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Art --- Archeology --- archaeology --- rock art --- prehistoric sites --- Royal Museums of Art and History [Brussels] --- Prehistory --- France --- Spain --- Africa

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Natural history --- Anthropology. --- Animals. --- Technology --- Cultural heritage --- Plants. --- Indigenous knowledge. --- Art --- Sites. --- Natural history. --- Stone. --- Protection --- Museums and keeping places --- Collections and acquisitions. --- Rock art --- Engraving. --- Australia.

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This Open Access book explains that after long periods of prehistoric research in which the importance of the archaeological as well as the natural context of rock art has been constantly underestimated, research has now begun to take this context into focus for documentation, analysis, interpretation and understanding. Human footprints are prominent among the long-time under-researched features of the context in caves with rock art. In order to compensate for this neglect an innovative research program has been established several years ago that focuses on the merging of indigenous knowledge and western archaeological science for the benefit of both sides. The book gathers first the methodological diversity in the analysis of human tracks. Here major representatives of anthropological, statistical and traditional approaches feature the multi-layered methods available for the analysis of human tracks. Second it compiles case studies from around the globe of prehistoric human tracks. For the first time, the most important sites which have been found worldwide are published in a single publication. The third focus of this book is on firsthand experiences of researchers with indigenous tracking experts from around the globe, expounding on how archaeological sciencecan benefit from the ancestral knowledge. This book will be of interest to professional archaeologists, graduate students, ecologists, cultural anthropologists and laypeople, especially those focussing on hunting-gathering and pastoralist communities and who appreciate indigenous knowledge.

Archaeology --- Anthropology --- Biological and Physical Anthropology --- Physical-Biological Anthropology --- Footprints in caves with rock art. --- Indigenous trackers from around the globe --- Open Access --- Pleistocene human footprints --- Scientific value of prehistoric human footprints --- Tracking in Caves

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"Anthropologists from across the Plains critically examine regional themes of warfare from pre-Contact and post-Contact periods and assess how war shaped and reflected human societies on the Plains. Brings together research from across the region, provides unprecedented evidence of the effects of war on tribal societies"--Provided by publisher.

Archaeology --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Indians of North America --- Antiquities. --- Warfare --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- First Nations (North America) --- Indians of the United States --- Indigenous peoples --- Native Americans --- North American Indians --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Culture --- Ethnology --- Great Plains --- Plains Indians --- Native American --- Violence --- Fortification --- Palisade --- Prehistory --- Rock art

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La genèse des premières écritures suscite toujours beaucoup d’intérêt et reste souvent mal comprise. Ce colloque a eu pour ambition de faire se rencontrer des spécialistes qui travaillent sur différents systèmes graphiques attestés au IVe millénaire en Égypte. Ils ont examinés différents supports d’image à cette période, en Égypte et avec des comparatifs en Mésopotomie, avant de s’interroger aussi sur le lien entre l’écrit et l’image, la pratique graphique impliquée et le contexte socio-culturel dans lequel cette transformation s’est produite et le statut du signe. Il semble en effet que la relation entre le signe et le support puisse être une clef de compréhension. Des pistes très prometteuses et novatrices sont ouvertes par la prise en compte des techniques de mémorisation de performances orales liées à la pratique rituelle. The genesis of early writing has generated a geat deal of interest and is often misunderstood. The goal of this scientific meeting was to gather scholars working on different graphical systems attested during the 4th millenium BCE in Egypt. Different material supports have been taken into account for this period, in Egypt and with comparisons in Mesopotamia. The authors also investigate the link between image and writing, the social and cultural contexts within which this transformation occured and the status of the sign. Indeed, it seems that the relation between the sign and the material support might be a key of understanding. Several promising avenues have been pinpointed while taking into account of the memorization techniques of oral performance in ritual practice.

Préhistoire --- Écriture --- Signes et symboles préhistoriques --- Inscriptions égyptiennes --- Egyptian language --- Writing, Hieratic --- Égypte --- Written communication --- Written discourse --- Written language --- Communication --- Discourse analysis --- Language and languages --- Visual communication --- Afroasiatic languages --- Writing --- Préhistoire --- Écriture --- Signes et symboles préhistoriques --- Inscriptions égyptiennes --- Égypte --- Egypt --- Mesopotamia --- rock-art --- potmarks --- RTI --- prehistory --- origin of writing --- ontology