Archaeology with Art

Edited by Helen Chittock Edited by Joana Valdez-Tullett

Book cover: Archaeology with Art

Extent: 200 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Art & Art History

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2016)

ISBN: 9781784914929

6.85 x 9.65 inches

Price: $60.00

In stock

Based on a 2013 Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) conference session, this book aims to merge the perspectives of artists and archaeologists on making art. It explores the relationship between archaeology and art practice, the interactions between materials and practitioners, and the processes that result in the objects and images


Archaeology with Art is the result of a 2013 Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) conference session that aimed to merge the perspectives of artists and archaeologists on making art. It explores the relationship between archaeology and art practice, the interactions between materials and practitioners, and the processes that result in the objects and images we call ‘art’. The book offers new approaches to the study of creative practices in archaeology, ranging from experimental investigations to philosophical explorations and contains a diverse set of papers that use insights from contemporary art practice to examine the making of past artworks.

Archaeology with Art: A short introduction to this book (Helen Chittock and Joana Valdez-Tullett) ;

The paragone has gone (Andrew Cochrane) ;

Making carved stone balls: art, experimental practice and archaeological research (Andrew Meirion Jones) ;

The fate of a thinking animal: the role of Upper Palaeolithic rock-art in mediating the relationship between humans and their surroundings (António Batarda Fernandes) ;

The rock ‘artist’: exploring processes of interaction in the rock art landscapes of the north of Ireland (Rebecca Enlander) ;

Art, Materiality and Creativity: understanding Atlantic Rock Art (Joana Valdez-Tullett) ;

Images and materials: The making of narrative imagery in rock art and on metalwork (Peter Skoglund) ;

Categorising the Iron Age: Similarity and Difference in an East Yorkshire Assemblage (Helen Chittock) ;

Imagining and Illustrating the Archaeological Record: The Power of Evocation and ;

Augmentation of Linear Drawing (DragoÅŸ Gheorghiu) ;

Moving, changing, becoming: applying Aristotle´s kinesis paradigm to rock art (Andy Valdez-Tullett) ;

Experiential Art and Archaeology: Vital Material Engagements (Eloise Govier) ;

Living Symbols of Kilmartin Glen (John Was & Aaron Watson)

  • Edited by Helen Chittock
  • Edited by Joana Valdez-Tullett