Tracking in Caves: Indigenous Ichnology
Pastoors A, Lenssen-Erz T (2019)
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2019
Publisher: Springer
Edited Volumes: Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology
City/Town: Cham
Pages Range: 1-6
ISBN: 9783319517261
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_3430-1
Abstract
In prehistoric research the importance of the archaeological as well as the natural context of rock art has been underestimated over long periods. Only recently has research begun to take this context into focus for documentation, analysis, interpretation, and understanding. Human footprints are most prominent among the long-time under-researched features of the context of cave art. In order to compensate for this neglect, a special research program has focused on the merging of indigenous knowledge and Western archaeological science for the benefit of both sides. With the expert assistance of indigenous San hunters from the Namibian Kalahari, this “Tracking in Caves” project endeavored to better understand aspects of the Upper Paleolithic human behavior, traces of which are preserved in footprints in painted caves in southern France. The three professional indigenous trackers were invited to Europe and conducted in-depth research in the caves Niaux, Pech Merle, Fontanet,...
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APA:
Pastoors, A., & Lenssen-Erz, T. (2019). Tracking in Caves: Indigenous Ichnology. In Claire Smith (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. (pp. 1-6). Cham: Springer.
MLA:
Pastoors, Andreas, and Tilman Lenssen-Erz. "Tracking in Caves: Indigenous Ichnology." Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Ed. Claire Smith, Cham: Springer, 2019. 1-6.
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