239 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232) and index.

Introduction -- Art culture, and the issue of context -- Painted caves, African women, Cro-Magnons, and the scientific imagination : the study of prehistoric art from 1575 to 2000 -- Prehistoric representation in Western Europe : what was done, and when? -- Prehistoric representation in Central and Eastern Europe and Siberia -- Prehistoric representation in Africa, the Near East, and Anatolia -- Prehistoric representation in South Asia, Australasia, and Australia -- Prehistoric representation in the Americas -- Prehistoric art studies : a challenging future.

Art, Prehistoric.

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