Ambiguous Images: Gender and Rock Art

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 ideological constructs of prehistoric peoples.

• | Author: Kelley Hays-Gilpin
• | Publisher: Altamira Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 11, 2003
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0759100659
• | ISBN-13: 9780759100657