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Auteur(s) : Knight, Vernon James Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Iconographic method in new world prehistory [Texte imprimé] / Vernon James Knight, Jr

Publication : Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013

Description matérielle : vii, 201 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Comprend : 1. Preliminaries: an iconography of prehistoric images ; 2. Style ; 3. Form and referent ; 4. Configurational analysis ; 5. Ethnographic analogy ; 6. The logic of iconographic method in prehistory.

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p, 179-193) and index
"This book offers an overview of iconographic methods and their application to archaeological analysis"-- ; "This book offers an overview of iconographic methods and their application to archaeological analysis. It offers a truly interdisciplinary approach that draws equally from art history and anthropology. Vernon James Knight, Jr., begins with a historigraphical overview, addressing the methodologies and theories that underpin both archaeology and art history. He then demonstrates how iconographic methods can be integrated with the scientific methods that are at the core of much archaeological inquiry. Focusing on artifacts from the pre-Columbian civilizations of North and Meso-American sites, Knight shows how the use of iconographic analysis yields new insights into these objects and civilizations"--

Sujet(s) : Art préhistorique -- Amérique Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Archéologie et art -- Méthodologie -- Amérique Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Antiquités -- Amérique Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet