Sudamerikanische Felszeichnungen

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Sudamerikanische Felszeichnungen
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Theodor Koch-Grunberg
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:136
Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 170
Category/GenrePre-history
Archaeology by period and region
ISBN/Barcode 9781108017404
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 29 Plates, black and white; 36 Halftones, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 19 August 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The German ethnologist and explorer Theodor Koch-Grunberg (1872-1924) discusses the origin and significance of rock art in South America in this study, originally published in 1907. In the first part of the book Koch-Grunberg traces the earliest mention of Brazilian rock art to an eighteenth-century German explorer and gives a wide-ranging account of rock paintings found in South America, engaging critically with the interpretations proposed by some of his fellow scholars. In the second part of the work, the author reproduces (either as drawings or photographs) 29 rock paintings that he himself discovered during one of his expeditions to the Yapura River and the Rio Negro (Venezuela) in 1903-1905. He comments on the characteristics and significance of each of the paintings and assesses their impact within the larger ethnological context of the indigenous tribes of that area.