Document Type
Book Review
Program
Environmental Analysis (Pitzer)
Publication Date
10-1994
Keywords
rock art, anthropology, archaeology, Aborginal art
Abstract
Rock-art studies have now come of age, and are among the most fertile explorations of expressive culture. Through an interdisciplinary approach to its study, we have expanded our knowledge into the realms of aesthetics, belief systems, and social structures. Australian rock an is particularly significant, since it is a visual expression that has been practiced by contemporary as well as prehistoric Aboriginals. Robert Layton's most recent book -his "new synthesis" of Australian rock art- is an ambitious and successful analysis of Aboriginal rock art from across the continent.
Rights Information
© 1994 American Antiquity. Posted with permission.
DOI
10.2307/282354
Recommended Citation
Faulstich, Paul. Review of: Robert Layton, Australian Rock Art: A New Synthesis. American Antiquity 59(4): 789-90, 1994.
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Archaeological Anthropology Commons, Australian Studies Commons, Illustration Commons, Painting Commons
