Ebook: Rock art and regional identity: a comparative perspective

1. Setting the scene : rock art and regional identity -- 2. Trans-Pecos Texas as a rock art region : developing an interpretive framework -- 3. Rock art regions in theory and in practice : a comparative case study from Mpumalanga Province, South Africa -- 4. An ethnographic approach to the Trans-Pecos rock art region -- 5. Widely distributed, regional, or rare? : six diagnostic Trans-Pecos motifs -- 6. Transformation and embodiment in the Trans-Pecos region -- 7. Reassessing the rock art region : a way forward.;"Why did the ancient artists create paintings and engravings? What did the images mean? This careful study of rock art motifs in Trans-Pecos area of Texas and a small area in South Africa, demonstrates that there are archaeological and anthropological ways of accessing the past in order to investigate and explain the significance of rock art motifs. Using two disparate regions shows the possibility of comparative rock art studies and highlights the importance of regional studies and regional variations. This is an ideal resource for students and researchers"--