Iconographic method in new world prehistoryVernon James Knight, Jr.
Knight, Vernon J.
Iconographic method in new world prehistoryVernon James Knight, Jr. - Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Machine generated contents note: 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.
"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"--
9781139840279
Indian art--America.
Art, Prehistoric--America.
Archaeology and art--Methodology.--America
Electronic Books.
E59 / .I266 2013
Iconographic method in new world prehistoryVernon James Knight, Jr. - Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Machine generated contents note: 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.
"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"--
9781139840279
Indian art--America.
Art, Prehistoric--America.
Archaeology and art--Methodology.--America
Electronic Books.
E59 / .I266 2013