Wenjing, Xiaokun