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A PURPORTED PLEISTOCENE SAND SCULPTURE FROM SOUTH AFRICA 南非据称的更新世沙雕

IF 0.8 4区艺术学

Rock Art Research Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.56801/rar.v41i1.272

C. Helm, Andrew S Carr, H. Cawthra, Paul D. Cowley, J. D. Vynck, Pieter-Jan Gräbe, Renée Rust, Willo Stear, Alan K. Whitfield

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WURRANDERRA’S SYMBOLS: AN EXPLORATION AND CONTEXTUALISATION OF THE THURK PETROGLYPH SITE (KINGSTON-ON-MURRAY) ON THE MURRAY RIVER, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 武兰德拉的象征：南澳大利亚穆雷河上的图尔克岩画遗址（穆雷河畔金斯顿）的探索与背景研究

IF 0.8 4区艺术学

Rock Art Research Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.56801/rar.v41i1.274

Amy Roberts, Marc Fairhead, C. Westell, Ian Moffat, Jarrad Kowlessar

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SHAMANISM AND BRAIN ILLNESS IN ROCK ART PRODUCTION 岩画制作中的萨满教和脑部疾病

IF 0.8 4区艺术学

Rock Art Research Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.56801/rar.v41i1.275

R. Bednarik

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ROCK PAINTING WITHIN SOUTHERN PERU IN THE CONTEXT OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF PIGMENTS 从颜料的物理化学分析看秘鲁南部的岩画

IF 0.8 4区艺术学

Rock Art Research Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.56801/rar.v41i1.276

Józef Szykulski, Beata Miazga, J. Wanot

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STRETCHING THE SURROGATE: AN INITIAL TEST COMBINING DSTRETCH IMAGE ENHANCEMENT WITH PHOTOGRAMMETRY MODELLING AT BUNJIL’S SHELTER AND GULGURN MANYA, AUSTRALIA 拉伸代用体：结合 Dstretch 图像增强和摄影测量建模在澳大利亚 bunjil's shelter 和 Gulgurn Manya 进行的初步测试

IF 0.8 4区艺术学

Rock Art Research Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.56801/rar.v41i1.273

T. J. Keep, R. G. Gunn, J. Goodes

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CATEGORISING CATFISH, JEWFISH AND EEL MOTIFS IN LAURA (QUINKAN) ROCK ART, CAPE YORK PENINSULA, AUSTRALIA 对澳大利亚约克角半岛劳拉（昆坎）岩画中的鲶鱼、鲶鱼和鳗鱼图案进行分类

IF 0.8 4区艺术学

Rock Art Research Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.56801/rar.v41i1.271

Noelene Cole, Christine Musgrave, Roseanne George, Lynley Wallis

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New evidence for a bronze age date of chariot depictions in the eurasian steppes 欧亚大草原上的战车描绘的青铜时代日期的新证据

IF 0.8 4区艺术学

Rock Art Research Pub Date : 2020-05-01 DOI: 10.7892/BORIS.136504

G. Caspari, T. Sadykov, J. Blochin, M. Bolliger, S. Szidat

引用次数: 8

Finger-counting in the Upper Palaeolithic 旧石器时代晚期的手指计数

IF 0.8 4区艺术学

Rock Art Research Pub Date : 2014-05-01 DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/wgbe5

Karenleigh A. Overmann

引用次数: 22