Personal Review

Benefit of foresight

Review:ref: 2002/2 (5)

Peter White
University of Sydney


Department Review

The Rock Art Research Institute
School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies



University of the Witwatersrand
Private Bag 3, PO Wits 2050
Gauteng, South Africa.
Tel: +27 11 717 6056
Fax: +27 11 339 1620
http://www.wits.ac.za/science/archaeology/rari.html

Review:ref: 2002/2 (6)

The Rock Art Research Institute in the new millennium

Siyakha Mguni

Research Officer, Rock Art Research Institute
School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa

Book Review

Kalambo Falls prehistoric site Volume III

Editors: JD Clark, J Cormack, S Chin
ISBN 0 521 20071 7
Cambridge University Press. 2001
xix prelims, 701 pages, 121 tables, 279 figures, 55 plates
£250 or $375

Review:ref: 2002/2 (7)

Paradise Lost. A review of Kalambo Falls Volume III

John McNabb
Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, England

Book Review

European landscapes of rock-art*

Editors: G Nash & C Chippindale
ISBN 0 415 25734 4 (hardback)
ISBN 0 415 25735 2 (paperback)
Routledge, London & New York. 2002
240 pages, 50 black and white pictures, 50 line drawings
Hardback £65 or $100; paperback £19.99 or $31.95

Review: ref: 2002/2 (8)

Louise McDermott
Editor for RockCare, Brancepeth Castle, Brancepeth, Durham, DH7 8EA. England

*Much of the content of this book is not strictly relevant to hunter-gatherer research, but the methodological approaches used in these European case studies have wider applicability, making this volume of more general interest - Editor.

Website Review

EuroPreArt. European Prehistoric art: past signs and present memories.



URL: http://europreart.net/

Web Master: Andrea Arcà

Project co-ordinator: Luìz Oosterbeek

Commissioned by: European Union Education & Culture 2000 Programme Contributors: Université de Liège (Belgium); University College Dublin (Ireland); Cooperativa Archeologica Le Orme dell'Uomo (Italy); European University Centre for Cultural Heritage (Italy); Study Centre and Museum of Prehistoric Art of Pinerolo (Italy); ArqueoJovem (Portugal); The European Centre for Prehistoric Research into the Alto Ribatejo (Portugal); Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (Portugal); Asociación Cultural Colectivo Barbaón (Spain); Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Spain); Gotland University College (Sweden).

Contents: 806 records of European rock art sites in seven countries, 2760 pictures, maps and tracings, 2865 references pertaining to European rock art (CD ROM also available)

System requirements: 486 computer or higher with Windows or Linux Browser: Java script must be enabled, screen resolution: 800 x 600 but 1024 x 768 preferable, connection: preferably leased line; dial-up modems struggle

Site accessed: April & May 2002 on both dial-up connection and leased line

Review:ref: 2002/2 (9)

Ambiguity and ambition for European rock art on-line

Sven Ouzman rockart@nasmus.co.za
http://www.nasmus.co.za/rockart/rockart1.htm
Rock Art Department, National Museum, PO Box 266, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa

 

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