Ambiguous Images: Gender and Rock Art

by Kelley Hays-Gilpin

Book Overview

A significant contribution to the relatively unexplored field of gender in rock art, this volume contains information for those interested in past gender systems. Hays-Gilpin argues that art is both a product of its physical and social environment and a tool of influence in shaping behavior and ideas within a society. Rock art is often one of the strongest lines of evidence available to scholars in understanding ritual practices, gender roles, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759100659
• ISBN13: 9780759100657
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"